The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central government, National AIDS Control Organisation and others on a plea alleging a shortage of antiretroviral dru
A Merck HIV drug placed under multiple full and partial clinical holds last year is now clear to resume testing. As part of a modified plan, Merck will test a lower dose of its experimental drug, islatravir. The pharma giant is also dropping tests of the drug for HIV prevention.
Due to complete negligence of both National AIDS Control Organisation and Manipur State AIDS Control Society, PLHIV had to suffer the problem of non-availability of ARV, CoNE president RK Nalinikanta alleged.
it s always lurking. mark was just a child when he was warned about a medication he d been given. his parents were told his new treatment for a blood disorder had been contaminated with hiv. i can t really describe the feeling, because it was, well, first of all, you question, why are you going to school to take exams for a future and a life you re not going to have? when your doctor says, if you re lucky, but i don t think you will live long enough to leave school, why bother? why? mark s life was saved by new hiv drugs. 0ther5 died before they could be made available. in total, 5000 people with haemophilia were left with hiv, hepatitis or both. many more were exposed after a blood transfusion in the 705 and 805. this morning, the former prime minister, john major, has started giving evidence at the long running public inquiry into the disaster.