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Slides: The Forum HIV Cure Project-Focus on Regulatory Issues

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Veronica Miller provided an update on the Forum HIV Cure Project as it enters year 2 at the "Strategies for an HIV Cure Meeting" on October 15-17, 2014 at the National Institutes of Health. Click here to view here slides.
 

LIVESTREAM Remembering Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren

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Remembering Joep and Jacqueline on October 14, 2014

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A memorial program celebrating the lives of Joep Lange and Jacqueline van Tongeren will take place in Amsterdam October 14, 2014.  A Livestream of the memorial will take place starting at 15.00h (9:00 AM EDT)

For more information and to view the livecast, visit http://www.joepandjacqueline.org/remembrance/

 

In Mourning

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Red RibbonWe at the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research deeply mourn the deaths of all of the 298 persons on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, among them many individuals traveling to the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. There are no words to adequately describe the loss to the field caused by this shocking and horrifying event. An International AIDS Conference without Joep Lange is unimaginable – made even sadder because this new reality is forever. Together with the global AIDS community, we grieve the loss of this exceptional leader, colleague, mentor and collaborator. We remember the ceaselessness and tirelessness of his commitment to ensure treatment of all people no matter who or where, his persistence in pushing the envelope of regional and global policy, and his insistence on the utmost rigorous science and impatience and intolerance of anything but.  Most of all, we remember his human side – honest, direct, often blunt but always caring friend to many of us.  Our sincerest condolences to family and friends of Joep Lange, Jacqueline van Tongeren and the other victims of the crash. 
 

Treatment Action Group: Pills Cost Pennies, Greed Costs Lives: 1st HCV World Community Advisory Board Meeting Report

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On February 22-25, 2014, the Treatment Action Group and the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS convened the 1st HCV World Community Advisory Group meeting to provide a forum for leading activists to learn about developments in HCV treatment and access barriers, find common advocacy strategies, and meet with pharmaceutical companies about their plans for low- and middle-income countries. Click here to read the meeting report.
 

On behalf of IDSA Center for Global Health Policy, sign-on letter to support global HIV and TB funding

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The Center for Global Health Policy is soliciting sign-ons for a letter to members of Congress to support global HIV and TB funding. Decisions about federal funding for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014 will be finalized in the coming months.

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International Journal of Drug Policy--Call for papers on expanding access to care and treatment for HCV among people who inject drugs

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Outline abstracts (300 word maximum) are invited for contributions to a forthcoming special issue of The International Journal of Drug Policy on expanding access to care and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs (PWID). Guest editors include Jason Grebely, Philip Bruggmann, Carla Treloar and Gregory Dore.

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AIDS Institute Webinars on Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment

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On July 9 and 10th, the AIDS Institute hosted two webinars on hepatitis C treatment and coverage of HCV testing under the Affordable Care Act. Click to view the slides and the webinar on the session on HCV testing. Slides from the webinar on HCV treatment are available here.
 

AIDS 2014 Melbourne Declaration – Nobody Left Behind

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The Melbourne Declaration affirms that non-discrimination is fundamental to an evidence-based response to HIV and effective public health programs.

Visit www.aids2014.org/declaration.aspx to read the Melbourne Declaration and sign up to show your support. The declaration has already been signed by more than 1,100 individuals and over 100 organizations.

 

Accelerating Drug Development Through Collaboration: The Hepatitis C Drug Development Advisory Group

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In a new report published in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Forum graduate intern Courtney Hutchison and members of the HCV Drug Development Advisory Group Steering Committee discuss the HCV DrAG as a model for public-private collaboration to accelerate drug development while highlighting its contributions to the HCV drug development field. Click here to read the report in the current issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 
 

First Public Meeting of Cross-Sector HIV Cure Project Convenes June 17th in Washington, DC

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On June 13-14, at a time when dozens of research trials are challenging the long-held assumption that HIV is incurable, the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research is convening the first public meeting of the Forum HIV Cure Project: Focus on Regulatory Issues, a multi-stakeholder project that involves expert working groups and engagement with the broader HIV community to address emerging scientific and regulatory hurdles in HIV cure research. Click here to read the full press release.
 

Antiretrovirals and HIV Prevention: A Conversation with Key Opinion Leaders About a New Paradigm

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The Fenway Institute has released video and presentations from the October 2013 "Antiretrovirals and HIV Prevention: A Conversation with Key Opinion Leaders About a New Paradigm" meeting on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the preventive effects of HIV treatment—known as treatment as prevention (TasP)—and the implications of these developments for HIV prevention. Click here to see the webpage that contains edited video clips of the presentations and Q&As, powerpoints that were presented, and the agenda for the day and a half meeting.
 
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