HIV/AIDS treatments to help the developing world:
A recent report from Medecins Sans Frontieres [MSF] shows a price rise of up to 500 per cent for less toxic first–line regimen drugs to treat HIV/AIDS in the developing world. This, together with the significant delays between when newer treatments become available in rich countries, and when they become available in the developing world, continue to hamper worldwide efforts to combat the epidemic.
The report, Untangling the Web of Price Reductions, was released at the International AIDS Society Conference in Sydney.
The conference in Sydney featured presentations on several promising new HIV/AIDS drugs which MSF says should be available in Africa, Asia and Latin America, at the same time as they are marketed in rich countries. The MSF report concludes that the needs of people in developing countries should be included into the research and development plans from the very start.
For further information visit the MSF website at: www.msf.org.
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