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Merrimack receives $2.44 million under QTDP program to support cancer research

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals was awarded $2.44 million to support research on 10 of its cancer programs through the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project, a grant program created as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to advance research in areas of unmet medical need.

9 Nov 2010

Sec. Clinton highlights importance of U.S.-Australia partnership to reduce violence against women worldwide

As part of her two-week Asia-Pacific tour, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Australia on Saturday, where she called for increased cooperation between Australia and the U.S. to help drive down violence against women globally, Bloomberg reports.

9 Nov 2010

New Yorker examines global TB diagnostic challenges

The New Yorker examines the challenges associated with treating tuberculosis across the world and looks at whether a rapid diagnostic test could prevent millions of deaths from the disease.

8 Nov 2010

U.N. Human Development Report finds significant quality of life gains among many developing countries over last 40 years, but gaps persist

"People around the globe are healthier, richer and better educated than ever before, with most developing countries registering huge gains over the last 40 years, a U.N. report [.pdf] released Thursday shows," the Canadian Press reports.

8 Nov 2010

Officials discuss HIV/AIDS in Caribbean during PANCAP meeting

"Despite the gains associated with antiretroviral treatments (ART) over the last decade, HIV/AIDS remains the leading cause of death among young and middle-aged adults in the Caribbean, warns a new U.N. report" that was released during the 10th Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) that concluded on Tuesday, Inter Press Service reports (Richards, 11/3).

8 Nov 2010

22nd Century awarded $244,000 QTDP program grant

22nd Century Limited, LLC, a company focused on smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction products, announced that it has been awarded $244,000 in grant funding as part of the U.S. Government's Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program.

8 Nov 2010

Scientists identify genes that enable some immune systems to halt HIV; finding could spur drug, vaccine development

Tiny variants in a protein that alerts the body to infection could explain how one in 300 HIV-infected people are able to resist the onset of AIDS for years without needing any treatment, researchers said Thursday in a study published online in the journal Science, Agence France-Presse reports

8 Nov 2010

Chronic lower back pain may be linked to axial spondyloarthritis: Research

Chronic lower back pain may be linked to a recently defined form of inflammatory arthritis known as axial spondyloarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta.

8 Nov 2010

GeoVax receives $244,500 grant under QTDP program for HIV/AIDS vaccine development

GeoVax Labs, Inc., an Atlanta-based, biopharmaceutical firm dedicated to developing vaccines that prevent and fight Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, today announced that it has been awarded a grant of $244,500 related to its HIV/AIDS vaccine development activities under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project program.

8 Nov 2010

Leaders discuss best practices, challenges for detecting counterfeit medications

During the opening of the 10th annual meeting of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) in Accra, Ghana, the country's "Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday called on member countries of the society to institute effective measures that would help detect fake and counterfeit drugs," Ghana News Agency reports.

8 Nov 2010

Research Roundup: Basing insurance on results, not cost; Americans skeptical of public health efforts; seniors' comprehensive care

Copayment Reductions Generate Greater Medication Adherence In Targeted Patients. As health care costs have increased, some patients have sought to save money by cutting down on their medications.

8 Nov 2010

Al Jazeera examines international trade agreement negotiations, access to generic medicines in low-income countries

Al Jazeera examines what the outcomes of two international trade agreement negotiations - one regarding free trade between the EU and India and the other over anti-counterfeiting measures - could mean for patients living with HIV/AIDS in low-income countries.

7 Nov 2010

Florida to drop 350 uninsured HIV/AIDS patients from drug program; Ore. and Wash. set up enrollment periods for children's insurance; Calif. gets federal grant to update Medicaid program

The Miami Herald/The Sun Sentinel: "The Florida Department of Health plans to drop about 350 uninsured HIV/AIDS patients from a federally funded program that pays for all or most of their drugs, because of a budget crisis. An additional 2,000 or more HIV-positive patients are at risk of being bumped from the program unless the state can close a $16 million shortfall in the next few months, officials said Tuesday.

4 Nov 2010

CONRAD receives $5 million award from USAID

CONRAD, leaders in reproductive health and HIV prevention research, today announced a $5 million award from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The grant will fund research and development of vaginal rings that are contraceptive and also prevent HIV and STI infections.

3 Nov 2010

Clinton highlights U.S. commitment to strengthening health systems, food security in Cambodia during Asia-Pacific tour

The U.S. is committed to working "closely together to help meet the challenges facing Cambodia and all of Southeast Asia," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged Monday during a stop in Cambodia as part of her Asia-Pacific tour, that United Press International reports.

3 Nov 2010

Opinions: Call for African companies to engage in health goals; holistic approach to development

The serious health problems afflicting our continent significantly affect our economies, reducing productivity, creating gaps in the workforce, causing innumerable sick days and restricting growth in African businesses, First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Kagame and CEO of Access Bank Plc Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, who both serve on the Friends of the Global Fund Africa board, write together in a East African opinion piece that calls upon the private sector to help bolster the work with African governments to improve health outcomes in Africa.

3 Nov 2010

West third quarter gross profit increases $3.0 million to $74.7 million

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. today announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2010.

2 Nov 2010

Kenya first of four countries to launch UNICEF, partners initiative aimed at PMTCT of HIV

On Friday, UNICEF and the Kenyan government announced a partnership aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV by providing HIV-positive mothers with packs of medicines they can easily administer to themselves or their babies at home, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

2 Nov 2010

White House Health Advisor Emanuel visits U.S. government-funded health programs during 3-nation African trip

The global fight against malaria could cut prevalence rates of malaria to one in 20 fevers by 2017, Special Advisor on Health Policy to the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Ezekiel Emanuel said in an interview in Dakar, Senegal, Bloomberg reports.

2 Nov 2010

Media outlets look ahead to Obama's trip to India

Several media outlets looked ahead to President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to India later this week, as part of his Asia-Pacific tour.

2 Nov 2010

AIDS News and Research

Merrimack receives $2.44 million under QTDP program to support cancer research

Sec. Clinton highlights importance of U.S.-Australia partnership to reduce violence against women worldwide

New Yorker examines global TB diagnostic challenges

U.N. Human Development Report finds significant quality of life gains among many developing countries over last 40 years, but gaps persist

Officials discuss HIV/AIDS in Caribbean during PANCAP meeting

22nd Century awarded $244,000 QTDP program grant

Scientists identify genes that enable some immune systems to halt HIV; finding could spur drug, vaccine development

Chronic lower back pain may be linked to axial spondyloarthritis: Research

GeoVax receives $244,500 grant under QTDP program for HIV/AIDS vaccine development

Leaders discuss best practices, challenges for detecting counterfeit medications

Research Roundup: Basing insurance on results, not cost; Americans skeptical of public health efforts; seniors' comprehensive care

Al Jazeera examines international trade agreement negotiations, access to generic medicines in low-income countries

Florida to drop 350 uninsured HIV/AIDS patients from drug program; Ore. and Wash. set up enrollment periods for children's insurance; Calif. gets federal grant to update Medicaid program

CONRAD receives $5 million award from USAID

Clinton highlights U.S. commitment to strengthening health systems, food security in Cambodia during Asia-Pacific tour

Opinions: Call for African companies to engage in health goals; holistic approach to development

West third quarter gross profit increases $3.0 million to $74.7 million

Kenya first of four countries to launch UNICEF, partners initiative aimed at PMTCT of HIV

White House Health Advisor Emanuel visits U.S. government-funded health programs during 3-nation African trip

Media outlets look ahead to Obama's trip to India

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