AIDS Vaccine Week articles from August 2004

AIDS Vaccine Week archives from August 2004

NIH cancels contract for HIV vaccine program.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NOVAVAX, INC. (NASDAQ:NVAX) announced that the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has cancelled its 5-year contract [NO1-AI-30042] for the development of human...

Global efforts toward AIDS vaccine continue to fall short, according to report.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Global efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS have intensified over the past few years, yet they continue to fall short of what is likely to be needed to achieve success,...

Gene-based products company expands AAV patent portfolio.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Targeted Genetics Corporation (TGEN) announced the issuance of a patent for its AAV (adeno-associated viral) vector technology. The company utilizes AAV vectors to deliver genes into targeted cells to...

Sweden provides WHO funding for HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs in China.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As China steps up its efforts to tackle the critical issue of HIV/AIDS, the government of Sweden is providing substantial support for a key project through the World Health Organization (WHO). The...

Clinton, World Health Organization join to support China's HIV/AIDS efforts.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At a time when China is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in the world's largest population, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) have...

TV network, Global Fund collaborate to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Television Network VH1 has teamed up with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, creating a collaborative public education campaign designed to raise awareness about and inspire...

Ukraine signs joint declaration to combat AIDS.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Facing one of the fastest growing AIDS infection rates in the world, Ukraine joined an international alliance to battle the disease, Ukrainian health officials said. By joining the alliance,...

HIV/AIDS drug users shunned by healthcare providers.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The vast majority of HIV patients in many countries of Asia and Eastern Europe are injecting drug users, and they often lack access to prevention and treatment services because of discrimination and...

WHO says world has 'failed miserably' in getting AIDS drugs to millions.
August 2, 2004... 2004 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said July 13, 2004, the world has "failed miserably" in getting lifesaving drugs to millions afflicted with HIV, and France accused the United States of bullying poor...

Biopharma company reports encouraging preliminary HIV/AIDS vaccine results.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: PGNX) announced that its human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine candidate stimulated the production of specific antiHIV antibodies in animals. When...

First patients enrolled in HIV vaccine trial.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CytRx Corp. (CYTR), Advanced BioScience Laboratories (ABL), and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) announced that investigators have enrolled and inoculated the first patients in the...

Preliminary EP HIV-1090 trial data presented at international AIDS conference.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN) presented early data from one of the ongoing phase I trials of its EP HIV-1090 therapeutic vaccine (EP1090) for HIV-infected patients. The available data were summarized in a...

Tomatoes may offer edible AIDS vaccine.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from Novosibirsk, Siberia, are currently creating a pleasant and harmless vaccine - an edible one. So far, they managed to incorporate the protein gene - HIV antigen in tomatoes. The research...

Protective T-cell epitope in p15[superscript]gag of leukemia virus identified.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have identified a protective CD4+ T-Cell epitope in p15[superscript]gag of Friend murine leukemia virus. "Recent studies have demonstrated an essential role of Gag-specific CD4+ T-cell...

New HIV entry inhibitor drug candidate to advance to phase II.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AnorMED, Inc., (AOM) announced that positive clinical data from healthy volunteers support continued clinical development of AMD070, as new anti-HIV therapy, in a phase Ib/IIa program. The...

U.N.-supported group launches HIV/AIDS media education efforts.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New HIV-focused public education efforts in Russia, India, China, Indonesia, and the United States were announced by the United Nations-supported Global Media AIDS Initiative, a collective of media...

AtHomeDiagnostics.com offers only FDA-approved HIV test for sale to consumers.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vencor International, Inc. (VNCO), a manufacturer and distributor of healthcare products and services, has launched its E-commerce Business to Consumer healthcare products and services division,...

New HIV/AIDS tests more accurate, reproducible, cheaper, study shows.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results from a multi-site study evaluating two new assays from Guava Technologies, Inc. that dramatically lower the cost and difficulty of AIDS diagnosis and treatment monitoring were presented at the...

Pharmaceutical firm shares results from programs to fight HIV/AIDS.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories and the Abbott Laboratories Fund announced that program results and key learnings from the company's Global Care Initiatives were highlighted in more than 30 presentations at the XV...

University medical researchers discuss findings at International AIDS Conference.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine discussed their most recent findings during the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Topics discussed included...

GMHC addresses meth use and syphilis as they relate to HIV transmission.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) announced the findings of its broad-based New York City (New York) Task Force that was formed to develop strategic responses to the growing epidemic of crystal...

Companies to develop co-package of Combivir and Viramune for developing world.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline, plc, (GSK) and Boehringer Ingelheim have signed a letter of intent for an accelerated development program for a co-package for Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine) and Viramune (nevirapine)...

Drug company reports data on HIV research at international AIDS conference.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (IMNR) announced that research results suggest its newest HIV product candidate, IR103, generated robust HIV-1 specific immune responses. IR103 combines the...

CytRx provides update on Massachusetts Ethics Commission preliminary inquiry.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CytRx Corp. (CYTR) announced an update of the status of the preliminary inquiry by the State of Massachusetts concerning the company. In correspondence to CytRx, Richard Stanton, deputy chancellor...

Escalating HIV drug resistance necessitates therapeutic innovations.
August 9, 2004... 2004 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The need for newer and more effective therapies grows as treated patients increasingly develop resistance to currently available antiretrovirals. These older-generation drugs are starting to be...

U.S. government grants patent for MVA-BN vaccine.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bavarian Nordic A/S announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent to the company on its proprietary MVA-BN technology. The patent grants exclusive rights...

Campaign aimed at reducing HIV infection.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new, 2-year marketing campaign, funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health, will dispatch guardian angels to encourage safer, smarter sex across St. Louis. Young gay and bisexual men are the...

Funding woes prompt HIV/AIDS care program to close enrollment.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Utah Department of Health announced it will stop accepting new applications for its AIDS drug assistance program, citing insufficient federal funding. "Due to both an increased caseload of...

GlaxoSmithKline criticizes decision to hear pricing complaint on AIDS drug.
August 16, 2004... 2004 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline criticized a decision by a business regulator to allow an American health care group to challenge the pricing of its AIDS medicines in South Africa, saying it is...

Genetics company reports second quarter 2004 financial results.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Targeted Genetics Corporation (TGEN) announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2004. For the second quarter of 2004, the company reported a net loss of $4.5 million, or $0.05 per...

HIV vaccine candidate into human clinical trials.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., (GNVC), announced the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health has initiated a phase I...

Genetics company announces sale of CellExSys to Chromos.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Targeted Genetics Corporation (TGEN) announced completion of the sale of its majority owned subsidiary, CellExSys, Inc., to Chromos Molecular Systems, Inc. (CHR). This acquisition provides Chromos...

Hun Sen opposes testing of anti-HIV drug on Cambodians.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen said he opposes the testing of drugs on Cambodians, a position that could derail a planned trial for an anti-AIDS medicine here. His remarks seemed directed at a test,...

Agency approves drug to plump up faces left wasted by HIV.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A substance long used to make dissolvable stitches now can help plump up faces left sunken and gaunt by the AIDS virus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled. The FDA's approval of...

Data presented at the immunology congress on HIV product candidate IR103.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (IMNR), a biopharmaceutical immune-based therapy company in HIV and multiple sclerosis (MS), presented research results at the International Congress of Immunology...

FDA approves new combination AIDS drugs.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two new AIDS drugs, each of which combines two medications into a single tablet, have been approved by federal regulators, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s acting commissioner said. ...

Washington decides not to intervene and force AIDS drug price down.
August 23, 2004... 2004 AUG 23 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government is refusing to take steps to in effect force down the spiraling price of an important AIDS drug, saying such an unprecedented move isn't allowed by federal law. The decision by...

Challenges in the search for HIV vaccine outlined.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers outline challenges in the search for an HIV vaccine in a recent issue of the European Journal of Epidemiology. "Considerable progress has been made over the past several years in the...

DNA prime-MVA boost HIV vaccine tailored for eastern and central Africa.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed a DNA prime-MVA boost HIV vaccine tailored for eastern and central Africa. According to a study from England, "For the development of human immunodeficiency virus type 1...

T cell-based control of SIV replication in AIDS vaccine trial reported.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report cytotoxic T lymphocyte-based control of simian immunodeficiency virus replication in a preclinical AIDS vaccine trial. "Recently, encouraging AIDS vaccine trials in macaques have...

Genetics company announces enrollment for South African clinical trial of VGV-1.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Viral Genetics, Inc. (VRAL) announced that enrollment has begun for a human clinical trial in South Africa on VGV-1. VGV-1, formerly known as thymus nuclear protein, is a purified protein...

Women are forgotten HIV/AIDS patients in Zambia.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There has been no systematic attempt to inform Zambian women about HIV/AIDS or even encourage them to go for testing and access anti-AIDS treatment, a former Zambian government official said, reported...

HIV prevention drug gets U.S. FDA clearance to advance in phase 1 clinical trial.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Starpharma Holdings Limited (SPL) announced that VivaGel, its new drug for the prevention of HIV, is advancing to the next stage of dosing in the current phase 1 study. The U.S. Food and Drug...

Education campaigns necessary as HIV transmission increases in Western Europe.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Education campaigns are necessary as HIV transmission increases in Western Europe. "In this review, we describe changes in dynamics of HIV transmission and shifts in affected populations in western...

HIV RNA higher in rectal mucosa than blood/seminal plasma independent of ART.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV RNA levels are higher in rectal mucosa secretions than in the blood or seminal plasma, independent of antiretroviral therapy. "High levels of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in rectal...

Cuts to health programs could create backlog of HIV patients.
August 30, 2004... 2004 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rising drug costs and an increasing caseload could force Massachusetts to put patients suffering from HIV and AIDS on a waiting list to receive assistance with their prescription drug costs, according...