11-29 | MSF criticises pharma for dragging feet on developing HIV drugs for children 1 December, 2018 is the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, ahead of a Vatican City meeting on scaling up HIV diagnosis and treatment for children, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) criticised pharmaceutical corporations for their delays and failure to develop appropriate formulations of HIV medicines for children.
11-29 | MSF criticises pharma for dragging feet on developing HIV drugs for children 1 December, 2018 is the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, ahead of a Vatican City meeting on scaling up HIV diagnosis and treatment for children, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) criticised pharmaceutical corporations for their delays and failure to develop appropriate formulations of HIV medicines for children.
11-16 | Unjust monopoly blocks access to treatment for millions of people with hepatitis C The Chinese Patent Re-examination Board (PRB) held a vital public hearing today on Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) request to invalidate the patent granted to US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences for the oral hepatitis C medicine velpatasvir.
10-20 | ©MSF Calls on US pharma corporation Johnson & Johnson to cut key TB drug price in half People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment
10-18 | Kasaye sits on his bed in the intensive care unit of the MSF health centre in Abdurafi, a bottle of soda and some cookies in his hands. He looks incredibly frail and the simple acts of drinking and eating seem to require immense effort. “This is the thirteenth time that I have come to MSF for kala azar treatment,” he says. Kala azar (also known as visceral leishmaniasis) is the second largest parasitic killer after malaria, which makes it one of the most dangerous neglected tropical diseases in the world.