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Coverage of the 2014 International AIDS Conference

HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), July 20-25, in Melbourne, Australia.

Conference highlights include biomedical HIV prevention (PrEP and treatment-as-prevention), HIV cure research, interferon-free therapy for hepatitis C and HIV/HCV coinfection, access to treatment, and fighting stigma and criminalization of key affected populations.

Full listing by topic

AIDS 2014 website

7/25/14

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TAG Releases 2014 HIV, Hepatitis C, and Tuberculosis Pipeline Report

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Bristol-Myers Squibb's all-oral dual regimen of daclatasvir (Daklinza) plus asunaprevir (Sunvepra) has been approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C in Japan, where most people are infected with HCV genotype 1b, the company announced this week.

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Boehringer Ingelheim Discontinues Faldaprevir, Halts HCV Drug Development

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