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Around the world millions of people who are suffering from HIV/AIDS are being denied access to fairly priced medications that could significantly improve their quality of life. Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a global pharmaceutical company that manufactures two essential anti-HIV drugs that are needed in the global fight against this devastating pandemic. Gilead's Viread (tenofovir) and Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir) are two second-generation antiretrovirals that have been proven to be effective in treating the disease. Sadly, people living with AIDS in the Global South are continuing to die needlessly because medications such as these are neither available nor affordable in their countries. Meanwhile, Gilead seeks public acclaim for its philanthropic program that supposedly makes their drugs available when in fact too many people are being left to die without treatment.
We, members and supporters of the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC), demand that Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries:
1. Register Viread and Truvada with the national drug regulatory agencies of all 97 low-income and all 54 lower-middle income countries, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). Registering these drugs is the first step in making them accessible and affordable to those who need them most.
2. Offer a voluntary open license to governments and companies in the Global South that would allow them to produce and provide generic versions of Viread and Truvada. This would reduce prices for the medications through fair competition and enable more suppliers to actually deliver the drugs to patients.
3. Research and develop pediatric formulations of Viread and Truvada and establish recommended dosing ranges for children. Millions of children have died because there is no access to safe antiretroviral medications. |
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Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC)
http://www.fightglobalaids.org...
The Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) is a national movement with more than 85 chapters at high schools, colleges, and universities across the United States committed to bringing an end to HIV and AIDS in the U.S. and around the world through education, informed advocacy, media work, and direct action. |
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