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Topic: HIV

Qpid.me is hacking HIPAA to encourage safer sex and help patients get medical records

Qpid.me is hacking HIPAA to encourage safer sex and help patients get medical records

May 31, 2013 12:23 pm by | 1 Comments

Qpid.me has turned one of the healthcare industry’s liabilities — communicating by fax — into a strength for patients. Founder Ramin Bastani has figured out how to use this creaky ... Read more
Blue box would let patients collect blood samples at home and ship to the lab

Blue box would let patients collect blood samples at home and ship to the lab

March 12, 2013 12:04 pm by | 0 Comments

Veterans may soon have a blue box to go along with the Blue Button. A Texas entrepreneur is working on a product that erases the need to visit the doctor’s ... Read more
Startups are focusing on these 6 areas in creating novel ways to detect disease

Startups are focusing on these 6 areas in creating novel ways to detect disease

September 27, 2012 11:27 am by | 3 Comments

Roche is definitely on to something.The world’s largest maker of cancer drugs recently said that 60 percent of the drugs in its pipeline are coupled with companion diagnostics to make ... Read more
mBio Diagnostics gets $3.2M to bring bedside testing for infectious diseases to developing countries

mBio Diagnostics gets $3.2M to bring bedside testing for infectious diseases to developing countries

September 26, 2012 2:37 pm by | 0 Comments

A portable, easy-to-use bedside device could make it easier for clinics in developing countries to test for HIV, hepatitis, syphilis and other infectious diseases.mBio Diagnostics Inc. just brought in $3.9 ... Read more
Cancer, HIV and 4 other areas of amazing innovation in the growing vaccine market

Cancer, HIV and 4 other areas of amazing innovation in the growing vaccine market

September 13, 2012 2:29 pm by | 2 Comments

The U.S. will continue to lead the global vaccine market and grow as much as 5.3 percent each year until 2018, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research.With ... Read more
Analysis: Use of Truvada to prevent HIV may be higher in developing countries than in US

Analysis: Use of Truvada to prevent HIV may be higher in developing countries than in US

September 9, 2012 1:17 pm by | 1 Comments

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The first preventive pill for HIV has been hailed as a landmark in the fight against AIDS in the United States, but experts say only a ... Read more
FDA approves Gilead’s new HIV treatment that combines 2 existing drugs with 2 new ones

FDA approves Gilead’s new HIV treatment that combines 2 existing drugs with 2 new ones

August 27, 2012 5:27 pm by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Monday approved Gilead Sciences Inc's four-drug combination pill to treat HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.The four drugs in one pill, which was formerly ... Read more
Novira Therapeutics raises $23M for hepatitis B treatment that attacks DNA of virus

Novira Therapeutics raises $23M for hepatitis B treatment that attacks DNA of virus

August 24, 2012 3:00 pm by | 0 Comments

A biotechnology company with a novel drug treatment for hepatitis B and HIV patients could change the way drugs combat viruses. The drug, under development, which targets the outer shell, ... Read more
Study suggests TB, Hep C infections among homeless people could cause wider epidemics

Study suggests TB, Hep C infections among homeless people could cause wider epidemics

August 19, 2012 7:06 pm by | 1 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Homeless people across the world have dramatically higher rates of infection with tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C and could fuel community epidemics that cost governments dear, ... Read more
Troubled state budgets unable to meet the AIDS crisis

Troubled state budgets unable to meet the AIDS crisis

August 8, 2012 5:54 pm by | 0 Comments

Yesterday, the Illinois Lottery Commission and the state’s Department of Public Health announced the rebirth of ’Red Ribbon Cash,’ an instant game lottery, which will raise an estimated $1 million ... Read more
Gilead signs deals with Indian companies for low-cost HIV drug

Gilead signs deals with Indian companies for low-cost HIV drug

August 2, 2012 9:49 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc signed deals with three Indian companies to drive sales and reduce manufacturing costs of low-cost generic versions of its HIV drug emtricitabine in developing countries.Under ... Read more
Merck boosts HIV drug portfolio in two licensing deals

Merck boosts HIV drug portfolio in two licensing deals

July 24, 2012 8:33 pm by | 0 Comments

 Merck (NYSE:MRK) has acquired a late-stage drug to treat HIV infection in a licensing deal valued at more than $168 million. It also acquired an early stage drug from a ... Read more
First rapid DIY HIV test kit sold over the counter gets FDA nod

First rapid DIY HIV test kit sold over the counter gets FDA nod

July 3, 2012 2:40 pm by | 0 Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter, self-administered AIDS test to detect HIV type 1 and type 2 antibodies, according to a company statement. The test ... Read more
World AIDS Day 2011: Creating an AIDS-free generation

World AIDS Day 2011: Creating an AIDS-free generation

December 1, 2011 10:35 am by | 2 Comments

As a physician, I’ve cared for people living with HIV/AIDS for more than two decades. And as I honor World AIDS this December 1, I’ll remember the many people affected ... Read more
HIV test kit company halts production following FDA inspections

HIV test kit company halts production following FDA inspections

October 26, 2011 12:14 pm by | 1 Comments

OraWellUSA in Philadelphia has stopped manufacturing its HIV test kits following inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this year, according to a warning letter from the FDA.The ... Read more