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Treatment update: generics Simon Collins i-Base

i-Base.info is a community-focused project providing treatment information for HIV. Publications, translations in 30+ languages, Q&A service, and UK-CAB network of advocates are part of this initiative. Learn about generics, better drugs, cost, access, and more.

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Treatment update: generics Simon Collins i-Base

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  1. Treatment update: generics Simon Collinsi-Base.info

  2. HIV i-Base Community project focussed on treatment information. Publications include patient guides. Translations into more than 30 languages. The Q&A information service. UK-CAB – network of advocates.

  3. i-Base.info

  4. HIV i-Base: ask a question…

  5. UK-CAB (2002) Network of UK activists. Community Advisory Board ~ 700 members/120 organisations BHIVA guidelines and conferences Four meetings/year + online forum Online forums www.ukcab.net

  6. TAG/i-Base pipeline reports Better drugs: more effective, easier to tolerate, less resistance Cost & access, paediatrics HCV and TB coinfections Cure research PipelineReport.org

  7. Generics

  8. Generic & patent meds A patent is licence to manufacture and sell a news drug. It usually gives a company 10-15 year to make profits from their research After the patent ends, other companies can make these meds. Generics are much less expensive.

  9. Generic meds & the NHS Generic meds include exactly to same active ingredients as brand-name meds… They are just much less expensive. Generic meds are essential to the NHS. 60-85% of all NHS prescriptions are for generic meds.

  10. Generic HIV meds Just like every other health area, HIV care will use generics. This is not a question of patient choice when the generic exactly matches the brand med. HIV combination pills make this different. Combination pills might have to be prescribed as separate meds.

  11. Spot the difference? Which is the generic laboratory?

  12. Thank you i-Base.info

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