An agreement announced today by pharmaceutical company Gilead to licence several HIV/AIDS drugs to the Medicines Patent Pool could improve access to medicines for patients. However, this agreement excludes several countries with large numbers of people living with HIV, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today.
12 July, 2011
The Technology Strategy Board and the Department of Health are to invest up to £7.5 million in new research and development that aims to improve the future diagnosis, detection and management of sepsis, a life-threatening illness caused by the body overreacting to an infection.
05 July, 2011