Project Inform's PI Perspective eNews: June 2008

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Coming crisis in drug development

Senate committee fails to protect people with AIDS

Project Inform plans for election of next President

Join Project Inform's team at AIDS Walk!

Health care reform back front and center

Novel therapy suffers setback

Evening of Hope takes the runway

Housing? OR MEDS?

Faced with a laundry list of medical, housing and monetary issues, a South Florida man found himself in a climate where little help was available. He had foregone taking his HIV meds for five months in order not to get too far behind on his mortgage payments, eventually ending up in the hospital. His sister turned to Project Inform for support and information.

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Project Inform to honor Martin Delaney —
Key architect of the response to HIV/AIDS

Join us this week in honoring Project Inform’s founder, Martin Delaney, for his leadership and contributions toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and improving and saving countless lives since 1985. Show your support by attending a reception in San Francisco Thursday, June 19 or in Washington, DC on Wednesday, June 25 — or give a gift in his honor if you can’t attend. Event info. Press release.

The coming crisis in HIV drug development.

After two years of new drugs coming to market, the drug pipeline looks thin. To complicate matters, fewer volunteers are available to participate in studies for the most vulnerable people living with HIV who have few or no viable options, possibly for many years. Read more.

Project Inform plans for the election of the next President.

As the November 2008 general election race has begun in earnest, Project Inform looks forward to the new opportunity to address a set of critical issues in the nation’s response to the HIV epidemic and to move the US from simply managing the epidemic to eradicating it. Read more.

Novel HIV therapy suffers stunning setback.

Project Inform has learned Koronis Pharmaceuticals has stopped the only ongoing study of their experimental drug, KP-1461, which works by speeding up the mutation rate of HIV. The decision was based on unexpected results from lab tests and not on safety concerns. Read more.

Project Inform’s annual “Evening of Hope” takes the runway.

Mark October 15, 2008 in your calendar for a date at the new InterContinental Hotel. This year's festivites include a one-of-a-kind Condom Couture Fashion Show. Read more.

Senate committee fails to protect people with HIV/AIDS in
Medicare bill.

A key Senate committee turned its back on people with HIV/AIDS by failing to make an important fix to the Medicare drug benefit, leaving many without access to a full range of treatment. You can make a difference with two phone calls. Read more. View Troop Ad.

Join Project Inform's team and walk for a cause!

You don't have to be in San Francisco to join and make a difference. For more information, contact Dwayne Alicie.

Placing health care reform back front and center.

Fifteen years after the first attempt at health care reform legistation, the topic is once again clearly back on the list of the country’s priorities. A staggering 47 million Americans are uninsured, including one in five people living with HIV. A few states are now leading the revolution towards inclusive health care. Read more. View presentation.