AIDS activists

The AIDS activist community was particularly vocal and effective in demanding more rapid approvals and increased access to therapies. There was also demand for... 

It is important to note that the majority of AIDS activists, after initially opposing controlled investigations, came around to recognise that improvements in HIV therapy could only be identified through such studies. 

In 1995, Jeff Getty, a 38-year-old AIDS activist from San Francisco, received a baboon bone marrow transplant from a team from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California to try to replace his immune system, which had been destroyed by HIV. The baboon cells survived for just a few weeks, but Getty lived for several more years. 

Anand, G. 2004. How Drug s Rebirth as Treatment for Cancer Eueled Price Rises Once-Demonized Thalidomide Boosts Celgene s Sales Patients See Costs Soar Avoiding AIDS Activists. Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2004. 

Meanwhile, other AIDS activists strongly oppose anything that would dilute the drug makers interest in their own disease. For once, they offer some sympathy (relatively speak-... 

As characterized by Steven Epstein, the professionalization of treatment activism, most notably among members of the Treatment Action Group (TAG), drew AIDS patients away from alternative therapies and led to splits within the activist community.57 TAG drew the ire of other AIDS activists in... 

NIH workshop on Current Issues in AIDS Clinical Trials, David Barr of the Gay Men s Health Crisis argued in favor of premarket testing AIDS activists brag about how they cheat to get into a clinical trial. That is incredibly unethical.. . . We have to educate people about the value of AIDS research for ourselves and for those who follow. 59... 

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