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AHF Prevails in CA’s Unconstitutional Attempt to End Medi-Cal Contract

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Friday, March 22, 2024
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In a move that ultimately was found unconstitutional, the State and its representatives attempted to end AHF’s very long-standing Medi-Cal contract to provide health care to about 770 people living with AIDS in California after AHF mailed patients suggesting they contact DHCS.

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  • In a move that ultimately was found unconstitutional, the State and its representatives attempted to end AHF’s very long-standing Medi-Cal contract to provide health care to about 770 people living with AIDS in California after AHF mailed patients suggesting they contact DHCS.
  • AHF sued, alleging violations of the First Amendment, and the court issued a preliminary injunction.
  • The lawsuit was pursued in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles), and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
  • The dispute is now over, and AHF’s contract has been further extended through December 31, 2025.

Yes! We Can End TB & AIDS, Says AHF

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Friday, March 22, 2024
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We Can End TB & AIDS’ commemorations to honor the millions of lives lost to TB while urging leaders at all levels of government to prioritize TB prevention, testing, and treatment efforts.

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  • We Can End TB & AIDS’ commemorations to honor the millions of lives lost to TB while urging leaders at all levels of government to prioritize TB prevention, testing, and treatment efforts.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240322482439/en/
    AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) country teams, which have prioritized screening for TB in clinics—along with preventing and treating HIV/TB co-infection—will hold World TB Day commemorations around the globe.
  • Integrating TB prevention and care into HIV programs, which AHF has done, is essential for comprehensive healthcare.
  • We Can End TB & AIDS.’”
    According to the World Health Organization, TB claimed 1.3 million lives in 2022, including 167,000 people living with HIV, with an estimated nearly 11 million people falling ill to TB worldwide.

Aegis Life Receives Investment to Continue Development of DNA-Encoded Therapeutic Antibodies Against Infectious Diseases Using the Fusogenix PLV Platform

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240319141319/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240319141319/en/
    Aegis will receive up to $4.45 million in funding through a convertible promissory note from the foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund for the purpose of developing DNA-based encoded neutralizing antibody therapies for infectious diseases using the Entos Fusogenix PLV platform.
  • This investment follows an initial grant from the foundation to Aegis made in June 2023 to support this collaborative development project with a focus on HIV and malaria.
  • To address this, Aegis and Entos are developing DNA-encoded antibodies using the Fusogenix PLV platform that can be administered through intramuscular injection.
  • The Fusogenix PLV is fridge-stable and can be manufactured at scale cost-effectively, making it accessible for those living in rural, remote, or infrastructure-poor regions.

AHF Urges Trinidad and Tobago to Sidestep Greedy GSK

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Friday, March 15, 2024
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is calling on the government of Trinidad and Tobago to consider issuing a compulsory license for Tivicay (dolutegravir), a GSK antiretroviral (ARV) drug that treats HIV, which currently costs 25 times more than available biosimilar generics in neighboring Caribbean countries.

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  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is calling on the government of Trinidad and Tobago to consider issuing a compulsory license for Tivicay (dolutegravir), a GSK antiretroviral (ARV) drug that treats HIV, which currently costs 25 times more than available biosimilar generics in neighboring Caribbean countries.
  • In February, AHF and the Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad & Tobago sent a letter to GSK CEO Dame Emma Walmsley, which in part stated, “We urge you to address the lack of access to the antiretroviral drug Tivicay in Trinidad due to its high cost by lowering its price in line with biosimilar generics available in the Caribbean Region – or by committing not to threaten legal action against the purchase of a generic version of Tivicay.”
    To date, GSK has yet to respond to the letter.
  • Currently, Tivicay is under patent protection in Trinidad and Tobago, and GSK has threatened legal action if the country decides to import affordable generic ARVs.
  • “As a small island nation, Trinidad and Tobago is still recovering from the economic and social consequences of COVID-19 – paying 25 times more to provide lifelong HIV treatment for its people is untenable,” said AHF President Michael Weinstein.

AHF Thanks Matsui for Fighting Big PhRMA

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) applauds Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) for her willingness to take on drug companies for their illegal contract pharmacy restrictions.

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  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) applauds Representative Doris Matsui (D-CA) for her willingness to take on drug companies for their illegal contract pharmacy restrictions.
  • As a 340B provider, AHF understands how contract pharmacy restrictions not only deny nonprofits vital savings but also interfere with their successful models of care.
  • “Drug companies have done everything possible to reduce the number of prescriptions available at 340B prices,” said Laura Boudreau, AHF Chief of Operations.
  • AHF is proud to support this bill.”
    As 340B finds itself in the crosshairs of drug makers bent on the program’s destruction, the 340B PATIENTS Act will provide the necessary pushback.

Protesters Keep Heat on Greedy Gilead over Price Gouging

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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HIV/AIDS advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will continue their campaign of protests targeting Gilead Sciences over the company’s ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to its lifesaving medications.

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  • HIV/AIDS advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will continue their campaign of protests targeting Gilead Sciences over the company’s ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to its lifesaving medications.
  • Protesters will gather Wednesday in front of the Loews Miami Beach Hotel where executives from Gilead will be presenting at the Barclays Annual Global Health Conference.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240312694416/en/
    The group hosted a similar protest rally targeting Gilead at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel Tuesday while company executives presented during the Leerink Partners Biopharma Conference.
  • HIV/AIDS activists are also specifically targeting Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day over his February appointment as board chair for PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America), the cutthroat trade group representing companies in the pharmaceutical industry in the United States.

AIDS Activists Protest CAA’s ‘Kill AHF’ Initiative, per AHF

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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AIDS activists affiliated with AHF will protest the California Apartment Association (CAA) outside its headquarters in Sacramento Wednesday as the anti-renter, corporate landlord front group attempts to put a proposition on the November 2024 ballot seeking to strip AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) of its nonprofit status because of its advocacy for rent control.

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  • AIDS activists affiliated with AHF will protest the California Apartment Association (CAA) outside its headquarters in Sacramento Wednesday as the anti-renter, corporate landlord front group attempts to put a proposition on the November 2024 ballot seeking to strip AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) of its nonprofit status because of its advocacy for rent control.
  • CAA has been gathering signatures for an anti-tenant, anti-patient ballot initiative deceptively titled ‘Protect Patients Now’ and has been doing so by lying to voters and taxpayers about how AHF makes its money.
  • AHF is the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization and currently has 1.9 million patients in care.
  • CAA is aiming to strip AHF of its nonprofit status and kneecap its life-saving work around the globe over the fight for rent control in California.

Decolonizing Global Health a Must, says Pandemic Panel

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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On March 8, during the CUGH 2024 conference , the AHF Global Public Health Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health convened a panel titled "Decolonizing Global Health Financing: Charting an Equitable Path Forward."

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  • On March 8, during the CUGH 2024 conference , the AHF Global Public Health Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health convened a panel titled "Decolonizing Global Health Financing: Charting an Equitable Path Forward."
  • This focused session shed light on redefining global health funding mechanisms to support pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response and reconstructing global health financing through equitable and sustainable partnerships.
  • Decolonizing global health is critical to addressing global health emergencies.
  • Regions should have the power to declare their own public health emergencies to mobilize international resources to respond to them effectively.”
    As countries negotiate to reshape the existing global health security architecture , it is vital that they adequately address decolonizing global health financing as a critical imperative.

AHF Keeps Pressure on ‘Greedy Gilead’ Over Price Gouging

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) advocates will rally at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel Tuesday to protest Gilead Sciences ’ ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to lifesaving medications.

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  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) advocates will rally at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel Tuesday to protest Gilead Sciences ’ ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to lifesaving medications.
  • AHF’s sustained protests against the drug maker continue as Gilead faces legal action over its keeping safer HIV medications off the market to maximize profits.
  • “It is so sadly apropos that Gilead CEO Daniel O’Day — the poster child for PhRMA greed — also now sits atop PhRMA, the undisputed fortress of greed,” said Michael Weinstein, AHF president and cofounder.
  • Since 2021, AHF has been taking on Gilead and CEO Daniel O’Day, holding more than two dozen protests in multiple cities, including Washington, DC, Miami, Boston, and Foster City, CA at Gilead’s corporate headquarters.

LOBOS 1707 TEQUILA PARTNERS WITH (RED) TO LAUNCH A LIMITED-EDITION REPOSADO BOTTLE TO SUPPORT LIFE-SAVING PROGRAMS THAT FIGHT AIDS

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal, the ultra-premium agave spirit brand, announces the launch of their (LOBOS 1707)RED Limited-Edition Reposado Tequila in partnership with (RED).

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  • NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal, the ultra-premium agave spirit brand, announces the launch of their (LOBOS 1707)RED Limited-Edition Reposado Tequila in partnership with (RED).
  • Through the partnership, Lobos 1707 has committed to contribute $100,000 to the Global Fund to help strengthen global healthcare systems and fund life-saving programs in vulnerable communities.
  • Lobos 1707 Tequila & Mezcal was established as an independent spirits producer in 2020 by Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Diego Osorio, with investor, legendary athlete, and cultural icon LeBron James.
  • Lobos 1707's award-winning Reposado has been developed into a Limited-Edition (RED)-themed bottle, presenting its same ultra-premium bold liquid tied to this bolder mission to end AIDS.