Sales of HIV Drug Rise: Modest Growth Forecast This Year; Rival Medicines Expected
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By Anne Krishnan, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 7--Sales of Trimeris' HIV drug rose 20 percent last year, but the therapy could face increased competition in 2007.
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Access to anti-Aids drugs is spreading in many poor countries, but not as fast as had been hoped, the WHO says.
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Access to life-extending HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries has improved during the past three years, but new infections still dramatically outpace efforts to bring treatment to patients, health officials said Monday.
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QLT announces sales results for its lead drug.
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The number of AIDS patients receiving life-saving drug treatment in poor nations rose 60 percent in the past six months.
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Sales of its lead drug should expand in 2008.
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AIDS patients expect to take only one pill a day to treat HIV infection in the near future, which will make them easier to stick with medication.
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Officials figures on HIV/Aids in China reveal a 30% increase in reported cases since last year.
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Five nations launched an  initiative on Tuesday to raise at least $300 million next year  to buy generic drugs at steep volume discounts to fight AIDS,  tuberculosis and malaria in developing countries.
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Chinese state media said Tuesday that reported cases of HIV/AIDS jumped 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection.
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Anti-retroviral drugs have been so effective at treating HIV that researchers are now exploring whether they can perform double duty
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Merck & Co  reported a better-than-expected profit on Monday, helped by sales of its vaccines and cholesterol drugs, and raised its 2007 profit forecast.
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Sanofi-Aventis  posted higher than expected fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday and predicted more growth for 2007, but a further delay in its key new anti-obesity drug Acomplia hit the shares.
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Schering-Plough Corp  said on Thursday that it expects to report higher sales of its cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia in the fourth quarter of 2007 and in 2008 even though they face growing competition.
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A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
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Merck & Co. on Monday said second-quarter earnings rose on higher sales of its new vaccines and medicines, and the company raised its 2007 profit forecast amid continuing strong demand for the medicines.
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U.S. drugstore chain Walgreen Co.  on Tuesday reported sales rose 4.2 percent in December at stores open at least a year, led by higher pharmacy sales.