[e-drug] AMDSmail September issue

["Tamura, Kenji" <tamurak@who.int>]

E-DRUG: AMDSmail September issue
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The AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Service (AMDS) of WHO/HIV department has recently released the second issue of AMDSmail (September 2007). 

The list below is the contents of the current issue. 
 
In this issue we have important news items related to the regulatory status of ARVs and their proper use including, 1) new ARVs in WHO list, 2) new FDC ARVs approved for paediatric treatment, 3) overdosing Kaletra®, and 4) suspension of Viracept®.
 
Please share these important information with those who are interested in. 
 
The list of contents (AMDSmail, September 2007)  
 
In the news
*	Seven new ARVs added to the WHO list
*	FDA grants tentative approval for the paediatric FDC
*	Overdosing Kaletra® 
*	Suspension of Viracept® from WHO list

Activities by AMDS and partners
*	PSM training for HIV/AIDS (IDA Solutions)
*	Comprehensive Condom Programming (UNFPA)

Stories from the field
*	Good Distribution Practices Certification granted to Missionpharma Logistics India (Missionpharma)

Publication
*	AMDS checklist developed for Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) proposal
*	Use of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited countries in 2006 (abstract)
*	Forecast of demand for antiretroviral drugs in low- and middle-income countries: 2007-2008 (abstract)
*	Untangling the web of prices (10th version, Médecins Sans Frontières)
*	WHO Pre-qualification Annual Report 2006 available in other languages
*	Laboratory guideline for CD4 enumeration (WHO/SEARO)
*	Antiretrovirals for HIV: A compilation of facts and product information (WHO/SEARO)

 To read more visit AMDSmail September 2007 issue [225kb] at :  http://www.who.int/hiv/amds/AMDSmailSeptember07.pdf 
 
AMDSmail page on AMDS web site:  http://www.who.int/hiv/amds/amdsmails/en/  

regards

Kenji Tamura MD PhD 
WHO 
HIV TB and Malaria cluster/HIV department (HTM/HIV) 
AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Services (AMDS) 
20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 
Geneva 27 Switzerland 
phone +41-22-791-1641 
fax   +41-22-791-4887 
http://www.who.int//hiv/amds/en 
tamurak@who.int