Isentress (Raltegravir) pricing: community sign-on letter.The Fair Pricing Coalition is asking Merck to price its new and very important integrase inhibitor Integrase inhibitors are a class of antiretroviral drug developed for the treatment of HIV infection, although they are not necessarily limited to HIV treatment. They block the action of integrase, an enzyme that integrates genetic material from the virus into its target cell. at a level everyone can live with. The letter is seeking organization and individual signers until the official launch of the drug, when the price will be announced. "A new HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. drug produced by Merck is about to be approved by the Food & Drug Administration in early October. While this is great news, especially for people who have developed resistance to existing therapies, the pricing of this treatment will have a major impact on the various publicly funded programs like Medicaid Medicaid, national health insurance program in the United States for low-income persons; established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. , Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. , and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, all of which are already straining at the breaking point. "Please join the Fair Pricing Coalition by signing onto the following statement to Merck...." For the text of the letter and instructions for signing, visit http://www.aidsnews.org/now/2007/09/pricing-of-new-hiv-drug-threatens.html |
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