Africa: The Global Fund Welcomes Moves to Facilitate Wider Use of Fixed-Dose Combination Drugs Against Aids

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Geneva — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria welcomes U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson's announcement Sunday of an expedited process for reviewing applications for new fixed-dose and co-packaged HIV/AIDS drugs.

The Global Fund is financing a major scaling up of AIDS treatment in over 100 developing countries, and simplified drug regimens play a crucial role in ensuring rapid scale-up and compliance in resource-poor settings. Fixed-dose combinations allow patients to reduce the number of pills they have to take to as few as one pill twice per day.

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