• July 12, 2002. Health GAP press release. Sachs/Lewis/Piot/Feachem press conference.
• July 11, 2002. Institute for Public Accuracy. U.S. Policies on AIDS: Interviews Available.
• July 10, 2002. Oxfam Report. Generic competition, price and access to medicines: The case of antiretrovirals in Uganda. Also, see the press release that accompanied the report: Generic competition leads to dramatic drop in price of AIDS medicines.
• July 9, 2002. ACT-UP Press Release. AIDS Activists Silence US Health Secretary Thompson in Barcelona.
• JUly 9, 2002. Center for Strategic and International Studies. World AIDS Conference: Ambiguous Moment, Considerable Uncertainty.
• July 7, 2002. MSF press release. Waiting to Treat AIDS is a Cime: New data reassert the feasibility of antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings Governments still refuse to commit funds for life-extending medicines.
• July 2002. MSF position statement. From Durban to Barcelona: Overcoming the Treatment Deficit.
• July 5, 2002. Oxfam at the International Conference on HIV/AIDS, Barcelona.
• July 5, 2002. Oxfam briefing paper. False Hope or New Start? (Also see the press release that accompanies the report.)
• July 4, 2002. Christian Aid press release. Christian Aid calls for massive increase to tackle HIV/AIDS.
• July 2002. MSF position statement. From Durban to Barcelona: Overcoming the Treatment Deficit.
• May 31, 2002. AIDS Healthcare Foundation. AHF Protests Lack of Focus on AIDS Treatment Access Worldwide by International AIDS Conference Organizers.

Researchers presented promising test results for two Phase III Clinical Trials for T-20 (also known as Pentafuside). The tests presented will form the basis of the submission for FDA approval. T-20 is a pipeline drug that, if approved by the FDA, will be the first drug in a new class of antiretrovirals called fusion inhibitors. These drugs attack HIV in a different way than existing antiretrovirals, and therefore should be good for PWAs who have developed resistences to older therapies. T-20 was discovered by researchers at Duke University's Center for AIDS Research, who then formed Trimeris to develop fusion inhibitors. In 1999 Trimeris and Hoffman LaRoche entered an agreement to develop the drug on a large scale.

• July 8, 2002. Trimeris press release. Treatment-Experienced Patients Twice As Likely To Achieve Undetectable HIV Levels With T-20 Than Without.
• CPTech Page on T-20.
• Trimeris Homepage.
• July/August 2001. Bob Huff. GMHC Treatment Issues Volume 15, Number 7/8. How Much Does R&D Really Cost? (Includes a case study of T-20.)
• News Stories
  • July 12, 2002. Vincent Landon for SwissInfo.com. New AIDS Drug Raises Hope and Prices.
  • July 9, 2002. Lawrence K. Altman for the New York Times. Powerful AIDS Drug Works Well in Trials.
  • July 9, 2002. PR Newswire. Study Shows T-20 Administration Has Little Impact On Daily Activities of Patients After Eight Weeks of Treatment.
  • July 9, 2002. Reuters. New Drugs for Rich Unvieled at AIDS Conference.
  • July 8, 2002. Vanessa Fuhrman for the Wall Street Journal. New AIDS Drug Shows Promise But May Prove Unaffordable.
  • July 8, 2002. Reuters. New Drug Appears to Cut HIV.
  • July 8, 2002. Lawrence Altman for the New York Times. Scientists in Barcelona Report on New AIDS Drug.
  • July 8, 2002. BBC News. New Hope in the Fight Against AIDS.

• World Health Organization's Page on the Conference
• July 10, 2002. UNAIDS Report. Children on the Brink 2002: A Joint Report on Orphan Estimates and Program Strategies.
• July 9, 2002. WHO Press Release. 3 million HIV/AIDS Sufferers Could Receive Antiretroviral Therapy by 2005.
• July 8, 2002. UN Press Release. Head of UN anti-AIDS agency urges political commitment to fight epidemic.
• July 5, 2002. Red Cross and Red Crecent Societies. World's Biggest Humanitarian Organization Sends Largest-Ever Delegation to International AIDS Confernece.
• July, 2002. UNICEF report. Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis.

• July 10, 2002. USAID Press Release. Joint Report Details Escalating Global Orphans Crisis Due to AIDS.
• July 8, 2002. Dorette Corbey, Member of the European Parliament. Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times. Europe needs to spend on drugs for the poor.
• July 3, 2002. US Department of Health and Human Services. Secretaru Thompson Leads U.S. Delegation to the XIV International AIDS Conference.
• Scedule of press conferences to be given by USAID.

Links take you to pages with agendas and abstracts:

• July 9, 2002. Hosted by the Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS. From Commitment to Action: Forging the Natnional Business Response to HIV/AIDS.
• July 7, 2002. MSF and HealthGAP Time to Treat: Transforming AIDS Treatment from Right to Reality.
• July 6-7, 2002. International AIDS Economics Network. Economics of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries Symposium.
• July 6, 2002. International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. AIDS Vaccines for thr World: Working Together to Accelerate Development and Delivery.
• July 5, 2002. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the AIDS Law Project - South Africa, and the Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit - India. Putting Third First: Vaccines, Access to Treatment & the Law.

• July 10, 2002. Bristol-Myers Squibb press release. Once-Daily HIV Medications Pave Way for Simplified Combination Drug Regimens: New Formulations May Help Patients Adhere to Medication Schedule.
• July 8, 2002. Trimeris press release. Treatment-Experienced Patients Twice As Likely To Achieve Undetectable HIV Levels With T-20 Than Without. (Note: T-20 is a pipeline HIV drug currently halfway through the Phase III clinical trials it plans to submit to the FDA to win marketing approval. If approved, it will be the first drug in a new class of antiretrovirals called fusion inhibitors. For more information on T-20, click here.)
• July 5, 2002. GlaxoSmithKline press release. Positive Action marks its tenth anniversary during the XIV International AIDS Conference.
• June 26, 2002. Trimeris press release. New Data On T-20, Most Clinically Advanced HIV Fusion Inhibitor, To Be Featured At International AIDS Conference In Barcelona

• UNAIDS Press Kit for Barcelona.

• July 14, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. AIDS Meeting Ends With Hope.
• July 13, 2002. Ruth Pollard for the Sydney Morning Herald. Leaders Plead for More AIDS Funds.
• July 12, 2002. Reuters. Mandella Calls for Drugs for All.
• July 12, 2002. Associated Press. Delegates focus on AIDS 'health gap'.
• July 12, 2002. Associated Press. Clinton and Mandella Call for Action on AIDS.
• July 12, 2002. Associated Press. Clinton urges countries to bargain with drug companies for HIV drugs.
• July 12, 2002. Associated Press. Experts Call for More AIDS Money
• July 12, 2002. Health and Development Networks. Scaling UP: Lessons from Brazil.
• July 12, 2002. South African Press Association. Bush under attack at the world AIDS conference.
• July 12, 2002. South African Press Association. Germany Adds Its AIDS Donation.
• July 12, 2002. Emma Young for the New Scientist. AIDS Conference Closes on Gloomy Note.
• July 12, 2002. Joe di Capua for Voice of America News. Will Africa Benefit From New AIDS Drugs?
• July 12, 2002. Vincent Landon for SwissInfo.com. AIDS Activists Call for Action.
• July 12, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. Progress in AIDS Program in Haiti.
• July 12, 2002. Rosemary Okello, Mike Mwaniki and Caleb Atemi for the Niarobi Nation. Offer of Free HIV/Aids Drugs is Welcomed.
• July 12, 2002. The Windhoek Nambian. Orphan Crisis Set to Get Worse.
• July 11, 2002. Jerome Socolovsky for the Associated Press. Health Gap in Rich, Poor Countries.
• July 11, 2002. Health and Development Networks. "Throw open the doors!" Activist offers the drug companies a deal.
• July 11, 2002. Geoff Dyer for the Financial Times. Governments feel pressure as tide turns.
• July 11, 2002. Geoff Dyer for the Financial Times. Brazil set to help countries copy Aids drugs.
• July 11, 2002. Editorial in Newsday. It's Up to U.S. to Lead in Global Fight Against AIDS.
• July 11, 2002. Sachchidanand Jha for the Times of India. India draws flak for low spending on AIDS.
• July 11, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. Report: Number of AIDS Orphans to Rise.
• July 11, 2002. Gavin du Venage for the San Francisco Chronicle. AIDS Orphans Strain South Africa.
• July 11, 2002. Oped by Richard Tren in the Wall Street Journal. Free the Industry, Not the Drugs.
• July 11, 2002. Deborah Mitchell for Reuters. South Africa AIDS Crisis Continues Unabated.
• July 11, 2002. Kerry Cullinan for Business Day. Kampala Still Greatest Success Story.
• July 11, 2002. Collin Chiwanza for the Harare Daily News. Deepening Poverty Seen Worsening Aids Pandemic.
• July 11, 2002. Caleb Atemi and Mike Mwaniki for the Niarobi Nation. How Greed Fuels the Scourge in Kenya.
• July 10, 2002. CNN. Drug price protest at AIDS summit.
• July 10, 2002. Emma Young for the New Scientist. Drugs Can Tackle HIV in Poor Countries.
• July 10, 2002. Associated Press. UN: AIDS to Make More Kids Orphans.
• July 10, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. Drug Regimen for HIV Could Be Safely Delayed, Two Studies Show.
• July 10, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. Amount of US Spending on AIDS Decried.
• July 10, 2002. Ruth Pollard for the Sydney Morning Herald. UN forces more at risk from HIV than war.
• July 10, 2002. Health and Development Network News. Why Is Accelerating Access So Slow?
• July 10, 2002 Lawrence Altman for the New York Times. U.S. Official Is Jeered at AIDS Conference.
• July 10, 2002. Sachchidanand Jha for the Times of India. US secretary booed at AIDS conference.
• July 9, 2002. Business Day. Brazil to help countries copy Aids drugs.
• July 9, 2002. Health and Development Networks. Bridging the Gap on Drug Prices?
• July 9, 2002. Wired News. AIDS Debate Heats Up in Barcelona.
• July 9, 2002. Reuters. Brazil to Share AIDS Drugs.
• July 9, 2002. Ben Hirschler for Reuters. Protestors Blast US Over AIDS Funding.
• July 9, 2002. Associated Press. Thompson Drowned Out at Conference.
• July 9, 2002. Adrian Croft for Reuters. AIDS Major Threat to African Workforce.
• July 9, 2002. Tehran Times. UN Calls For $10bn Annual Fund to Fight AIDS.
• July 9, 2002. Moscow Times. Flickers of Hope in Fight on AIDS.
• July 9, 2002. Editorial in Newsday. A Scourge Abroad, AIDS Is Still a Threat in America.
• July 9, 2002. Reuters. New Drugs for Rich Unveiled at AIDS Conference.
• July 9, 2002. Justine Smith for the Daily Record. HIV Jab by 2005 Says US Drug Firm.
• July 8, 2002. Emma Ross for the Associated Press. U.S. urged to refocus on AIDS threat.
• July 8, 2002. Sabin Russel for the San Francisco Chronicle. Antiviral drugs bring African man back to life: Doctors Without Borders clinics dispense pills in Third World.
• July 8, 2002. Sabin Russel for the San Francisco Chronicle. AIDS challenge to richest nations: Political call to arms opens 14th conference.
• July 8, 2002. CNN. AIDS Threatening African Economies.
• July 8, 2002. Dorette Corbey (European Parliament). Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times. Europe needs to spend on drugs for the poor.
• July 8, 2002. Associated Press. Young HIV Carriers Unaware of Virus.
• July 8, 2002. Sarah Boseley for the Guardian. AIDS Cuts Life Expectancy to 27.
• July 8, 2002. Liz MacGregor for the Guardian. Botswana battles against 'extinction'.
• July 8, 2002. Voice of America. International AIDS Conference Begins Work in Spain.
• July 8, 2002. Reuters. Asia Criticized for Silense in the Face of AIDS Menace.
• July 8, 2002. Ben Hirschler for Reuters. Rich World's AIDS Advances Leave Poor Trailing.
• July 8, 2002. Thalyta Swanepoel for News 24.com. Sick Achmat to Speak Via Video.
• July 8, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. Study: AIDS Shortening Life in 51 Nations.
• July 8, 2002. Laurie Garrett for Newsday. Fighting AIDS A High Priority U.S. official vows 'passionate' effort.
• July 8, 2002. Xinhuane News Service. International AIDS conference opens in Barcelona.
• July 8, 2001. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. AIDS epidemic ravages survival chances of worst-hit countries.
• July 8, 2002. Michael Smith for the Canadian National Post. Africans 'faced with extinction': Study says AIDS will chop life expectancy below 40 in 11 countries - 27 in Botswana.
• July 8, 2002. Lawrence Altman. Scientists in Barcelona Report on New AIDS Drug.
• July 7, 2002. David Brown for the Washington Post. Conferees Call for New AIDS Alliance: Program Would Bring Life-Sustaining Drugs To Poorest Nations.
• July 7, 2002. Ben Hirschler for Reuters. Plea for Drugs for 2 Million at AIDS Conference. July 7, 2002. Voice of America News. International AIDS Conference Opens in Barcelona.
• July 7, 2002. CBS News. Mobilizing Commitment to AIDS.
• July 7, 2002. Sabin Russel for the San Francisco Chronicle. The 14th International Annual AIDS Conference.
• July 7, 2002. Patricia Reaney for Reuters. AIDS conference to focus on new drugs.
• July 7, 2002. Agence France Presse. $10 bn needed annually to fight AIDS: UN.
• July 7, 2002. Associated Press. Health Experts Try to Mobilize Commitment to HIV and AIDS. July 7, 2002. Associated Press. No indication AIDS epidemic levelling off, says U.N. official.
• July 7, 2002. Geoff Hyer for the Financial Times. Resistence to AIDS Drugs Growing Fast.
• July 7, 2002. Ben Hirschler for Reuters. Botswana fears "extinction" from AIDS.
• July 7, 2002. Sabin Russel for the San Francisco Chronicle. AIDS Experts To Meet in Eye Of Epidemic.
• July 7, 2002. Houston Chronicle News Service. Health officials propose alliance to combat AIDS.
• July 7, 2002. Lawrence K. Altman for the New York Times (reprinted in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Mixed news before world AIDS conference.
• July 3, 2002. Rachel Zimmerman and Mark Schoofs for the Wall Street Journal. World AIDS Experts Debate Treatment vs. Prevention.
• July 2, 2002. The Kampala Monitor. AIDS Needs Less Talk and More Money.
• July 1, 2002. Charlene Porter for the Washington Post. Global HIV/AIDS Meeting to Convene in Barcelona.