Recent news on Nevirapine

Boehringer To Reduce Price Of Antiretroviral Nevirapine In Low ...  -  May 18, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim will reduce the price of its antiretroviral drug nevirapine, sold under the brand name Viramune,

Boehringer cuts nevirapine price for developing world  -  May 15, 2007
Aidsmap,Boehringer-Ingelheim is to cut the price of its antiretroviral drug nevirapine (Viramune) by 50% in low-income countries, the company’s chairman has told

Boehringer Ingelheim Further Intensifies Fight Against AIDS  -  May 19, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In order to further improve access to its anti-HIV drug Viramune (nevirapine) in developing countries Boehringer Ingelheim has amended its policy of

Boehringer Ingelheim further intensifies fight against AIDS  -  May 15, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),INGELHEIM, Germany, 15 May 2007 - In order to further improve access to its anti-HIV drug Viramune® (nevirapine) in developing countries Boehringer

GPO may sue US lobby firm  -  May 11, 2007
Bangkok Post,But some HIV-positive people may have experienced resistance to Nevirapine and so they have had to use the second-line drug instead.

Uganda: Controlling Mother to Child HIV Transmission  -  May 8, 2007
AllAfrica.com,They are given nevirapine tablets and take them home. When going into labour they are advised to swallow the tablet. They are also advised to deliver from

International panel issues new HIV/HCV co-infection guidelines  -  May 24, 2007
Aidsmap,Certain nucleoside analogues, notably ddI and d4T (Zerit), can cause mitochondrial toxicity (which can lead to liver steatosis), nevirapine (Viramune) can

Few pregnant women taking up antiretroviral treatment  -  Apr 25, 2007
Chandigarh Newsline,Chandigarh, April 25: The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) is providing nevirapine as a single dose drug free of cost to HIV-infected pregnant

Strides Arcolab ends JV with US firm  -  May 2, 2007
Business Standard,...of lamivudine with stavudine 150 mg and 40 mg tablets and lamivudine-stavudine150 and 40mg tablets co-packaged with nevirapine 200 mg tablets.

Boehringer Ingelheim launches HIV drug trial  -  May 10, 2007
Forbes,Ingelheim GmbH said it has begun enrolment for a trial to test the safety and efficacy of AIDS treatment Viramune (nevirapine) on HIV-positive patients.

Boehringer Ingelheim Initiates International Head-to-Head HIV/AIDS ...  -  May 9, 2007
campus med,The ArTEN (Atazanavir/ritonavir on a background of Tenofovir and Emtricitabine (Truvada) versus Nevirapine) trial is a Phase IIIb, open-label, multinational

Uganda: Makerere Still Shines, Not Sinking  -  May 22, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Researchers based at Makerere have made headway in HIV/AIDS research such as nevirapine, a drug that prevents mother-to-child transmission of the disease.

HIV resistance mutations common but CXCR4 rare among untreated US ...  -  May 22, 2007
Aidsmap,Resistance to nevirapine (Viramune), delavirdine (Rescriptor), stavudine (Zerit), efavirenz (Sustiva), zidovudine (Retrovir), and nelfinavir (Viracept) were

HIV/hepatitis C coinfected may have less risk of lipodystrophy and ...  -  May 21, 2007
Aidsmap,...while indinavir (p = 0.002) was linked with less leg fat in both groups, and nevirapine was linked with more leg fat in coinfected men (p = 0.016).

China and HIV — A Window of Opportunity  -  May 2, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Relying almost entirely on generic drugs produced in China, the country's first-line therapy regimens — zidovudine, didanosine, and nevirapine or zidovudine

Breast beats bottle over African HIV rates  -  May 17, 2007
UK Parents Lounge,In addition, all HIV positive mothers were given nevirapine during labour and their babies at birth. Their study found that the risk of HIV transmission to

Few pregnant women taking up antiretroviral treatment  -  26 Apr 2007
Chandigarh Newsline,Chandigarh, April 25: The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) is providing nevirapine as a single dose drug free of cost to HIV-infected pregnant

Understanding PPTCT among counselors and paramedics  -  Apr 23, 2007
KanglaOnline,She cited the possibility of an illiterate mother giving improper dosage of replacement feed leading to the dead of the infant in spite of giving Nevirapine

The Changing Face of HIV in Women: Presented at ACP  -  Apr 20, 2007
DG NewsThere is a concern in using nevirapine in the treatment of HIV in women due to liver toxicity. Dr. Benson reported that this occurs in 8% to 18% of women

How to prevent mother to child HIV transmission  -  Apr 17, 2007
New Vision,The mother swallows the drug nevirapine when labour begins and her baby is given the nevirapine syrup within the first 72 hours after birth.

MCC ordered to go ahead with Aids drug trial  -  Apr 5, 2007
Independent Online,South Africa's Medicines Control Council got a major slapdown in the Pretoria High Court when a judge ordered that a nevirapine trial it was stalling be

Dr Joseph Matare - HIV/AIDS Medical Officer - Namibia  -  Apr 23, 2007
ZimDaily,We either start with or substitute Nevirapine for Efavirenz or other drugs from other classes. Although TB and HIV have formed a formidable unholy alliance

Medicines Control Council ordered to go ahead with HIV trial  -  Apr 9, 2007
Legalbrief (subscription),The Medicines Control Council has been ordered by the Pretoria High Court to proceed immediately with a potentially life-saving nevirapine trial it has been

Adverse effects of ARVs  -  Apr 1, 2007
ZimDaily,Nevirapine. Allergic reaction seen as skin rash may occur in 1 in 5 patients, especially in the first few weeks. Can also cause liver problem in some

No looming threats to judicial independence – Moseneke  -  Apr 1, 2007
Legalbrief (subscription),In the TAC (Treatment Action Campaign) case, if people came back and said, ‘We’re not getting nevirapine,’ courts know what to do. Again, it didn’t happen.

Making a difference in fight against HIV  -  Apr 19, 2007
University at Buffalo Reporter,..."However, nevirapine resistance can develop with a single dose and so international efforts are under way to optimize therapy during pregnancy."

Play focuses on ‘Mama Tough’  -  Apr 23, 2007
2TheAdvocate,In 2001, while still in Bangkok, she helped develop a fixed-dose, single pill drug cocktail made of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine.

Partners Join Forces To Ensure That Children In Lesotho Are Born ...  -  Apr 11, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),More women are coming forward to be tested for HIV and out of these almost all HIV positive women go on to receive Nevirapine to prevent passing the virus

d4T dose can be reduced without loss of effectiveness, meta ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Aidsmap,They argue that further exploration of d4T dose reduction is warranted given the low cost of a fixed dose d4T/3TC/nevirapine regimen in resource-limited

Adherence to Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor–Based ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineCD4 + T-cell counts >0.20 x 10 9 cells/L), baseline viral load greater than 10 5 copies/mL (hazard ratio, 1.39 [CI, 1.14 to 1.70]), nevirapine-based regimen

You inspire me to be a survivor  -  Apr 14, 2007
Sunday Times,The child was healthy because she took nevirapine when she was pregnant. She loved her baby with a passion. But she did not last long.

Special Report: Censoring The Conservative Media  -  Apr 14, 2007
Post Chronicle...examining the safety and efficacy of [anti-AIDS drug] nevirapine to prevent the maternal-to-child ("vertical") transmission of the deadly AIDS virus.

Kenya: We will defy patents to save lives - minister  -  Apr 12, 2007
YubaNet,The standard first-line ARV regimen in Kenya is a combination of three Indian-manufactured ARV generics: stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine.

TMC125 Can Be Used in Combination with Most Antiretrovirals  -  Apr 12, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Tipranavir/ritonavir, nevirapine and efavirenz reduced TMC125 exposures by 76%, 55% and 41% and should not be used in combination with TMC125.

Abbott Agrees With World Health Organization (WHO) Director ...  -  Apr 11, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Co-administration of efavirenz, nevirapine, nelfinavir or amprenavir with Kaletra tablets 400/100 mg is not recommended. If co-administration of these

Strides Arcolab begins Grandix due diligence  -  Apr 10, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,...new drug applications (ANDAs) for various fixed dose combinations of Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs like Lamivudine, Stavudine, Nevirapine and Efavirenz.

Special Report: Censoring the Conservative Media  -  Apr 11, 2007
American Daily,...examining the safety and efficacy of [anti-AIDS drug] nevirapine to prevent the maternal-to-child (“vertical�) transmission of the deadly AIDS virus.

Zimbabwe: Chinese Delegation to Research on Zim's Traditional ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
AllAfrica.com,He said the company had a range of products, which range from tablets, granules, capsules and Nevirapine, which used HIV and Aids therapy.

Pediatrics Academy urges smaller pills, more accessible HIV ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
Canada.com,The pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines - nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine - in doses for infants and older children.

Lewis urges public to fight disparities  -  Apr 4, 2007
StarPhoenix,A tablet of the drug nevirapine given to the mother while in labour and a liquid dose given to the infant within 72 hours of being born reduces the

South Africa: Breast Has Finally Topped Bottle-Feeding - Even for ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
AllAfrica.com,In addition, all HIV positive mothers were given nevirapine during labour and their babies at birth. Their study, which was published in the prestigious

More child-friendly HIV drugs needed  -  Apr 2, 2007
NewsweekThe pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines — nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine — in doses for infants and older children.

Pediatricians Urge HIV Treatment Changes  -  Apr 1, 2007
CBS News,The pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines _ nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine _ in doses for infants and older children.

Pediatrics Academy urges smaller pills, more accessible HIV ...  -  Apr 1, 2007
Newsday,The pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines -- nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine -- in doses for infants and older children.

Academy urges kid-friendly HIV drugs  -  Apr 1, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,The pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines—nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine—in doses for infants and older children.

Pediatrics Academy urges smaller pills, more accessible HIV ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,The pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines – nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine – in doses for infants and older children.

Pediatrics Academy urges smaller pills, more accessible HIV ...  -  Apr 1, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,The pills, called Pedimune, combine three key virus-fighting medicines , nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine , in doses for infants and older children.

Strides Arcolab gets tentative US FDA nod for AIDS drug  -  Mar 29, 2007
domain-B,...co-packaged with Nevirapine 200 mg tablets, both under the expedited review provision of the President's Emergency Plan for aids relief programme.

Strides Arcolab Gets Tentative US FDA Approval For Aids Drug Efavirenz  -  Mar 28, 2007
Trading Markets,...tablets co-packaged with Nevirapine 200 mg tablets, both under the expedited review provision of the President's Emergency Plan for aids relief program.

Narrative Review: Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent the Sexual ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineConcentrations of nevirapine, lamivudine and stavudine in semen of HIV-1-infected men. AIDS. 2000;14:1979-84. [PMID: 10997403].[Medline]

Once-daily Nevirapine Has More Side-effects Than Twice-daily Dose  -  Feb 15, 2007
MedIndia,Once-daily nevirapine (Viramune) is associated with a higher risk of rash, leading to treatment discontinuation or interruption, than twice-daily dosing of

Aurobindo Pharma gets registrations for ARVs from Botswana  -  Feb 22, 2007
Myiris.com,The DRU of Botswana has also registered Nevirapine 200 mg tablet, Stavudine 30 mg capsules, Stavudine 40 mg capsules, Lamivudine 150 mg tablets,

Chiang Mai U produce cheap test kits to measure Nevirapine blood level  -  Feb 7, 2007
Nation Multimedia,Researchers at the Chiang Mai University have successfully created the world's first easy-to-use strip test for Nevirapine, a medicine widely used to treat

Data Published In AIDS Show Viramune (nevirapine) Achieves Durable ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Long-term data from the Nevirapine/Efavirenz/Abacavir (NEFA) study demonstrate that patients who switched from a protease inhibitor-based regimen to a

Data published in AIDS show Viramune® (nevirapine) achieves ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
Newsdesk,Ingelheim/Germany, 31 January 2007 - Long-term data from the Nevirapine/Efavirenz/Abacavir (NEFA) study demonstrate that patients who switched from a

Data Published in AIDS Show Viramune(R) (nevirapine) Achieves ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
Juraforum.de,Long-term data from the Nevirapine/Efavirenz/Abacavir (NEFA) studydemonstrate that patients who switched from a proteaseinhibitor-based regimen to a

Data Published in AIDS Show Viramune(R) (nevirapine) Achieves ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
campus med,About VIRAMUNE VIRAMUNE(R) (nevirapine) is a product of original research done at Boehringer Ingelheim. VIRAMUNE(R) was the first member of the

Aurobindo registers 9 anti-AIDS products in Botswana  -  Feb 21, 2007
Reuters India,The products are Lamivudine and Zidovudine tablet, Zidovudine oral solution 50 mg/5 ml, Nevirapine Oral Suspension 50 mg/ ml Lamivudine oral solution 10

APS: Data Published in AIDS Show Viramune(R) (nevirapine) ........  -  Jan 31, 2007
ANP Pers Support,...in the abacavir and VIRAMUNE arms occurred in the first weeks of the study. The most. rash in the VIRAMUNE arm. While in the VIRAMUNE group adverse events

Resistance mutations can persist at very low levels for years in ...  -  Feb 6, 2007
Aidsmap,Resistance to nevirapine falls to very low levels over time in women who received a single dose of the drug to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV,

FDA Announces Tentative Approval of Triple Drug Fixed Dose Combination  -  Feb 6, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),The recommended regimen for the lamivudine-zidovudine-nevirapine tablet is one pill twice a day following an initial two week treatment with the individual

South Africa: Free State Targets Primary Health Care  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,All their babies received nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, but only 3 out of 10 mothers took treatment.

Indian pharmaceutical companies: innovative HIV drug reformulations  -  Feb 8, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewThe FDA has tentatively approved new HIV drug co-formulations combining lamivudine, zidovudine (both originally developed by GSK) and nevirapine (by

South Africa: Good Outcomes for the Western Cape  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Data for 2005 indicates that almost 70 percent of HIV positive antenatal clients received nevirapine, also the highest in South Africa, with almost all of

South Africa: Health Matters Worsen in Kwazulu-Natal  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Only 60% of HIV positive pregnant women were given the anti-AIDS drug, nevirapine, which cuts transmission of the virus from mothers to their babies.

Boehringer Says Study Supports its AIDS Drug  -  Jan 26, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),FRANKFURT (Reuters) - AIDS patients were more likely to keep their viral infection under control when switched to Boehringer Ingelheim's nevirapine or

South Africa: Primary Health Care Underutilised in Gauteng  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Less than half of these mothers received nevirapine although all their babies received the drug. The city of Johannesburg, is both the most densely

South Africa: Eastern Cape Limps Along  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...one the country's biggest HIV prevention programmes, is unreliable with the province recording the lowest rate of babies receiving nevirapine.

Cipla, Glenmark get tentative FDA nods  -  Feb 8, 2007
Economic Times,The tentative approval is also for zidovudine and nevirapine, also AIDS drugs. Drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.= has received tentative approval for

South Africa: Clarity Sought in Microbicides Furore  -  Feb 8, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...about the potentially negative effects of Nevirapine and alleged there were flaws in the Ugandan study that assessed its safety and efficacy.

Women experience rapid fall in genital secretion of HIV after ...  -  Feb 19, 2007
Aidsmap,...cells/mm 3 and were provided with an antiretroviral regimen consisting of 3TC (lamivudine, Epivir), d4T (stavudine, Zerit) and nevirapine (Viramune).

How money is not the only barrier to Aids patients getting hold of ...  -  Feb 16, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Nevirapine, a follow-up drug, in a single dose reduces maternal HIV transmission from 25% to 15%. It's given away free for that purpose by the drug company

Rwanda: Country Receives $10 Million for Aids Project  -  Feb 13, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...which represents about 90 per cent of women attending ante-natal care," said the proposal: "Coverage with Nevirapine prophylaxis rose from about 14 per

Rwanda receives $10m for Aids project  -  Feb 11, 2007
East African,...which represents about 90 per cent of women attending ante-natal care,� said the proposal: “Coverage with Nevirapine prophylaxis rose from about 14 per

South Africa: Mpumalanga Fails On the Health Front  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...which has a population of over a million people, there has also been a steep decline in the proportion of HIV positive mothers who received nevirapine.

South Africa: Barometer Measures the Nation's Health  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Only half of the Mpumalanga women who were HIV positive took the antiretroviral drug, nevirapine, to cut the risk of HIV transmission to their babies.

South Africa: Northern Cape Battles to Control TB  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,In 2005 the HIV prevalence among pregnant women was around 14 percent with only 28 percent of these HIV positive women receiving Nevirapine (the lowest in

India's Cipla, Glenmark get tentative FDA nods  -  Feb 8, 2007
ReutersThe tentative approval is also for zidovudine and nevirapine, also AIDS drugs. Drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GLEN.BO: Quote, Profile, Research)

India's Cipla, Glenmark get tentative FDA nods  -  Feb 8, 2007
ReutersThe tentative approval is also for zidovudine and nevirapine, also AIDS drugs. Drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (GLEN.BO: Quote, Profile , Research)

Cipla and Glenmark get tentative nods from USFDA  -  Feb 9, 2007
Myiris.com,The tentative approval is also for zidovudine and nevirapine, also AIDS drugs. Meanwhile, drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has also received tentative

Zimbabwe: Take HIV Tests Seriously  -  Feb 8, 2007
AllAfrica.com,A single dose of nevirapine just before delivery has been proven to be effective at reducing HIV transmission to the baby by more than half.

The South African Pharmaceutical Market is the Largest in Africa ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
NAMC Newswire Releases (press release),That said, the sector is still mired in controversy regarding the provision of the antiretroviral nevirapine to pregnant women infected with HIV in order to

Emergency HIV Prevention  -  Feb 6, 2007
ZimDaily,If the mother is on triple combination of ARVs (HAART), or not, the child will receive either a single dose of Nevirapine or receive a short course of

Preventable diseases kill SA children  -  Feb 4, 2007
Independent Online,At present, only 30 percent of HIV-positive pregnant women were taking nevirapine to prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies.

In Brief  -  Jan 30, 2007
Nature.com (subscription),Viral resistance caused by a single large dose of nevirapine—a common method of preventing mother-to-unborn-child HIV transmission in the developing

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What is HIV / AIDS?  -  Jan 28, 2007
Sunday Times,Two common examples of these drugs are AZT and nevirapine. AZT is particularly effective in reducing the possibility of a mother infecting her baby during

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