Recent news on Ziagen

Drug Safety Proposals and the Intrusion Of Federal Regulation into ...  -  May 11, 2007
American Enterprise Institute,...or other immediate lifethreatening reactions that require special monitoring or precautions before administration (examples: Ziagen, Plenaxis, Zevalin,

FDA Announces Important Notice About Combivir and Ziagen  -  Apr 10, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),We would like to call to your attention an apparent third-party tampering that caused misbranding of Ziagen® (abacavir sulfate) Tablets as Combivir®

FDA Warns Of HIV Drug Tampering  -  Apr 11, 2007
CBS News,...(WebMD) The FDA today warned that certain bottles of the HIV drug Combivir may actually contain Ziagen, another HIV drug. Certain Ziagen bottles were

FDA Warns of HIV Drug Tampering  -  Apr 11, 2007
WebMDApril 11, 2007 -- The FDA today warned that certain bottles of the HIV drug Combivir may actually contain Ziagen, another HIV drug.

FDA Warns Of HIV Drug Mix-Up  -  Apr 12, 2007
Post ChronicleThe US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that bottles of HIV drug Ziagen may have been mislabeled as Combivir, another HIV drug.

FDA warns of HIV drug mix-up  -  Apr 12, 2007
ImediNews,WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) — The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that bottles of HIV drug Ziagen may have been mislabeled as Combivir,

Isolated Case of Counterfeit Combivir on the Market  -  Apr 12, 2007
Facts and Comparisons,GlaxoSmithKline is informing health care professionals of an incident of misbranding of Ziagen (abacavir sulfate) as Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine).

FDA Alerts Pharmacists About Mislabeling of HIV Drugs  -  Apr 11, 2007
MedPage Today,A letter sent to pharmacists said the incidents, which involved abacavir sulfate (Ziagen) and a combination of lamvudine and zidovudine (Combivir),

FDA Grants Tentative Approval for Matrix's Antiretroviral Drug ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Kaiser network.org,Abacavir is the generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Ziagen ( Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report , 5/25/06). The tentative approval designation means the drug

Speed of viral load decline is a sign of more effective ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Aidsmap,...that viral load declined more quickly in people treated with AZT, 3TC and efavirenz (Sustiva) than in those treated with AZT, 3TC and abacavir (Ziagen).

GSK to export to 70 markets from Poznan  -  Mar 1, 2007
Polish Market,The factory has also became the packaging plant for four innovative anti-retroviral drugs used in HIV/AIDS therapy (Combivir, Epivir, Trizivir and Ziagen)

Triple nuke combination of AZT/3TC/tenofovir below current ...  -  Dec 17, 2006
Aidsmap,Despite reports emerging in 2003 that tenofovir/3TC in combination with abacavir (Ziagen) or ddI (didanosine, Videx/Videx EC) had a high rate of early

FDA List Serve - Tentative approval of generic abacavir sulfate  Nov 7, 2006
This tentatively approved product, a generic version of Ziagen tablets manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI ... -PharmaLive.com (press release), New Data Reinforce Efficacy of Abacavir Sulfate/Lamivudine ...  Oct 12, 2006
...of HIV-1 infection. Trizivir is one of multiple products containing abacavir sulfate, also known as ZIAGEN. Before starting a patient ... -DG News National study puts U of M near top in successful research  Sep 21, 2006
...place ranking is due mainly to income from computer software products developed at the school and a windfall from the AIDS-fighting drug Ziagen, according to ... -Duluth News Tribune

Report says U of M does well at moving inventions to market  Sep 22, 2006
...ranking comes from income related to computer software products developed at the university and a windfall from the AIDS-fighting drug Ziagen, among other ... -Duluth News Tribune

Glaxo profits while people with HIV die  Sep 23, 2006
...have been fattened by the exorbitant profits to be made in pharmaceuticals—especially HIV antiviral drugs that GSK produces, like Com bivir, Epivir and Ziagen ... -Workers World

U climbing ladder in research rankings  Sep 21, 2006
...said. Ziagen, a pharmaceutical drug used to treat AIDS, generated significant revenue for the University, Mulcahy said. "Across ... -Minnesota Daily

GlaxoSmithKline agrees preferential prices for HIV medicines in ...  Sep 15, 2006
...terms of the agreement, GSK said it will supply over 90,000 treatment packs to the Russian government of its HIV medicines Combivir, Epivir and Ziagen by the ... -Life Style Extra

Glaxo to Supply Cut-price AIDS Drugs to Russia  Sep 15, 2006
...purchase of anti-retroviral medicines in Russia and covers the supply of over 90,000 treatment packs of Glaxo’s drugs Combivir, Epivir and Ziagen by the end ... -MOSNEWS

Glaxo backs Russian HIV/Aids crusade  Sep 16, 2006
Glaxo will supply more than 90,000 treatment packs of its drugs - Combivir, Epivir and Ziagen - to the Russian Government by the end of 2006. ... -ic Wales

US: New Apple Could Bring Zesty Royalties To 'U'  Sep 22, 2006
...(The university's most-profitable invention is an HIV drug sold under the commercial name Ziagen, among others, that has grossed $200 million.). ... -FreshPlaza

Business in Brief  Sep 17, 2006
...said Friday. The company will sell 90,000 treatment packs of the Combivir, Epivir and Ziagen drugs by the year's end. (Bloomberg). -The Moscow Times

'This is where children get healed'  Sep 13, 2006
...as adult formulations. Hermien Gous, pharmacist at the clinic, says that the most expensive ARV medicine is Ziagen. It comes in ... -Mail & Guardian Online

Russia gets discounted HIV drugs  Sep 15, 2006
Glaxo will supply over 90000 treatment packs of its HIV medicines - Combivir, Epivir and Ziagen, by the end of 2006, the company said in a statement. ... -Finance24

Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Now Include Three GSK HIV ...  Aug 13, 2006
EPZICOM contains abacavir, which is also contained in ZIAGEN(R) (abacavir sulfate) and TRIZIVIR(R) (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine). ... -International News Service

Large analysis shows benefits of starting treatment with efavirenz  Aug 22, 2006
In contrast, patients starting with nelfinavir (Viracept), unboosted saquinavir, unboosted indinavir or abacavir (Ziagen) had a similar risk of AIDS or death ... -Aidsmap

Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines Now Include Three GSK HIV ...  Aug 13, 2006
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION EPZICOM contains abacavir, which is also contained in ZIAGEN(R) (abacavir sulfate) and TRIZIVIR(R) (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine ... -PR Newswire

Updated HIV treatment guidelines now include three GSK HIV ...  Aug 14, 2006
Epzicom contains abacavir, which is also contained in ziagen® (abacavir sulfate) and trizivir® (abacavir sulfate, lamivudine, and zidovudine). ... -WebWire

Study finds 4-drug treatment no better than 3 for HIV  Aug 14, 2006
Sustiva. The other half of the patients were given the three drugs plus abacavir, which Glaxo sells under the brand Ziagen. The ... -MarketWatch

Once-A-Day Pill May Work As Well as Drug Cocktail to Control AIDS  Aug 14, 2006
...anti-AIDS drugs were randomly assigned to one of two regimens: a four-drug cocktail consisting of Combivir (the AZT/Epivir combo drug), Ziagen, and Sustiva; or ... -FOX News

IAC: Four HIV Drugs No Better Than Three  Aug 13, 2006
The three nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors were AZT (zidoviudine), 3TC (lamivudine), and Ziagen (abacavir), which are co-formulated as Trizivir; two ... -MedPage Today

Abacavir/3TC backbone proves most durable for children over five ...  Aug 16, 2006
HIV-positive children who take the nucleoside reverse transcriptase (NRTI) backbone of abacavir (Ziagen) and 3TC (lamivudine, Epivir) as part of their potent ... -Aidsmap

Genetics associated with risk of severe allergic reaction to ...  Aug 10, 2006
Two months ago another HLA marker- HLA-B*5701-, was shown to be associated with an allergic reaction to the drug abacavir (Ziagen )(Rauch 2006). ... -Aidsmap

FDA Announces Tentative Approval of Lamivudine/sidovudine Co ...  Jul 26, 2006
Abacavir sulfate, which is also an NRTI, is a generic formulation of the approved product, Ziagen, also manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. ... -PharmaLive.com

Traditional risk factors and use of some anti-HIV drugs increase ...  Jul 21, 2006
The use of abacavir (Ziagen) and tenofovir (Viread) had no relationship with levels of uric acid, nor did the level of HIV viral load. ... -Aidsmap

U hopes to turn discovery into dollars  Jul 13, 2006
Nearly all of that, however, was connected to one home-run product, the AIDS drug Ziagen, and that revenue stream is expected to dry up within the next 10 years ... -Pioneer Press

A 'good deed' for AIDS drug hits obstacles  Jun 30, 2006
GlaxoSmithKline PLC. for charging a high price -- now roughly $625 a year -- in the developing world for its drug Ziagen. Abbott ... -Pittsburgh Post Gazette

GSK AIDS drug hits NGO hurdle  Jul 17, 2006
...by various NGOs, the Indian Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (INP+) has opposed the patent application on GlaxoSmithKline’s AIDS drug Ziagen (Abacavir ... -Daily News & Analysis

US OKs pediatric drug for AIDS relief plan  Jun 27, 2006
President George W. Bush's global AIDS relief plan. The brand name version is sold by GlaxoSmithKline Plc under the name Ziagen. -Reuters India

US OKs pediatric drug for AIDS relief plan  Jun 27, 2006
The brand name version is sold by GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) (GSK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) under the name Ziagen. -Reuters

Ads by Google  Jun 29, 2006
...infection. Abacavir sulfate oral solution is the version of Ziagen Solution, an anti-HIV medication manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. -Moneycontrol.com

Generic pediatric AIDS Drug gets US OK  Jun 28, 2006
...of India, is the first generic version of the already approved Ziagen Oral Solution brand of abacavir manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline. ... -United Press International

FDA Gives Tentative Approval For Another First Time Generic ...  Jun 30, 2006
The Aurobindo version of abacavir solution is the first generic version of the already approved Ziagen Oral Solution brand of abacavir manufactured by ... -Medical News Today

FDA gives tentative approval for generic pediatric AIDS drug  Jun 27, 2006
The Aurobindo version of abacavir solution is the first generic version of the already approved Ziagen Oral Solution brand of abacavir manufactured by ... -News-Medical.net



Glaxo-Vertex Study tests anti-HIV drugs  17 May 2006
...both groups were also given 600 milligrams of abacavir and 300 milligrams of lamivudine, the active ingredients in GlaxoSmithKline's HIV drugs Ziagen and Epivir ... - BusinessWeek

GSK turns to RFID to protect its AIDS drug  Apr 21, 2006
Among other GSK products flagged by the association as prone to adulteration, counterfeiting or diversion are Combivir, Epivir, Retrovir, Ziagen – all HIV ... - In-PharmaTechnologist.com





Rare resistance mutation, K65N, means that multiple NRTIs don't ...  Mar 26, 2006
2003 and started antiretroviral therapy consisting of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) efavirenz (Sustiva), abacavir (Ziagen) and 3TC ... - Aidsmap

GlaxoSmithKline Joins Combined White House, Industry, UN Agencies ...  Mar 13, 2006
GSK is currently assessing the development of scored tablets for use in children for the company's key anti-retrovirals (ARVs): Epivir, Ziagen, and Combivir. ... - Finanzen.net

Study finds no link between brain-penetrating antiretroviral drugs ...  Mar 21, 2006
Previous studies have shown that these are AZT (zidovudine, Retrovir), d4T (stavudine, Zerit), 3TC (lamivudine, Epivir), abacavir (Ziagen), nevirapine (Viramune ... - Aidsmap

Glaxo, Gilead, Merck part of team to fight HIV  Mar 14, 2006
...is working to develop a scored tablet form - or tablets that can be divided into smaller, uniform doses - of its anti-HIV treatments Epivir, Ziagen and Combivir ... - Raleigh Triangle Business Journal



CROI: Lipodystrophy stable in children on HIV treatment and does ...  Feb 23, 2006
Adult studies have shown a modest improvement in limb fat levels after d4T is replaced with either abacavir (Ziagen) or tenofovir, but similar strategies have ... - Aidsmap,

CROI News Feature: Experts divided over the future of treatment ...  Feb 9, 2006
...must never have fallen below 100 cells/mm 3 (the median CD4 nadir was, in fact, 280 cells/mm 3 ), and it excluded anyone taking abacavir (Ziagen) or nevirapine ... - Aidsmap,

Multi-component drug delivery system: An emerging trend  Feb 8, 2006
Nucleoside/tide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs), which include abacavir (Ziagen), lamivudine, 3TC (Epivir), tenofovir (Viread), abacavir/lamivudine ... - Express Pharma Pulse,

Multi-component drug delivery system: An emerging trend  Feb 8, 2006
Nucleoside/tide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs), which include abacavir (Ziagen), lamivudine, 3TC (Epivir), tenofovir (Viread), abacavir/lamivudine ... - Express Pharma Pulse

Simplified treatment regimens show promise in HIV-infected ...  Feb 6, 2006
After switching, all of the children were taking 3TC (lamivudine, Epivir) and abacavir (Ziagen), along with either AZT (zidovudine, Retrovir) or d4T (stavudine ... - Aidsmap

Unusual abacavir hypersensitivity reaction involving severe ...  Jan 19, 2006
An unusual case of abacavir (Ziagen) hypersensitivity reaction affecting the lungs is reported in the January 9 th edition of AIDS. ... - Aidsmap

T-20 helps to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in women ...  Jan 19, 2006
...multiple major resistance mutations and the woman was provided with an anti-HIV treatment regimen consisting of abacavir (Ziagen), delavirdine, fosamprenavir ... - Aidsmap

ICAAC: Switch from AZT or d4T to tenofovir may improve blood fat ...  Jan 13, 2006
Zerit) may show better improvements in blood fat levels when they switch to tenofovir (Viread) than when they switch to abacavir (Ziagen), according to the ... - Aidsmap

ICAAC: HCV only factor associated with liver problems in patients ...  Jan 8, 2006
...copies/ml. The most frequently prescribed drugs were Kaletra (39%), efavirenz (Sustiva)(43%), and abacavir (Ziagen) (31%). A total ... - Aidsmap

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