AIDS drug patents and prices kill people with HIV Coinciding with the opening day of the legal action against the South African government in Pretoria – bought by GalxoSmithKline and 41 other pharmaceutical companies – British protesters will picket the GSK plant in west London today, 5 March 2001, from 8-10am. GSK is the world’s … GlaxoSmithKline = Aids Profiteer
The Government’s new guidelines on teaching sex education are being criticised by OutRage! as “weak and insufficiently inclusive”. The guidance to teachers is set out in an amendment to the Learning and Skills Bill. It gives prominence to teaching about “marriage and permanent relationships”. “The guidelines are not inclusive enough. They do not oblige schools … DfEE Sex Education Guidelines
Amendments to outlaw discrimination against gay people and people with HIV are being proposed by OutRage! The proposed amendments are to the Human Rights Bill, which is currently going through Parliament. “If amended to include an explicit ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation, this Bill would do more for gay equality than any other … OutRage! proposes amendments to the Human Rights Bill
The pharmaceutical giant Merck has conceded that development of a potent protease inhibitor drug for the treatment of HIV was halted in 1989, after the company tested the drug on rats and dogs and they all died. There is, however, no evidence that the drug would necessarily have had the same damaging effect on people … Merck concedes Animal Research delayed Protease Inhibitors for HIV
Peter Tatchell argues that animal experimentation is undermining the fight against AIDS and jeopardising the lives of people with HIV. The development of live-saving protease inhibitors was delayed for four years by the pharmaceutical company Merck because the drugs killed laboratory dogs and rats, according to the Washington Post Magazine, (1-May-1997). During those four years, … Animal research delayed protease inhibitors for four years
by Peter Tatchell As Hollywood is pressured to choose between AIDS research and animal rights, Peter Tatchell argues that animal experiments are scientifically flawed and unethical. AIDS awareness and animal rights are the two biggest Hollywood causes célèbres. Now stars are being told they can’t be in favour of both. AIDS activists claim there will … AIDS Research wasted on animal testing