Sept. 27 is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD) calls on gay men across the U.S.
to remember that the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic may be in sight, but the epidemic isn't
over -- and men who have sex with men are still at high risk. The number of gay men
already living with HIV in this country may be as high as 1 in every 8.
NGMHAAD calls on gay men to lead the movement to end the epidemic. We know now how
to do it. Routine HIV testing for all, every 3 to 6 months for gay men and others in
high-risk groups. Immediate access to HIV treatment and support services for everyone
who tests positive.
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LifeScience Moment: The Hatch-Waxman Act was passed to encourage development of generic prescription drugs
On Sept. 24, 1984 the Hatch-Waxman Act (Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act) was passed to encourage development of
generic prescription drugs.
The Act, named for its sponsors, Representative Henry Waxman of California and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, established a process
whereby marketers of generic drugs can file Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) to seek FDA approval of the generic; allows 180 day
exclusivity to companies that are the "first-to-file" an ANDA against holders of patents for branded counterparts; and streamlined the process
for approving generic drugs by requiring only that manufacturers demonstrate "bioequivalence" to an already approved innovator drug.
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It's a Small World
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MRSA Bacteria (Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr)
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Science Quote
"I do not feel obligated to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reasons, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
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Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist and astronomer
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