[afro-nets] FDA Approval of AIDS Drugs - 2 items (2)

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FDA Approval of AIDS Drugs - 2 items (2)
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Dear Colleagues

This is not a serious matter if WHO approval is going to happen
this week. But I sense that WHO approval may be months away, if
not longer.

Or is there something else going on that we should be concerned
about. I am worried by the bureaucratic use of regulation to
slow down important relief and development interventions... in-
cluding the timely disbursement of funds.

I don't want to advocate for global use of FDA (US) standards of
drug efficacy... but it would seem in a crisis situation that
any one of several of the well respected drug standards could be
used. Or is something else going on?

Sincerely,

Peter Burgess
Tr-Ac-Net in New York
Tel.: +1-212-772-6918
mailto:peterbnyc@gmail.com
The Transparency and Accountability Network
With Kris Dev in Chennai India
and others in South Asia, Africa and Latin America
http://tr-ac-net.blogspot.com

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FDA Approval of AIDS Drugs - 2 items (4)
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How much time FDA took to approve these drugs compared to WHO?
The manufacturer should have submitted for approval from WHO si-
multaneously. If it is a crisis, there is always solution to bu-
reaucratic steps provided international community has the will
to do; and WHO can not avoid its responsibility when the 3 by 5
program is already behind the target.

Let us keep the pressure up.

Dr. Mizan Siddiqi
MBBS MSC DCH
Technical Advisor (Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS)
and Director M&E Voxiva Inc.
1725 K Street NW Suite 900
Washington DC 20006, USA
Tel: +1-202-419-0197
Fax: +1-202-419-0131
mailto:msiddiqi@voxiva.net