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    • UK-CAB 84: ViiV Healthcare, IAS conference feedback

    31/07/2023 Memory Sachikonye
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    Meetings, News, Presentations, Reports

    Date: Friday 4 August 2023
    Venue: Room Mal G16, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX

    Programme

    Chair: Nicoletta Policek
    09.15-09.30 Arrival, tea and refreshments, expenses
    09:30- 10.00 Welcome and introductions – Nicoletta Policek, UK-CAB chair

    ViiV pre-meeting, Ben Cromarty, UK-CAB
    10:00-11.30 Company meeting – ViiV Healthcare
    11.30-11.40 BREAK
    11.40-12.40 IAS feedback – Simon Collins, HIV i-Base
    12:45-14.00 LUNCH
    14:00-14:30 NICE injectable PrEP consultation – Alex Sparrowhawk
    14.30-15.00 STI-HIV 2023 World Conference feedback – Harun Tulunay
    15.10-15.15 BREAK
    15.15-16.00 Member updates/discussion
    16:00 -16:45 Meeting reflection
    16.45 – 17:00 Any other business

    Meeting close

    Slides and report from the meeting:

    ViiV pre-meeting slides – confidential, available to UK-CAB members on request
    IAS 2023 feedback
    Meeting report

    Background reading:

    12th International AIDS Conference 2023:

      1. IAS expected highlights:

    https://i-base.info/htb/45766

    1. Oral lenacapavir can bridge gaps if injections must be missed:https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2023/oral-lenacapavir-can-bridge-gaps-if-injections-must-be-missed
    2. WHO endorses “zero” transmission risk for people with HIV with an undetectable viral load:https://i-base.info/htb/45887
    3. Switches away from integrase inhibitors do not reverse weight gain, studies find:https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2023/switches-away-integrase-inhibitors-do-not-reverse-weight-gain-studies-find

    5.     REPRIEVE study: statin benefits people living with HIV at low CVD risk:
    https://i-base.info/htb/45808

    6.     People with HIV remain at higher risk of dying from COVID-19 in the Omicron era:
    https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jul-2023/people-hiv-remain-higher-risk-dying-covid-19-omicron-era

    7.     Viral load level when suppressed <1000 predicts future rebound: 3-monthly monitoring required:
    https://i-base.info/htb/45852

    STI-HIV 2023 World Conference:
    https://stihiv2023.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023_Program_At_A_Glance.pdf

     

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