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Sol-Gel Anti-Acne Clinical Study Shows Significantly Improved Efficacy And Safety
Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd, a specialty pharmaceuticals company, announced today results from a comparative clinical study. The results demonstrate that the company"s two strength Anti-Acne kits achieved pronounced efficacy and markedly improved tolerability. The study will be presented at the 10th International Congress of Dermatology in Prague, May 20-23, 2009.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Shows Circumcision Does Not Reduce Male-To-Female HIV Transmission
Male circumcision does not reduce the transmission of HIV from men to their female partners, according to a Lancet study conducted in Uganda, Bloomberg reports (Sargent, 7/16). The researchers recruited 922 uncircumcised HIV-positive men between the ages of 15 and 49 for the study, who were then divided into two groups - those who were "immediately circumcised" and those for whom the procedure was "delayed for two years" Reuters reports. Researchers also followed the wives and female sex partners of the men, who all were HIV-negative (Fox, 7/16). The analysis found that "18 percent of the female partners of the circumcised men became infected with the virus compared with 12 percent of the partners of men who hadn"t undergone the procedure," Bloomberg writes (7/16). Despite studies that "suggested circumcision ò€¦ can lower the rate of male-to-female virus transmission from HIV-positive men" the researchers concluded that "[c]ircumcision of HIV-infected men didn"t reduce HIV transmission to female partners over 24 months; longer-term effects could not be assessed" (Wawer et al., Lancet, July 2009).
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Developing Local Systems To Support Revalidation
The UK Revalidation Programme Board (UKRPB) has reviewed the strategy and timetable for developing local systems to support the introduction of revalidation for doctors. The Board expects that these systems will be in place in some parts of the country by 2011. The GMC is committed to a phased approach to introducing revalidation from 2011. This will mean starting where the systems needed to support revalidation are ready and fit for purpose.
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House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY10 Funding Measure

The House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee "unanimously approved its FY10 funding measure without any amendments" on Wednesday, "deferring expected fights for the full committee markup in a week," CongressDaily reports. The bill provides "increased funding for additional department and USAID employees," according to Congress Daily. After brief discussions about whether the $48.8 billion package represented a decrease or a substantial increase over current funding for foreign operations, the "unnumbered appropriations bill was reported to the full committee on a voice vote," the publication reports. According to Congress Daily, "The bill is $3.2 billion less than President Obama"s budget request for $52.04 billion." The bill would provide tight oversight of foreign affairs funding, including $146.5 million for State Department and USAID inspector generals, according to State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, (D-NY) and subcommittee ranking member Representative Kay Granger, (R-Texas) (Kreisher, CongressDaily, 6/17). A statement from Lowey"s office said the bill provides "a total of $5.7 billion for global HIV/AIDS activities, which is $100 million above the President"s request, and $200 million above the FY 2009 enacted level." According to Lowey, the amount includes $700 million for the Global Fund. Additionally, the bill includes funding for voluntary family planning services, which Lowey said was a "priority" of the committee, as well as $75 million "to address pandemic preparedness and response" (Congresswoman Nita Lowey release, 6/17). A press release from the organization Health GAP writes that the markup indicates that the U.S. is going to "fall far short of its commitment to fund fully its fair share" of the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria"s re needs (Health GAP/PR Newswire, 6/17). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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