Business Wire - Tuesday March 23, 1999

While the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention covers reported cases of AIDS and a broad estimate of HIV cases, the agency does not offer estimates on the number of HIV patients receiving drug therapy. Scott-Levin's audit provides this information to those interested in the current state of HIV treatment.

Here are some results from the fourth quarter of 1998, which covers 416,620 patients:

-- Mean patient age: 38

-- Patient sex: male, 72%; female, 28%

-- Patient race:

white, 48%;

black, 32%;

Hispanic, 18%;

Asian, 1%;

other, 1%

How AIDS drugs are paid for:

-- Fee for service: 12%

-- Medicaid: 37%

-- Medicare: 6%

-- HMO: 24%

-- PPO: 8%

-- ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program): 10%

-- Charity or company fund: 2%

-- Other: 6%

For more information, please contact John Ross at 215/860-0440; fax: 215/860-5477. Or e-mail him at email@scottlevin.com.

Scott-Levin provides consulting and communications services to pharmaceutical companies worldwide, including audits of pharmaceutical promotion. You can visit Scott-Levin on the World Wide Web at http://www.scottlevin.com.

Contact: Scott-Levin, Newtown John Ross, 215/860-0440 Fax: 215/860-5477 email@scottlevin.com
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