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Started by Ian Goddard
Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
New AIDS drug available
Author: Ian Goddard
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 00:00
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AP article excerpt:
Pharmaceutical Company Plans
Giveaway of Experimental AIDS Drug
Associated Press, 09/16/96; 11:53
NEW YORK (AP) - An experimental AIDS drug not yet
approved for sale will be given away to hundreds of patients who
have exhausted other treatments, a pharmaceutical company
announced today.
....
Viracept is one of a group of drugs called protease inhibitors,
which when combined with other drugs can reduce HIV to
undetectable levels in some patients. Three of the promising but
expensive protease inhibitors have been approved for sale within
the past year.
Viracept will be offered to people who have stopped using those
three drugs because of adverse reactions or intolerable side effects
or because they haven't worked, Agouron said.
...
Company spokeswoman Joy Schmitt said a couple of hundred to a
couple of thousand patients could receive free Viracept
temporarily....
The toll-free number for information about enrolling in the program
is (800) 621-7111.
article is at ( but no for long):
http://www.globe.com/globe/ap/cgi-bin/retrieve.cgi?%2Fapwir%2Fnation%2F%2F260%2F009
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