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There has also been little progress in developing AIDS drugs that interfere with viral reproduction. The only drug approved by the FDA is azidothymidine, or AZT. An experimental drug, ribavirin, made by ICN Pharmaceuticals of Costa Mesa, Calif., seems to be less effective than had been claimed. Dr. Andrew , Vernon, a member of a study group at Johns Hopkins University, reported that in a 28-week experiment, 217 male pre-AIDS patients who took ribavirin showed no significant benefits...
Racing against the clock, scientists develop a drug that is at least partly effective against AIDS, and the Food and Drug Administration okays it in record time. Instead of applause, the approval of Retrovir (formerly known as AZT) has provoked outrage in some quarters. On Wall Street last week, 300 demonstrators led by gay activists chanted slogans, blocked morning traffic and hanged an effigy of FDA Commissioner Frank Young. Their complaints: Retrovir's manufacturer, Burroughs Wellcome, is gouging AIDS victims by charging around $8,000 for a year's worth of the capsules. Meanwhile, the protesters claimed...
...funds could help patients like Archie Harrison, 32, of New York City, who is caught in a vexing Catch-22. Harrison took part in a Retrovir trial and is now well enough to resume his career as an actor. But if he works, he may lose his Medicaid benefits. "AZT has gotten me to the point where I can think about a normal life," he says. "I don't want to have to decide not to take the drug...
...series of actions on the epidemic, the Federal Government advises tests for some transfusion recipients who received unscreened blood, issues a controversial education plan and approves the drug AZT for treatment of some AIDS patients. In France, a researcher has injected himself with a potential AIDS vaccine, a small but crucial step in experimentation on humans. See NATION...
...success so far with such natural immune boosters as alpha and gamma interferon. Indeed, AIDS therapy may ultimately prove to be most effective in patients whose immune systems are not yet destroyed -- those who show only early symptoms of the disease or perhaps are symptomless carriers. With drugs like AZT, says Broder, "it might be possible to prevent the onset of AIDS. That's a possibility...