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...slow and not that steady, but it has produced some results. Scientists discovered three proteins--alpha-defensins 1, 2 and 3--that may account for the so-called non-progressors, the 1% or 2% of people who contract HIV but never develop AIDS. Also, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new rapid HIV test called OraQuick, which reliably detects HIV antibodies in a blood sample in less than 30 minutes...
...dramatically, even though companies are getting bigger. In 1987 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had 60 new drug applications; in 2000 it had just 30. "The bottom line is that it's really hard to do," says Ross Williamson, an analyst at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. "The FDA [has] very onerous demands for trials." So does Europe. Last month, the European Parliament summoned Thomas Lönngren, executive director of the European Agency for Evaluation of Medical Products (emea), to ask why so few new drugs were being produced. The emea had just 31 new drug applications last year...
...exposed the anti-gay discrimination in the government’s blood donation rules. Harvard Blood Drive has recently decided to stand with the BGLTSA and lobby against the restrictions. We applaud the BGLTSA for its efforts and join in its goal of convincing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change its antiquated regulations...
...FDA estimates that ending this discriminatory practice would allow 112,000 new donors to give blood. In a time when the Red Cross is underscoring its urgent need for donation, it seems not only bigoted, but also dangerous to the public welfare, to turn away so many thousands of donors. The FDA should create more detailed questionnaires about potential donors’ sexual history, instead of fostering the implicit assumption that all gay men are promiscuous. Personal history is the pertinent information; blind predetermination based on orientation is not. The FDA must update both its regulation and its mindset...
...It’s my hope that within the next five years we will be able to go to the FDA and say, ‘Do these deferrals really make sense...