Word: sandimmun
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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...drug, which is responsible for much of the recent progress in organ transplantation, is a potent suppressor of the immune system and is particularly effective at inhibiting the rejection of foreign organs. On the surface, cyclosporine (trade name: Sandimmun) would seem to be the last drug one would prescribe for AIDS patients, whose immune systems are already critically depressed. Indeed, an early theory about the cause of AIDS held that it was triggered by a cyclosporine-like substance produced by an infectious fungus...
...French tests prompted the U.S. subsidiary of Sandoz, Ltd., the Swiss-based manufacturer of cyclosporine, to announce that it would soon begin tests of the drug in American AIDS patients. Said Max Link, who heads the subsidiary: "Only well-controlled, long-term investigations will answer the question of whether Sandimmun could play a role in the treatment of AIDS...
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