dmcanzi@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (David Canzi) (09/20/89)
Volume 2, Number 34 September 17, 1989
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VIRATEK ASKS TO TEST AIDS DRUG:
Viratek Inc. said Monday in Costa Mesa, Calif., it had filed a Treatment
IND request with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of the
antiviral drug ribavirin in the treatment of HIV-positive, asymptomatic
patients. The application follows the FDA's go-ahead to the company with a
large Phase III trial to test ribavirin in more than 700 HIV-infected
patients.
ACTIVISTS BLAST AZT COST:
AIDS activists and health experts want the cost of the AIDS drug AZT to be
more reasonable. On Thursday, they took aim at drug maker Burroughs Wellcome
Company. Researchers from Montefiore Medical Center in New York City charged
the price tag for fighting AIDS could be much lower if the company charged
fairer prices. (From the USA TODAY Life section.)
RESEARCHERS FOUND HIV IN INFLAMMATORY FLUID
University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers, supported by
NIDR, report that they found humam immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in
inflammatory fluid drawn from the infected gums of HIV-positive patients.
Using a recently developed genetic probe, the research team found that they
could detect the virus in the inflammatory gingival crevicular fluid just as
frequently as the standard HIV test could detect HIV infection in blood
samples of the same patients.
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David Canzi