Promising new drug results buoy AIDS conference

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Those attending the 1996 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections were very excited about the results of research by Merck and Co into a promising new drug to control the AIDS virus. Merck's research involved an as-yet-unapproved protease inhibitor, indinavir, administered in conjunction with zidovudine and 3TC. For 24 of the 26 AIDS patients in the trial, symptoms disappeared. However, only long-term testing will determine if indinavir suppresses the virus permanently.

Research, Testing, Prevention, HIV (Viruses), HIV, Protease inhibitors, Antineoplastic agents, Merck & Company Inc.

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New antiviral drug could slow AIDS-related blindness

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Gilead Sciences has tested its new drug called cidofovir to treat AIDS-related blindness. It is an antiviral drug known as a nucleotide analog which enters the cell immediately and begins to work. Information was presented at the Biotechnology Industry Organization meeting that discussed tests conducted at 10 hospitals. Gilead plans to seek approval for the drug from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Drug therapy, Gilead Sciences Inc.

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Aging well; the venerable aspirin turns 100 this year, as researchers continue to find new preventive and therapeutic uses for the drug beyond its original application as a pain killer

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Aspirin is 100 years old in 1997 and is used for fever, pain relief and the prevention of various diseases. Bayer AG chemist Felix Hoffmann chemically synthesized acetylsalicylic acid and the company placed a trademark on the name 'aspirin' in 1899. It was initially sold as a powder, was sold as a tablet beginning in 1900 and is available in several forms in 1997.

Aspirin, History, Bayer AG

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