MicroGenSys drops out of NIH trial for AIDS vaccine

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MicroGenSys Inc withdrew its gp160 vaccine from trials planned bythe AIDS Clinical Trials Group of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). MicroGenSys cited the proposed dosing schedule, the duration of the study and the criteria used to evaluate the vaccine as the primary reasons for its withdrawal. The same vaccine drew similar controversy in the autumn of 1992 when MicroGenSys successfully persuaded Congress to give the US Army $20 million for large-scale clinical trials for the vaccine. The NIH criticized this move, and as a result, will probably proceed with the evaluation of gp120 vaccines produced by Genentech and Chiron.

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Researchers recommend US AIDS vaccine trials

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A panel of researchers and AIDS activists agree that unproven drugs for fighting the AIDS virus should be tested on a large scale. The Army may spend $20 million appropriated by Congress for AIDS research on a trial of MicroGeneSys Inc.'s GP-160 AIDS vaccine. The Director of the National Institutes of Health objected to the decision to test the drug without adequate scientific testimony of the drug's efficacy.

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