The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control today began distributing the first videotape ever produced to alert people infected with the AIDS virus of the special dangers that food-borne illnesses pose to them. The 15-minute videotape warns that although the AIDS virus cannot be transmitted thr
Secretary of HHS Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced that the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a comprehensive plan for clinical evaluation and expanded availability of ddI (dideoxyinosine). This promising antiviral agent has shown activity against the
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - July 18, 1989
Brad Stone - (301) 443-3285
HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the completion of computerized listings through which AIDS patients and their doctors can get up-to-date information on clinical trials of AIDS drugs and vaccines -- whether federally or privately sponsored -- and the general criteria for participating in them. T
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - June 26, 1989
Brad Stone -- (301) 443-3285
HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., announced today that the Food and Drug Administration is permitting expanded premarket distribution of an experimental protein product to treat the severe anemia that weakens nearly half the 20,000 patients currently taking zidovudine, commonly known as
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - June 15, 1989
Brad Stone -- (301) 443-3285
HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced Food and Drug Administration approval of aerosolized pentamidine -- a drug inhaled into the lungs to help prevent a form of pneumonia that frequently threatens the lives of AIDS patients. Although many patients have already been receiving aerosolized pentamidine tr
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - February 6, 1989
Brad Stone (FDA); (301) 443-3285; Elaine Baldwin (NIAID) (301) 496-5717
The Food and Drug Administration today granted permission for the expanded distribution of an experimental, aerosolized version of the drug pentamidine to help prevent Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a potentially life-threatening infection that often afflicts AIDS patients. Under the conditions of the FDA-approved pro
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