Canada Clears 3TC, AIDS Drug in Trials, for Certain Patients

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Canada Clears 3TC, AIDS Drug in Trials, for Certain Patients

Wall Street Journal (10/25/93) P. C15

Canada's Health and Welfare department has approved the anti- AIDS drug 3TC for the treatment of patients unable to tolerate other authorized AIDS medicines. The ruling would allow some AIDS patients who do not qualify for participation in clinical trials of 3TC to use the experimental drug in a last-ditch effort. Canada has become the first country to allow the "compassionate-use" of 3TC. The drug, engineered to interfere with the replication of HIV, is undergoing testing in Canada, the United States, and Europe. In an agreement with BioChem Pharma Inc., Glaxo Holdings PLC is supporting the development process. Glaxo's Canadian division anticipates having final results within a year.

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