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Associated Press - Friday December 22, 2000
The sponsor of the product, Dr. Gary R. Davis, said in a letter to the government that the batch had been stolen from a storage facility in Raleigh, N.C., the FDA said in a statement.
Davis said the batch has ``the potential to be extremely dangerous'' and ``it is also possible that someone may try to sell this contaminated medication.''
The FDA is advising doctors and patients that the goat antiserum is not approved for the treatment of HIV/AIDS or for use in humans. The FDA already had the drug on ``clinical hold,'' which prohibits its use until it is deemed safe.
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