AIDS Drug Recalled

Jul 23rd, 2007 3:00 PM UTC
By Porter McConnell, ONE Policy and Coalition Coordinator

Public health experts are worried that incomplete information on the recall of the AIDS drug Viracept by the pharmaceutical company Roche is leaving AIDS victims in poor countries with a Catch-22: take their AIDS meds on schedule and risk the potential for a contaminated batch; or stop taking the drug as part of their regime, and risk the health effects of incomplete treatment.

Check out today’s New York Times for an article on the recall.

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