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The first HIV/AIDS drug was fast-tracked 30 years ago. Some lament that process.
by
Annie Baxter
Mar 20, 2017
It was 30 years ago this week that the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment for HIV/AIDS, the drug AZT. At a time when the number of AIDS-related deaths was skyrocketing, AZT was rushed into the approval process. But some of the early advocates of the drug’s fast-tracking ended up lamenting that process. […]