E-drug: generic anti retrovirals (cont)
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AZT bulk drug compound is made and can be purchased through intermediate
agents for 1400 dollars american per kilo (43 cens american per 300 mg)
from China. It is easy to synthesize, is made in several countries
including
Mexico and can be purshased from CIPLA from their plant in India for 1.23
american per 300 mg tablet as oppossed to 5.86 per tablet in the USA for
example. If you want a person to speak with regarding purchase from
inexpensive sources, contact John Ziolkolski at 617 266 0170.
AZT is easy to reverse engineer and most countries with rudmentary
pharmaceutical industrial capacities can make it. It was never actually
produced by burrows. Burrows merely packages it in its research triangle
facility to allow it to claim US origin and comply with GATT regs regarding
country of origin.
In fact it can practically be made by a home chem kit.
David Scondras
President, Search for a Cure
Treatment Information and Advocacy
Organization is at 58 burbank Street Boston MA 02115
Phone 617 266 0735
fax 617 266 0051
webpage sfac.org
Scondras@aol.com
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