ACT UP Against Pfizer.New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. On July 14, members of the AIDS activist group ACT UP New York marched on East 42nd Street past the headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Inc. The protesters demanded that Pfizer make the HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome medication Diflucan (fluconazole fluconazole /flu·con·a·zole/ (floo-kon´ah-zol) a triazoleantifungal used in the systemic treatment of candidiasis and cryptococcal meningitis. flu·con·a·zole n. ) affordable for people in South Africa. According to an ACT UP press release, last year Pfizer earned $1.2 billion in revenue from fluconazole sales. The South African government estimates that about 1,700 more people are infected with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. each day in that country. Pfizer says it is working closely with the South African Ministry of Health to provide Diflucan to patients enrolled in a joint program. For more information, visit the ACT UP New York web site at: www.actupny.org. |
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