AIDS drugs released.

Health Canada Health Canada (French: Santé Canada) is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health.

Health Canada's goal is to improve Canadian life by improving Canadian longevity, lifestyle and use of public healthcare. has decided to give five men dying of AIDS-including an Anglican priest-access to new drugs unavailable in Canada that could pro-long their lives. Rev. Michael Forshaw, 64, of St. Paul's church St. Paul's Church may mean:

In Canada:

St. Paul's United Church, Carp, Ontario
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Leaskdale, Ontario
St. Paul's Eastern United Church, Ottawa, Ontario

In Germany:

in Vancouver, diocese of New Westminster, last fall announced publicly--with the permission of diocesan bishop Michael Ingham--that he had the disease. On Jan. 12, he and the other men began receiving doses of Belgian-made TMC-114 and TMC-125 under the care of AIDS specialist Dr. Julio Montaner, according to The Globe and Mail newspaper. The group had demanded access to two antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral Drugs Definition

Antiretroviral drugs inhibit the reproduction of retroviruses—viruses composed of RNA rather than DNA. The best known of this group is HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, the causative agent of AIDS. under a Health Canada program that allows critically-ill patients access to unapproved un·ap·proved
adj.
Not approved or sanctioned: an unapproved vaccine; an unapproved protest march. medication. Initially, Health Canada had barred the drugs, saying they had not been shown to be safe.

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Publication:	Anglican Journal
Date:	Feb 1, 2006
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