FDA approves once daily AIDS drug Sustiva
The FDA approved Sustiva efavirenz for adults and children as a once daily option with protease inhibitors or older AIDS medicines. In a six month trial 450 patients on AZT and 3TC plus Sustiva or Crixivan showed equal efficacy. Sustiva may reduce pill burden and costs, but activists urge fair pricing and careful switching for current patients.
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Food and Drug Administration
DuPont Pharmaceuticals
FDA
Heidi Jolson
Anthony Fauci
National Institutes of Health
DuPont
Act Up
Daniel Zingale
Aids Action
Philippine ferry sinks with 430 aboard near Cebu
Rescuers using helicopters hauled survivors from rough seas after the Princess of the Orient sank off Cebu hours after leaving Manila. At least 267 rescued, five bodies recovered, dozens missing as weather and a shifting cargo are cited. survivors describe chaos and a late search for others.
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Philippines
Coast Guard
Cebu
Ship Company
FTC Cites 3 Firms Over Head Lice Ads
The FTC faulted Del Pharmaceuticals Inc Pfizer Inc and Care Technologies Inc for claims that their head lice treatments work in a single application. They must say effectiveness depends on a second treatment and egg removal with a special comb. FTC official Jodie Bernstein urged trust in ads for OTC products amid millions of annual infestations.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
del Pharmaceuticals Inc
Pfizer Inc
Care Technologies Inc
Jodie Bernstein
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Picasso treasures go to auction from Dora Maar shrine
In Paris a rare Picasso cache linked to Dora Maar heads to auction, amplifying the legend of Picasso’s lost love. The private collection, including 10 major oils many portraits of Maar, hundreds of drawings and photographs, may fetch well beyond the $26 million estimate as bidders vie from around the world.
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Picasso
Dora Maar
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Networks OK extra satellite reception
CBS and Fox say they will extend signal reception to about one million satellite customers for at least four months. A federal court injunction set Oct. 8 as the cutoff, but NAB president Edward Fritts said networks will delay the effective date to Feb. 28, 1999, in a letter to Senate Leader Trent Lott.
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CBS
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Fox
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National Association of Broadcasters
Edward Fritts
Senate
Trent Lott
Rmiss
Pope John Paul II Opens Italy Pastoral Visit in Chiavari
Crowds greet the pope in Chiavari, Italy, as he begins a three day trip. He cites aging population and rising living costs while urging devotion to Mary and urging societal renewal. The town buzzes with papal flags, trains and buses bringing pilgrims.
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Italy
John Paul II
Chiavan
Mary
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Italian Riviera
Zedillo says Chiapas flood control amid aid push
President Ernesto Zedillo described the southern Mexico flood as grave but under control as aid reaches hundreds of thousands left without food or shelter. He noted about 450000 homeless and 162 dead after widespread flooding and warned the death toll would rise.
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Tapachula
Mexico
Ernesto Zedillo
Zedillo
Chiapas
Mr. Zedillo
Russia weighs money printing amid debt fears and price controls
The Central Bank plans to print money to revive the economy and pay back wage arrears, while economists warn of hyperinflation and call for price controls and exchange-rate rigidity. Prime Minister Primakov vows regulatory steps and Western aid, as tax收 shocks and bank paralysis hinder reform.
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Pavrolata Shtereva
MFK Renaissance Bank
Yevgeny Primakov
Boris Yelsin
Sergei Kiriyenko
Kmart ad date misspells sale end date
The September 20 1998 Kmart weekly ad front page shows sale effectiveness through Sunday September 27 1998 but should read through Saturday September 26 1998 prompting a possible erratum.
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Kmart
Senate falls short of override on late term abortion ban
The Senate failed to reach a two-thirds threshold to override President Clinton's veto of a partial birth abortion ban, 64 to 36, with 13 Democrats and 51 Republicans voting for the override. Senators pledge to pursue later efforts as the issue frames upcoming elections.
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