AZT
noun
: an antiviral drug C10H13N5O4 that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and is used to treat AIDS
called also azidothymidine, zidovudine
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These stickers claimed that the manufacturer was responsible for the deaths of AIDS patients due to the high price of AZT, the only drug approved at the time or treating HIV/AIDS.
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Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
In the vibrant Rio de Janeiro of the late 1980s, a group of flight attendants from Fly Brasil, led by a gay and HIV-positive flight attendant, sets up a scheme to smuggle AZT in an attempt to save the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Brazil In the vibrant Rio de Janeiro of the late 1980s, a group of flight attendants from Fly Brasil, led by a gay and HIV-positive flight attendant, sets up a scheme to smuggle AZT in an attempt to save the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
On November 9, Fowler reached the AZT’s terminus on the U.S. Mexico border, 12 days, 17 hours, and 33 minutes after starting from the trail’s northernmost point.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2024
In 1987, the US Food & Drug Administration approved the first antiretroviral medication to prevent or treat HIV/AIDS: AZT, or azidothymidine, and Flournoy eventually started taking it.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 28 July 2024
Members infiltrated the New York Stock Exchange and chained themselves to a balcony to protest the high price of AZT, the only treatment for AIDS at the time.
—Sally Tamarkin, Them, 28 June 2024
Aztec's shares trade on the TSX-V stock exchange (symbol AZT) and on the OTCQB (symbol AZZTF).
—Sacramento Bee, 24 June 2024
At the end of the study, 19 patients who received the placebo had died compared with only 1 death in the group that received AZT.
—Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
In the vibrant Rio de Janeiro of the late 1980s, a group of flight attendants from Fly Brasil, led by a gay and HIV-positive flight attendant, sets up a scheme to smuggle AZT in an attempt to save the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Brazil In the vibrant Rio de Janeiro of the late 1980s, a group of flight attendants from Fly Brasil, led by a gay and HIV-positive flight attendant, sets up a scheme to smuggle AZT in an attempt to save the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
On November 9, Fowler reached the AZT’s terminus on the U.S. Mexico border, 12 days, 17 hours, and 33 minutes after starting from the trail’s northernmost point.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2024
In 1987, the US Food & Drug Administration approved the first antiretroviral medication to prevent or treat HIV/AIDS: AZT, or azidothymidine, and Flournoy eventually started taking it.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 28 July 2024
Members infiltrated the New York Stock Exchange and chained themselves to a balcony to protest the high price of AZT, the only treatment for AIDS at the time.
—Sally Tamarkin, Them, 28 June 2024
Aztec's shares trade on the TSX-V stock exchange (symbol AZT) and on the OTCQB (symbol AZZTF).
—Sacramento Bee, 24 June 2024
At the end of the study, 19 patients who received the placebo had died compared with only 1 death in the group that received AZT.
—Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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AZT
noun
: a drug used to treat AIDS
Medical Definition
AZT
noun
: an antiviral drug C10H13N5O4 that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (as HIV) and is used to treat AIDS
called also azidothymidine, ZDV, zidovudine
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