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China, Thailand work out new anti-AIDS drug
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-12-12 10:37
Chinese and Thai scientists have worked out a new anti-AIDS drug that has
proven effective in 89 percent of the patients in a recent clinical trial.
The compound "SH," a herbal formula, was developed by the Kunming Institute
of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Thai experts.
The Thai Ministry of Public Health has approved the drug imported into Thailand
on a long-termbasis, said a source with the institute based in Kunming, capital
of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The clinical trial have been conducted by Thai hospitals on 120HIV-positive
patients, said Gan Fanyuan, a specialist with the botany institute.
The two countries are negotiating the details of China exporting herb to
Thailand as the raw material to mass produce thenew drug. China has also reached
deals with the United States and Nigeria, two potential importers of the new
formula, Gan said.
He noted the drug is a major breakthrough in Sino-Thai cooperation in
traditional Chinese medicine.
"It'll play an important role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and will
popularize Chinese herbal medicine around the world," Gan said.
According to Gan, the practice of traditional Chinese medicine became
legalized in Thailand in 1999 and the two countries have carried out extensive
cooperation in the field ever since.
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