AZT: The breakthrough treatment for Aids
How the first successful Aids drug was developed and approved in record time in 1987
Witness History · BBC World Service
December 1, 202110m 14s
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Show Notes
In 1987 the first successful drug treatment was developed for Aids. AZT went from initial test to approval in just over two years - at the time it was the fastest approval in US history. Claire Bowes talks to Dr Samuel Broder, the co-developer of AZT.
Picture: Dr Samuel Broder and President Ronald Reagan. Credit: Ronald Reagan Library