Today’s demonstration is the latest of many staged by the militant group ACT-UP, which has gained increasing influence on AIDS Policy.
The atmosphere at the meetings at the group's headquarters is characterised by enthusiasm and belligerence towards established institutions.
Playwright Larry Kramer's started ACT-UP to accelerate the AIDS drug approval process.
“What right does the FDA in the NIH have to tell a dying person what he or she can do with her or his body?
ACT-UP strategy has been enormously successful in getting the Food and Drug Administration to whom the regulation of new drugs for AIDS
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