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Hoffman-La Roche’s saquinavir is the first protease inhibitor to be approved any where in the world, one of a new class of drugs that cripples an enzyme vital to the late stages of reproduction by the HIV virus. All other AIDS drugs sold today are nu cleoside analogs, which work on another part of the virus. Saquinavir’s approval — in a record 97 days after Roche filed its applica tion — means doctors for the first time can attack HIV in two separate places. “This is some of the most hopeful news in years for people living with AIDS,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. Saquinavir, to be sold under the brand name Invirase, will be on pharmacy shelves within 48 hours, Roche said. It will cost about $5,800 a year wholesale, but Roche said it did not know what the retail price would be. Roche said it was starting a new program to help patients get insurance cov erage for saquinavir and to provide it free to patients who can’t afford it. "This is some of the most hopeful news for people living with AIDS." - Donna Shalala Health and Human Services Secretary Studies show patients who take saquinavir alone get about the same boost in their immune system as those who take AZT, the standard therapy, but not the same drop in the amount of virus in their blood that other AIDS drugs offer. Patients who took saquinavir together with AZT showed more improvement, seeing a mod est boost in their level of vital immune cells called CD4s and about an 85 percent drop in the amount of HIV in their blood. While Roche said 25 percent of patients in one study had a 100 CD4 cell boost after four months of treat ment, the FDA cautioned that most patients have just a 30- to 40-cell improvement. The best results come when patients take saquinavir together with a nucleoside analog they have never before taken, the FDA said “This is ... perhaps the most important class of drugs in the fight against HIV so far,” said FDA Commissioner David Kessler He cautioned that saquinavir does have some problems. Only 4 percent of the drug is actually absorbed the body, something Roche is furiously trying to fix with a bet ter formula that Kessler pledged to rush to market. And early evidence indicates two protea;: inhibitors being tested by Roche’s competi tors are more potent than saquinavir. AIDS activists warn that if patients develop resis tance to saquinavir, they may not benefit from those more powerful drugs, expected to be sold in about a year. That is “a legitimate but hypothetical con cern,” Kessler said. AIDS patients who are stable on theii current medication might want to waitfoi future protease inhibitors and leavo saquinavir to those who need immediato help, said Troy Petinbrink of the National Association of People With AIDS. Republicans tom on how to silence Gingricli □ The man who led his party into the majority has been hurting them with inappropriate comments. WASHINGTON (AP) - Try as he might, and he doesn’t seem to be trying too hard, Newt Gingrich won’t be leaving the limelight anytime soon. His continuing presence at center stage gives De mocrats huge opportunities and Republicans a headache. Records Continued from Page 1 Changes for other parts of those highways and for smaller roads will be recommended and enforced in the coming months, officials said. For now trans portation and law enforcement officials are warning drivers to obey posted limits. The man most responsible for the Republican revolution is now viewed in some quarters as an ob stacle to GOP legislative goals and may even pose a threat to some congressional careers. First he made a spate of what one Republican called un careful remarks — accusing President Clinton of snubbing him aboard Air Force One, blaming a triple murder in Illi nois on the welfare system. Then the Federal Election Commission announced an in quiry into the political action com mittee he once headed. Now the “The Texas Department of Public Safety and every local law enforcement agency in Texas should adopt a zero-toler ance level for anyone driving even 1 mph over the posted speed limit,” said Jerry Johns, head of the Southwestern In surance Information Service. “The 70 mph speed limit may become a nightmare if the predict ed loss of lives on our highways becomes a grim reality,” he said. Johns said up to 560 more peo- House ethics committee has de cided to hire an,outside counsel to investigate other complaints. Republicans revere Gingrich for leading them out of the wilder ness and into the majority on Capitol Hill. But many say he’s too hot — radioactive in one aide’s word — to be their front man right now. The problem is twofold: Gin grich is giving Democrats an ever larger target to shoot at while making it ever harder for his fel low Republicans to reassure vot ers about their plans to balance the budget and curb many gov- ple a year could die in traffic acci dents under a 70 mph speed limit. Through last Friday, 2,573 people were killed this year in traffic accidents on Texas roads. That compares to 3,142 accident- related deaths last year. State records reviewed by The Associated Press showed that when the Texas speed lim it increased from 60 mph to 70 mph in 1964, there were 277 more traffic deaths, rising to 3,006 from 2,729 in 1963. emment services. “His occasional rhetorical missteps are visible and of con cern ... at a time when theft publican Party is struggling!! meet larger public relations challenges — thus far unsiit cessfully,” said Ken Ruberg.ei ecutive director of the moderai: Republican Mainstream Coni mittee, a national organization Democrats believe they cani go wrong trying to make ever campaign a referendum on Gin grich, whose negative rating have ranged from 50 percent toil percent all fall. Ten years later, when the3 mph limit was lower to 55, ta- fic deaths dropped by mon than 600, from 3,692 in 19731: 3,046 in 1974. “They illustrate the point Johns said of the statistics. He said people pushingk higher limits argue that carsar.: roads are safer today. 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