AIDS drug suspended

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The Ministry of Public Health has ordered the suspension of tests using a drug that allegedly cures AIDS. The Ministry disputes that the drug created by Dr. Jose Ramon Baez Acosta is a cure for AIDS. Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez has asked the legal system to take the proper steps to bring Baez to justice for violating General Health Law 4201. Rojas also ordered the closure of MEDIFARMA, Baez's pharmaceutical company. Rojas said that Baez Acosta was not able to produce scientific research to support recent claims that he discovered a cure for the disease. He also commented that Baez Acosta has not registered a copyright for the drug with the National Office for Industrial Property (ONAPI), requested permission for the tests from the National Council on Health Bioethics (Conablos), nor followed recommendations in World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. Baez is defending his cure and won't adhere to the decision taken by the government health department. Baez blames the pharmaceutical companies and their financial interests for the adverse reaction to his claims, and said that God was the author of the patent. Baez also said that to date none of the 52 people who received his treatment have died. Neither have they been cured. Dominican Medical Association president Enriquillo Matos supported Rojas's decision and said that if Baez is found guilty of violations, the CMD will penalize him.

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