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Show Wednesday. January 20, 1993 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Three drugs from page one then used in clinical trials throughout the country. "Felbamate, originally evaluated at the University of Utah in 1977-7- 8, will be particularly effective because it has a broad of spectrum in antiepileptic activity both children and adults, a characteristic of very, very few drugs," Wolf said. "Gabapentin, which we tested in 1985, will be used as an adjunct to, and in combination with, other anticonvulsant and prescribed for these individuals. The advantage of gabapentin is that it can be added safely to other drugs when needed." Wolf explained. The U.s Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program originated in 1975 under the leadership of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. a branch of the NIH. researchers have tested 15.000 compounds since the program's beginning. Only about one percent of the compounds make it to the second testing stage, and the two drugs just approved are among 15 compounds originally evaluated at the U. which have been selected tor clinical trials. U. "J do not foresee any problems with these drugs being approved for use, " Harold Wolf, professor of pharmacology and toxicology and director of the U. 's Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program, said. antiepileptic drugs," Wolf added. "Twenty percent of epileptic patients don't respond well to drugs currently available, so multiple combinations of drugs are Wolf. Since felbamate and gabapentin were tested bv private pharmaceutical Ewart professor emeritus of pharmacology and toxicology. It is funded and Swinyard. operated by the epilepsy branch of the takes an average of 10 years and about S125 million for a new drug to be approved, according to It National Institute of companies, financial records are not available. Therefore, it is unclear how much money has been spent to get the compounds approved. WIBLB' BRIEFSL.A. TIMESWASHINGTON - POST NEWS SERVICE Russia has reservations about U.N. raids on Iraq UNITED NATIONS Unease is growing here over renewed, allied military action against Iraq, and Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council with veto power over its decisions, indicated that it might ask. the council to review the situation in the Persian Gulf. As U.S.. French and British planes again bombarded Iraq Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement, distributed here, vaguely suggesting that the U.S. led trio was acting on its own and that the punishment did not fit tin; -- crime. "We firmly believe that there should be adequate reaction to Iraq's actions, which must be based on conceited decisions." the Russians said. "The situation obviously needs to be considered by the Security Council." y China, which has expressed distress over imposition of a zone over northern and southern Iraq, also seems to be no-fl- growing increasingly restive. KJH Indonesian Gamelan & Shadow Puppet Theatre specifically requested a formal meeting of the council. "There hasn't been a mad rush to the microphone to say. We oppose this thing.'" a member oTthe U.S. delegation said. The Security Council has not specifically authorized creation of an air exclusion zone, which was imposed on Iraq in August coalition forces. It is that issue, in addition to by the U.S.-lo- d disagreements over weapons inspections and violations of the boundary with Kuwait, that continue to generate friction between Iraq and the United States. Seizing on what it called the illegality of the allied action, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said Monday that the renewed air bombardment was not sanctioned by the United Nations and, therefore, was "criminal." "The Security Council, which is the authorized party, did not hold any session on this issue prior to the American aggression," Aziz said in a statement carried by the Iraqi News Universitv of Utah Union Main Ballroom Friday, January 22 7:00 PM ADMISSION FREE not want to miss this extraordinary group performing; the You do Mahabharata: Putra Sorga-T- he Heavenly Princes Agency. But a spokesman for the U.S. mission hen; said, as the Bush administration has insisted all along, thai I ho action was covered under the series of resolutions ratified by Iks Security Presented by Shadow' Art Ensemble of Los Angeles MAbE POSSIBLE BY THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH FOR IV mm iSIi MORE INFORMATION CALL 581-626- Chinese diplomat told Tuesday, when members of the Security Council bold consultations here, although by Monday Russia had not M Balinese Music & Shadow Play 1 A Nowsday Monday: "We do not wish further deterioration in the situation in Iraq." Diplomats said that they expected the issue to he raised I Council regarding Iraq. "The chain of logic is that tins resolutions require certain behavior from Iraq, and Iraq hasn't been complying," said spokesman Robert Novitl. "II, in effort, gives this Coalition I Ins authority to return to the status quo ante, which is conflict. 6 &3 U.S. continues policy of returning Haitian refugees APPLY NOW TO DISCOVER ENGIAND SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15 SUMMER IN ENGIAND 2,4, OR 6 WEEKS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A STRONG U.S. DOUAR AND EOW AIRFARES! English of a different kind University of Cambridge Professors many fields including Politics History, Literature, Business, Architecture, Sociology and the Arts. Others from around the world. Courses available in CIINiB 0l3(MIIMa 'm iiwAyiitafrwjjJlti Haiti Boat people plucked from the high seas and repatriated by the U.S. Coast Guard Monday said that they would not try to make the trip again as long as American ships formed a naval barrier around the country. But while the refugee problem appeared to be easing, the political crisis underlying it intensified. Against the wishes of the United Nations, the do facto government held elections Senate. Monday for a third of the seats in the Turnout appeared extremely light, with many' Haitians saying that they did not know anything about the voting. Critics charge that the elections are an attempt to pack the upper chamber with politicians opposed to Aristide, the democratically elected president who was ousted in an army coup Sept. 30, 1991. On Sunday, Dante Caputo, the special representative of U.N. Boutros Boutros-GhalSecretary-Generreported progress in to to Aristide restore power, but said that negotiations to attempts at be obstacle would an elections Monday's national reconciliation. Hoping to staunch an expected exodus of tens of thousands Bill Clinton said Thursday that he of Haitians, President-elec- t would continue the Bush administration policy of immediately returning all Haitian boat people, a shift from campaign PORT-AU-PRINC- E, or Jean-Bortran- al d i, statements sympathetic to the fleeing Haitians. In a move approved by Clinton transition officials, the Coast Guard announced Friday a barrier of 22 ships and a number of aircraft. Clinton has been roundly criticized for his turnabout but some say that it is now bearing fruit. "I think that since the word has spread labout Clinton's announcement! there will bo a lot loss people leaving than before, " said Larry Mizol, commander of U.S. Coast Guard operations hero. "The indications right now arc that there's not much movement." Haitians who set sail from the town of Leogane Forty-nin- e Friday morning,, hours before tho announcement of the joint Coast Guard-Nav- y blockade, were dropped off at the port here. "The American Navy has a lot of ships in the water near here and Cuba, so there's no way we can go," said. Boissrond Jackson, 22, one of the returnees. "I would like to leave here but the same thing would happen to us again," said Jerry St. Fort, 24, another returnee. |
