Xref: utzoo sci.bio:2346 soc.motss:20499 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: sci.bio,soc.motss Subject: Re: Why AZT is so expensive Message-ID: <22423@cup.portal.com> Date: 22 Sep 89 21:21:03 GMT References: <11815@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <929@paperboy.OSF.ORG> <4620@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <11864@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <2670@husc6.harvard.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 4 Could someone present an overview of the production process for AZT? I seem to recall seeing a description somewhere. I believe it starts with some strange raw material, codfish semen or something, and has many steps. Is it something that could be done on a bootleg basis?