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ROCKVILLE, MD - OCTOBER, 1988: ACT UP protesters close the Federal Drug Administration building to demand the release of experimental medication for those living with HIV/AIDS. Their slogans read: "I've Held The Dying," Unfair Pricing On AZT," FDA=Genocide," "Silence=Death," "Action+Life" "AL-721 Blocked." The demonstration was held outside the FDA headquarters in Rockville, Maryland on October 11, 1988. (Photo by Peter Ansin/Getty Images)

ROCKVILLE, MD - OCTOBER, 1988:  ACT UP protesters close the Federal Drug Administration building to demand the release of experimental medication for those living with HIV/AIDS. Their slogans read: "I've Held The Dying," Unfair Pricing On AZT," FDA=Genocide," "Silence=Death," "Action+Life" "AL-721 Blocked." The demonstration was held outside the FDA headquarters in Rockville, Maryland on October 11, 1988. (Photo by Peter Ansin/Getty Images)