In the city, an activist confronts the mayor with a tragic story of a friend who spent nine days on a hospital cot before dying. Thousands of activists protested the FDA in 1988, demanding faster drug approval. In 1990, they rallied at the National Institute of Health, calling for fairer clinical trials and more research into new treatments.
Voices from the Front
A harrowing account of a friend's nine-day hospital stay culminates in disaster, sparking a widespread crisis and a grassroots drive for change.
