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...last year, when the identification and mass production of the AIDS virus was announced in Washington, Health Secretary Heckler vowed that blood-screening tests would be available in record time. Medical scientists made good on that promise within nine months. Still, the fact that the test kits, manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, Electro-Nucleonics and Litton Bionetics, were produced in crash programs prompted many fears about the reliability and precision of the tests. Of particular concern was the chance that too many blood samples would register an incorrect positive reading, falsely suggesting the presence of AIDS antibodies. Last week...
Early this year G. Kirk Raab, the second in command at Abbott Laboratories, a large drug company, left to become president of Genentech. To prepare for the introduction of Protropin, Raab helped build a national marketing organization, which includes 15 hospital-based sales representatives with an average of 15 years' experience. Now Raab is working on plans to sell interferon and TPA (tissue plasminogen activator), a drug that dissolves blood clots and thus may help prevent heart attacks...
...Steven C. Wofsy, Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science...
...often provided when they hit milestones. Payments from AstraZeneca and other partners have boosted Astex's revenues 170% annually since 2000, and Astex has raised $100 million in venture financing. Raven has raised $66 million and hopes to land another $35 million soon. It also receives milestone payments from Abbott Laboratories and others...
KILLED. "DIMEBAG" DARRELL ABBOTT, 38, Grammy-nominated heavy-metal guitarist of the 1990s metal band Pantera; by a gunman, Nathan Gale, 25, who charged the stage during a concert in Columbus, Ohio, also killing three others before a police officer shot and killed him. Abbott, who was playing with his new band, Damageplan, was known for his short, explosive solos and for melding speed-metal with blues and other genres. Some witnesses said Gale was screaming at Abbott, blaming him for Pantera's 2003 breakup...