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Postal workers? anxiety Tensions in the nation?s post offices and mail sorting facilities remain high. Two more Washington, D.C.-area postal facilities tested positive for anthrax: A Friendship Heights post office and a retail store in Dulles. Employees at both locations are urged to begin antibiotic treatment as soon...
$15.59 Cost of 90 capsules of tetracycline, another anthrax-fighting antibiotic
Just two months ago, shares in the German chemical giant Bayer fell sharply after the company withdrew a cholesterol-lowering drug from the market in the wake of 52 related deaths. Now those shares have partly bounced back because of another tragedy: Bayer?s antibiotic Cipro is the drug of...
Cipro was introduced in 1987 as a broad-spectrum antibiotic useful in combatting urinary tract and respiratory infections. With $1.4 billion in sales last year, Cipro is Bayer?s biggest-selling drug. As the anthrax scare spread in the U.S., Bayer?s shares bounced up about 45%. But analysts caution...
In addition, negligence lawsuits filed in the U.S. could end up costing as much as $5 billion, Bayer says, and some analysts put the figure even higher. "We have been surprised by the reaction of the financial markets regarding the possible consequences of claims for damages," said Manfred Schneider, Bayer...