Word: antiflu
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...Pont leaders have long dreamed of producing "another nylon," but the company has introduced few notably profitable products in the past decade. Several that did appear turned out to be expensive failures. Corfam, the synthetic leather, is being phased out after an investment of $100 million. Other disappointments: an antiflu pill called Symmetrel and a venture into the production of photo film. Last week the board announced a decline in earnings from $93 million in the first quarter of 1970 to $74 million in the equivalent period this year...
...million pairs of shoes with Du Pont's three-year-old synthetic Corfam, which is supposed to look, feel and "breathe" like natural leather. Early this year, after twelve years and $8,000,000 in research, the company invaded the rich pharmaceutical field by marketing an antiflu drug named Symmetrel, which can be taken orally as either a pill or syrup. Only two weeks ago, the company introduced a recording tape aimed at the multimillion-dollar computer, television-broadcast and instrument markets. Called Crolyn, the patented tape uses chromium dioxide as its magnetic medium in place of conventional iron...
...Developed an antiflu pill named Symmetrel (the company calls it "the first oral antiviral drug"), which is agitating the highly profitable pharmaceutical industry and could, with the Food and Drug Administration's expected approval, provide a whole new field for Du Pont...
...only one sniff is needed if the flu victim takes it promptly the day he begins to ache and sniffle. Explained Dr. Shubladze: the influenza virus is inoculated into horses, which are later bled. Serum from their blood is dried and ground into a powder to make the antiflu snuff...
...Army, which began vaccinating 7,000,000 G.I.s last fall, also breathed easier. Its new antiflu shots, which reduced influenza cases 75% in tests, had produced "encouraging results...