Word: ayerst
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Propranolol, the first beta blocker introduced in the U.S., is also the nation's second most widely prescribed drug (after the antiulcer drug Tagamet). Ayerst Laboratories, which manufactures propranolol under the name Inderal, plans to ask the Food and Drug Administration to approve its use as a post-heart attack treatment. As it is, physicians are free to prescribe it since it is already approved for other uses. Many heart attack patients are taking Inderal for other heart-related conditions. The FDA is also expected to rule favorably soon on Merck Sharp & Dohme's application to introduce another...