Word: bayer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...MORE THAN CIPRO Despite public perception that Cipro is the ultimate-and only-treatment for anthrax, other antibiotics work equally well against the bacteria. Bayer, Cipro's maker, is simply the only company to conduct the additional testing (on animals) required to make the claim on its label. Last week the FDA fast-tracked approval for penicillin and doxycycline as well...
...PATENT Bayer holds the patent on Cipro until 2003. Despite congressional pressure and news that Canadian health authorities have decided to break Bayer's patent, HHS decided against permitting other companies to make generic versions of Cipro. It maintained that Cipro (Bayer is tripling production) as well as other antibiotics, would be sufficient to meet any bump in demand...
There are several antibiotics you can use to combat anthrax--but only one gets all the ink: Cipro. We profile Bayer's suddenly hot drug and look at why it has become the anthrax fighter of choice. time.com/cipro...
...Washington, so far it has effectively mobilized its resources and overseen the testing of thousands and the treatment of all who have needed it. The small scale has also let Thompson maintain that we have enough antibiotics to handle the crisis, thereby avoiding the politically painful move of breaking Bayer's patent on the anthrax treatment Cipro...
...Bayer, the German drug company that manufactures Cipro, reached an agreement with Bush administration officials Wednesday that allows the government to purchase Cipro pills for 95 cents per tablet. Private citizens' price for each pill is between $4 and $5. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters the purchase will be completed before January...