Word: bayer
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...Exactly what those profits will be remains a matter of speculation. Bayer?s stock price has not shown any dramatic response to the anthrax scares. The company is quick to dispel such speculation: Wednesday morning, Bayer?s French division angrily denied accusations that the company is profiteering from the anthrax scare. "We are scandalized and outraged by this accusation," a spokesperson said. She went on to explain that while prices on the drugs have gone up somewhat in the past several weeks, that increase was only to cover the costs of newly frenetic manufacturing and shipping. (Bayer has tripled...
...Bayer was notified, and members of Congress urged the Food and Drug Administration to speed up the often labored process of drug approval. In August 2000, Cipro, which had demonstrated an anti-anthrax efficacy in tests on monkeys, was rushed through the approval process and dubbed the unequivocal drug of choice in the anthrax battle. It is currently the only drug used to treat inhalational (pulmonary) anthrax...
...Doctors have long known that the statins can trigger a rare breakdown of muscle tissue. (Stopping the drugs at the first sign of trouble usually halts the breakdown.) For some reason, patients who took Baycol--especially at higher doses or with another drug called gemfibrozil--were at greater risk. Bayer decided to drop Baycol in part because its attempts to alert doctors to those situations didn't always work. Drugs like the statins have the potential to save thousands of lives, and COX-2 inhibitors can relieve untold suffering. The trick, as always, is in figuring...
...Carole Bayer Sager, the Oscar-winning songwriter who founded Tonos, had Martin at the top of her list when she was recruiting talent for the site. "He brings one of the most extraordinary new pop sensibilities to come along in a very long time," she says. "That's as good as it gets for us." Note to wannabes, especially blonde female teen-age ones: Martin doesn't want another Britney, so don't send your demo tapes. But he might like to return to his musical roots and work with a young rock band that's "harder than...
...memory-pill lineup is ginkgo biloba, the dried leaf of the maidenhair tree, thought to improve circulation and, in theory, memory. While ginkgo is still considered an alternative medication, it has caused such a stir and gained such a following that even so button-down a company as Bayer, better known for aspirin, has begun marketing the stuff...