Word: bristols
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Four bills on rent control sponsored by State Rep. Philip Travis (D. Bristol) were discussed before the House Local Affairs Committee, amidst cheers and jeers by a vociferous audience of members of the Small Property Owners Association (SPOA), which was responsible for drafting the bills, and rent control activists who want to maintain the status...
...promise to create jobs, since he aims to streamline America's most recession-proof industry: health care. Most of the 290,000 jobs created since the recession officially ended in March 1991 have sprung up in the health-care industry, which employs 9 million Americans. Since the election, Bristol-Myers has announced that it is cutting 2,000 of its 53,000 jobs, and Warner-Lambert expects to eliminate 2,700 of its 35,000 positions. Insurance companies, a principal target of Clinton's reform philosophy, are bracing for the worst. Aetna and Travelers have both announced plans for major...
Last year, after the Medical School implemented a new conflict of interest policy, questions were raised about Coles' relationship with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Coles had been involved with research on drugs manufactured by Bristol-Myers drugs in addition to being a major stockholder in the pharmaceutical company...
What comes in a green or blue box and has a big PM on it? If you guessed Excedrin PM, you're right. If you said Tylenol PM, you're also right. Bristol- Myers Squibb, which has been making Excedrin PM for 20 years, is not flattered by any similarity in the packaging of Johnson & Johnson's year-old Tylenol PM. Last year Bristol-Myers sued J & J for copying its design and obtained a preliminary injunction two weeks ago barring the firm from advertising or selling the Tylenol version. With about $60 million in annual sales, Tylenol has quickly...
...negative publicity has affected the whole industry, prompting several companies to curry favor with the public. Last month Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that it will donate 17 different brands of blood pressure- and cholesterol-lowering drugs for use by patients whose doctors will certify that they have no insurance or other means of paying. In addition, Bristol Myers, Syntex and Merck have announced that they will provide 12.5% price rebates on drugs dispensed in federally financed public health programs for the poor...