Word: burroughses
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The high price of AZT, sold under the trade name Retrovir, has become one of the most passionate controversies of the AIDS epidemic. Activists have accused Burroughs Wellcome, the drug's manufacturer, of taking unseemly advantage of desperate AIDS patients. AZT, which is being taken by more than half the...
While Burroughs Wellcome said it had been planning the cut for some time, the announcement came on the heels of angry protests. Well-organized AIDS activists condemned AZT's high price at stock exchanges in London, New York and San Francisco, chanting such slogans as "Be the first on your...
Burroughs Wellcome refuses to disclose its profit on AZT, but industry analysts believe it could range from a low of $25 million to a high of $100 million on this year's sales of $200 million. When the costs of overhead and continuing research are factored in, "the average operating...
But the high cost of AZT -- $7,000 to $8,000 a year -- will make it difficult for any but the wealthy or the well insured to receive the drug. Some state Medicaid programs pay for AIDS treatment only when the disease is far advanced. People who take AZT to...
After Burroughs' penalty, Woods went three yards, then scored. And danced.