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The marriage seemed formidable. To create a high-tech giant that could challenge IBM, former Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal welded computer also-rans Burroughs and Sperry in 1986 to create Unisys Corp. But after a fast start, Unisys has suffered from lagging technology and sagging military spending. With the...
In States of Desire, his 1980 travel book, White set out "to suggest the enormous range of gay life to straight and gay people." William Burroughs said, "In Edmund White we may have found our gay Tocqueville." But the book had its critics as well. In a blistering review in...
; For its part, Burroughs Wellcome made some crucial breakthroughs in developing AZT. The company designed and executed a six-step manufacturing process to convert a key ingredient, thymidine, a biological chemical first harvested from herring sperm, into AZT. Contends company spokeswoman Kathy Bartlett: "We're the ones who turned this...
Even if Burroughs refuses to reduce its price further, some patients may begin paying less for AZT treatment. Doctors are discovering that combining the potent antiviral drug with such other formulas as interferon (an immune- system booster) or probenecid (an antigout drug) lowers the dose of AZT necessary for effective...
After accusations that it overcharged for the anti-AIDS drug, manufacturer Burroughs Wellcome cuts its price 20%.