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Probably no one would have noticed if a few pharmacists hadn't had the bright idea of selling the lollipops over the counter, without requiring a prescription. They justified this by noting that Nicorette has been sold without a prescription since 1996; one pharmacist says he actually got the go-ahead from his state pharmacy board. The problem is that Nicorette gum is backed by years of research, whereas the lollipops are not. Also, no one would ever mistake peppery-tasting Nicorette gum for candy...
Industry watchers expect the FDA to take some kind of action within the next few weeks. At least one pharmacy that had been producing its own pops--compounding them, in the jargon of the trade--and selling them over the counter, isn't waiting for the FDA crackdown. "This was our first venture into otc compounding," says William Johns, owner of Peoples Custom Rx in Memphis, Tenn. "I've decided we will sell them only by prescription until this all gets sorted...
...subjective process, and it is unlikely that the HCC could ever suggest a musical group that would not be deemed unacceptable by at least a small segment of Harvard’s large and heterogeneous population. However, sponsoring a concert that may be controversial does not run counter to the University’s mission, but rather is in support of it. The University ought to be a forum of open discussion and debate, and in order to do so it must at times support events that might be unpalatable to certain individuals’ tastes...
Recently she joined several other ANC members to form ACID—the Agassiz Committee on the Impacts of Development. The new group aims to counter Harvard’s ongoing efforts to clear space in Agassiz for more science offices...
...favorite are the parents who usher in children barely old enough to know how to spell the word “college,” let alone know about getting in to one. They bring little Jenny or Sue up to the counter where I sit trying my hardest not to glare disapprovingly, and they motion to the child that it’s okay to begin the rehearsed questions...