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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...Fosamax, a drug already shown to be effective in treating OSTEOPOROSIS in postmenopausal women, may prevent the condition from occurring in the first place. Touted as a safe, nonhormonal alternative to estrogen, the drug prevented bone loss in the hip and spine of 95% of women studied. To keep working, Fosamax requires daily dosing--for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Sep. 23, 1996 | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...often filled with such vital information as strategic plans, growth projections, competitive analysis and sophisticated discussion of new products. In the Intel folder, contributors regularly discuss dram pricing and its likely impact on the stock price, while in the Merck board, doctors have weighed in with their views of Fosamax, the company's new osteoporosis drug. "It's the kind of concrete information Wall Street used to have a monopoly on because they were the only ones with the money to perform the research," says Randy Befumo, who composes the Motley Fool Evening News under the nom de cyberspace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CHORUS OF TRUE BELIEVERS | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

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