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...INVENTOR: MERCK Perhaps you didn't know this, but turkeys are sold by gender--toms as cutlets and deli meats, hens as whole birds. So turkey breeders must separate hatchlings at birth. But genetic breeding has made it nearly impossible to tell the difference without, uh, checking the goods, a messy process at best. The Merck team patented Gender-Specific Fading Down, meaning boys are born with black feathers, girls with brown. The colors fade as the turkeys grow...
...super-secret location of Survivor II b) Recently saw nude photos of Tim Russert c) Is 6'7" with the Afro, 6'1" without d) Can't get enough of Merck's tasty Propecia shakes...
...annual meeting of the American Heart Association. Just two weeks ago, a study in the British Medical Journal concluded that statins could reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack 30% even among those with normal cholesterol levels and no sign of cardiovascular disease. Pharmaceutical giants Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb have gone so far as to petition the Food and Drug Administration to allow consumers to buy some low-dose statins over the counter, without first having to obtain a physician's prescription (more on that below...
...discovered that Chinese red yeast fermented on rice contains small amounts of the same active ingredient found in lovastatin (Mevacor). The FDA tried to ban the supplement's sale in the U.S., but the action has become the subject of a lengthy court process. The controversy hasn't stopped Merck, which manufactures Mevacor and Zocor, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, which produces Pravachol, from arguing that they should be allowed to sell their pharmaceutical-grade products at similarly low doses to the general public...
...club's next event, for example, is Oct. 5, when Merck President and CEO Raymond Gilmartin will be appearing for a Company Spotlight talk...