Word: patent
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...patient in South Africa will pay $15.87 a day for a particular medication produced by Pfizer, a price that represents twice the person's average daily income. But residents in Thailand will pay less than a dollar for the same dose because Pfizer holds no patent protection there...
...mile will suit him perfectly. There is every reason to be confident that he will improve here. I would say that if he goes off at 5-2 or a little better he is worth taking a risk on." As Rout predicted, the crowd loved the No. 1 Patent, ridden by the veteran Jerry Bailey. Patent went off at even money, and Unshaded, ignored by the bettors, was sent...
...tried to patent it, but she couldn't, so we agreed to offer an honararium of one dollar to Murr for each lamp Harvard uses," Lichten said...
...LONGER LIFE FOR GOLDEN DRUGS Major pharmaceutical companies will seek legislation to extend the patent life on their most valuable drugs. In the past, such giveaways were often inserted into unrelated legislation and covered a single drug or two. But this year, watch for heavy lobbying for the granddaddy of all patent extenders. It would protect pharmaceutical company sales of $3 billion annually and add years to the profitable life of at least seven expensive drugs, such as Schering-Plough's Claritin for allergies and Eulexin for prostate cancer, SmithKline Beecham's Relafen for arthritis and G.D. Searle's Daypro...
DIED. HEDY LAMARR, 86, sultry actress; in Orlando, Fla. The Viennese-born Lamarr (the star of Samson and Delilah) also shared a 1942 patent for a device that prevented radio-controlled torpedoes from having their signals jammed (see Eulogy...