Word: pricey
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CHICAGO: The ethics of the Zeneca case looked even more problematic following news that the maker of a pricey synthetic thyroid hormone suppressed research findings that cheaper alternatives are just as effective in controlling thyroid-related illnesses. A story in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association said the Knoll Pharmaceutical Company attempted to discredit and keep from public view a University of California study that found Synthroid, the firm's flagship thyroid medication, no more effective than the generic competition. Although Synthroid's prior manufacturer, Flint Laboratories, commissioned the study, Knoll reportedly threatened author Betty...
...pocket for decades, or 2) because the start-up costs are going to be dramatic. Both are partly true. The FCC has long doled out airwave space gratis, and the networks, especially, have got rich as a result. But broadcasters will have to spend the next decade sending out pricey digital versions of their programs alongside the original ones while the audience for digital TV slowly builds. After nine years, the broadcasters are to return their old analog spectrum for auction by the government...
...years Beijing has envied the popularity that Taiwan enjoys in Congress. But it resisted advice to imitate Taiwan and hire pricey Washington lobbyists to make its case. That changed in May 1995, when Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui was granted a visa to visit the U.S. to attend an alumni gathering at Cornell University. It was a step that followed a nearly unanimous vote in both houses of Congress. The Chinese were stunned by what appeared to be a departure from the U.S. policy of not having official contacts with Taiwan. "The Lee visit was a failure of their...
Well, wonder no more. This Christmas offers an unprecedented number of snazzy gift options for the technically inclined. Bring your gold card, though; some of them may be a bit pricey...
Toshiba, the world leader in laptops, realized two years ago that compact machines would not dominate half of the PC market, so they went to work on a desktop version (laptops, pricey and difficult to upgrade, currently account for only some 20% of computers). "A lot of it was discussion around life-style and ease of use," says Ron Smith, a Toshiba marketing V.P., describing the development of the Infinia. "The concept was to design it for real people who are used to using stereos...