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...hydrazide of isonicotinic acid, marketed under such names as Rimifon, Nydrazid, Pyricidin, Dinacrin. A related drug is trade-named Marsilid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Good News from the West | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

...will take six months for doctors to render a confident verdict on Rimifon, Marsilid and Nydrazid. Meanwhile, there is a sobering lesson in the history of anti-TB drugs: dozens have come and all but one "wonder drug" (streptomycin) have gone, but TB remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: TB --and Hope | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...Year's Eve Dr. Elmer Sev-ringhaus of Hoffmann-La Roche dropped in to see Dr. McDermott of New York Hospital and tell him about Rimifon. It was soon clear that Rimifon was chemically the same as Nydrazid, and a week later Squibb and Hoffmann-La Roche got together to plan further testing of the drug and arrange a request to the Food & Drug Administration to have it released for general use by physicians. That release cannot be given until May or June; by then, both companies will be ready to market the drug in wholesale lots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: TB --and Hope | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

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