Word: roussell
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...persnickety approval process at the Food and Drug Administration -- if someone would put in an application. The drug has few side effects, is safer than surgical abortion, and is very effective for ending a pregnancy in the first trimester. Though RU 486 would be a big seller, French manufacturer Roussel Uclaf has avoided seeking approval in the U.S. Reason: the militant antiabortion movement, which had supporters in Presidents Reagan and Bush...
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...Here is the Pagnol family: father Joseph (Philippe Caubere), a schoolteacher; mother Augustine (Nathalie Roussel), a seamstress; little Marcel (Benoit Martin, then Julien Ciamaca), a serious, curious child who reads everything he can find, from cookbooks to soap wrappers. In the first hour of My Father's Glory -- the most luminous part of either film, or of any film since charm went out of fashion -- Joseph anxiously faces a new teaching job, Augustine gives birth to a second son (Victorien Delmare), and Marcel's maiden aunt (Therese Liotard) meets her future husband (Didier Pain) while walking Marcel in the park...
France and China in 1988 formally approved use of the drug, and Roussel will shortly apply to market it in Britain. The company has refused to export it to any country unless several conditions are met, including the legality of abortion and its acceptance by public, political and medical opinion. According to Ariel Mouttet, head of international marketing for RU 486 at Roussel, the sticking point in the U.S. is the political climate. Says she: "We don't want to enter into a social debate...
Determined pro-choicers say RU 486 could enter the U.S. through the back door. The drug has potential as a therapy for endometriosis and breast cancer. If RU 486 were approved to treat these conditions, doctors could also prescribe it for abortions. Roussel opposes any deception. Says Dr. Baulieu: "RU 486 has to be sold as the abortion pill that...