Word: roussell
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...forces, then introducing RU 486, the so-called abortion pill, into the U.S. ranks second. So far the foes of abortion have managed to keep the French-made drug out of the country. But last week a delegation of American feminists and scientists met in Paris with executives of Roussel Uclaf, the French company that manufactures the drug, and in Frankfurt with officials * from Hoechst AG, Roussel's parent company. The Americans presented a petition signed by 115,000 people urging the distribution of RU 486 in the U.S. American support for the drug has also been growing rapidly among...
ANTI-ABORTIONISTS are still making an international fuss over RU 486. In France, the pharmaceutical company Roussel Uclaf--which made the pill--almost stopped its distribution because of anti-abortion pressure. The company then reversed its decision in the face of pro-choice protests. RU 486 is now widely distributed in France, and is headed toward other Western European countries...
Barbara Connell heads the Daystar Care Center, a nursing home in Cairo, Ill. Her father-in-law, 85, suffers from congestive heart failure and must spend $190 a month on medications, including the diuretic Lasix, produced by West Germany's Hoechst-Roussel. The senior Connell's income from Social Security totals just $350 a month, and since Medicare does not cover prescription costs, he has begun drawing on savings to pay his pharmacy bills. "If he didn't have those savings, he'd really be in bad shape," says Barbara...