Trying for an Over-Counter Cholesterol Drug

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Pharmaceutical companies Merck and Company Inc. and Johnson & Johnson have come together in an effort to have Mevacor, one of the oldest cholesterol-lowering products, sold as an over-the-counter drug. An advisory panel at the Food and Drug Administration will hear their case today.

United States, Joint ventures, Marketing procedures, Government regulation, Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Patents & copyrights, Lipotropics & Cholesterol Reducers, Marketing, Complications and side effects, Intellectual property, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Company marketing practices, Johnson & Johnson, Company joint venture, Anticholesteremic agents, JNJ, Nonprescription drugs, Merck & Company Inc., Statins, Mevacor (Medication)

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City Cashes In as Mecca for the Hefty (With Wallets to Match)

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Durham, North Carolina has become the diet capital of the United States. Diet clinics like the Rice Diet House, Structure House and the Duke Diet and Fitness Center bring approximately $51 million into the Durham economy each year.

Facilities & equipment, Commodity & service prices, North Carolina, Weight Control Centers, Diet and Weight Reducing Centers, Miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified, Economic aspects, Prices and rates, Buildings and facilities, Reducing clinics, Weight loss industry, Diet industry, Company pricing policy, Durham, North Carolina

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Fraud Case Filed Against Ex-Officers Of Bristol

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Securities fraud charges were filed against two ex-Bristol-Myers Squibb executives, but the company avoided indictment by agreeing to pay $300 million.

Legal issues & crime, Financial management, New Jersey, Executive changes & profiles, Securities issued, listed, Officials and employees, Company legal issue, Finance, Investigations, Securities, Securities fraud, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., BMY, Company securities, Company financing, Schiff, Frederick S., Lane, Richard J.

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