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...innocent bystander responsible for "housekeeping" functions--like preventing ulcers. At the FDA meeting, proponents of the old-style pain killers suggested that that theory might be too simplistic. "The whole area of information about cox-1 and -2 is an evolving field," says Dr. Robert Palmer of SmithKline Beecham, which manufactures Relafen, a popular arthritis drug. "There's probably a whole lot of functions we don't know about...
...charging into the field. Trusted brands like Bayer's One-A-Day and well-known companies such as Warner-Lambert (Sudafed, Benadryl and Listerine) and the Whitehall-Robins Healthcare unit of American Home Products (Centrum, Advil, Robitussin) all launched brightly packaged lines of herbal remedies this fall. SmithKline Beecham (Tagamet HB, Contac, NicoDerm CQ) test marketed herbs in four U.S. cities last summer. The entry of these brands and the growing body of serious research on herbal remedies are lifting some of the stigma attached to these products--and cutting through some of the claptrap one can still hear about...
Until now, only antibiotics have worked against Lyme disease. But a new weapon may be at hand. After a nationwide clinical trial involving some 11,000 people, an advisory panel last week urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a novel vaccine developed by SmithKline Beecham under the name Lymerix. The vaccine works when the tick is sucking the victim's blood, launching antibodies against the bacteria even before they've left the tick's gut. Although it took three shots over 12 months to achieve it, the vaccine gave immunity to 90% of the test subjects ages...
LONDON: The corporate marriage of the century is off. Citing "insurmountable differences" in management philosophy and corporate culture, British pharmaceutical giants SmithKline Beecham and Glaxo Wellcome have stopped negotiations on what was to be the biggest merger ever, creating a single company worth around $164 billion...
...small, no change too minor not to notify everyone remotely involved. "It had turned into the biggest cover-your-ass thing you could imagine," says Wang. "People would send these things just so they could say, 'But I copied you on that.'" Now companies such as SmithKline Beecham are tightening the spigot by encouraging employees to limit the number of CCs they send. At Ernst & Young, systemwide messages (to everyone) are verboten...