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...most dramatic new products to appear in recent years has been the oral contraceptive. First marketed five years ago, "the pill" is now made by seven U.S. companies under such trade names as Enovid (the first oral contraceptive, made by G. D. Searle & Co.), Norlestrin (Parke, Davis & Co.), and C-Quens (Eli Lilly & Co.). Sales of all oral contraceptives in the U.S., which were $46 million in 1964, rose to about $65 million in 1965 and are expected to hit $90 million this year...
...drug companies making the pill, the most spectacular is a small firm that is both very profitable and much misunderstood: Syntex Corp. Syntex's common stock, which is being split two-for-one this week, is the most heavily traded issue on the American Stock Exchange, in 1965 rose in price more than any other stock on the exchange (from 64⅜ to 219⅝). Syntex is incorporated in Panama, operates largely in Mexico and sells mostly in the U.S. It is a leader in the field of steroid hormones, which includes the birth-control pills...
From the Yam. Syntex's own oral contraceptive, Norinyl, holds a relatively small share of the market, but Syntex also supplies the pill's basic compound to three other major pill makers: Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and Parke, Davis. Though the pill has made Syntex famous, 59% of the company's sales and half its profits come from other drug products. These include other hormones used to treat skin inflammations and the ingredients of cortisone, a major drug for treatment of arthritic diseases...
...Plank's remarks followed a presentation by Dr. Gregory Pincus, who is known as the "father" of the pill, on the advantages of physiological control of conception. Dr. Plank, however, urged "continued cautious assessment" of the safety of the progestin-estrogen pills...
Plank, who is president of the Massachusetts Planned Parenthood League, pointed out that there are many weaknesses in the claims that the pill can significantly decrease maternal and infant mortality and improve social and mental health...