Drug firms push new drugs amid quality concerns
A Johns Hopkins professor told Senate investigators that many new medicines are of poor quality and may harm patients with serious side effects. He accused firms of a "pharmaceutical numbers racket" by marketing potent new brand name drugs as superior while pricing keeps profits high. Merck denied creating drugs to inflate prices as Kefauver urged pricing reforms.
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Senate
Louis Lasagna
Johns Hopkins University
Lasagna
Clinical Pharmacology
Anttrust
John T. Connor
Merck & Co. Inc
Rahway NJ
Sen Estes Kefanger
D-Tenn
Merck
Kefauver
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Government pricing sparks Merck sales critique
A discussion notes Merck offered Prednisone to the Military Medical Service Agency at about one third the price charged to druggists. Connor argues government and hospital buyers create different competitive conditions and Merck could not survive long if it depended on such low prices.
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Merck & Co., Inc
Military Medical Service Agency
Merck
Connor
Corporate gift trend shifts to inexpensive concepts
Philadelphia AP reports business gifts rose about 22 percent from last year while value fell. Joseph Segal of the Advertising Specialty Institute notes the average gift cost 7.50 in 1959, down from 14 five years earlier, as firms push thoughtful inexpensive gestures under 10 dollars. He cites 300 million spent this year, up nearly 50 million from 1957, with payola probes not dampening sales.
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Philadelphia
Joseph M. Segal
Segel
Advertising Speciality Institute
Rambsburg Hs Hospitalized After Health Incident
County Commissioner Mebri H Rambsurg was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital Thursday after an apparent attack while en route to his barn near Ut ea Bills. He remained in fair to unchanged condition and doctors said he would need a long rest with no visitors. Ambulances were used in war as early as 4792.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Utea
Tees
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