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Fate and Lawsuits.
- Source :
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New Republic . 6/14/80, Vol. 182 Issue 24, p20-25. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 1980
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Abstract
- Focuses on several lawsuits filed against drug companies that sell the drug, diethylstilbestrol (DES), as a treatment to prevent miscarriages in the U.S. Withdrawal of approval given by the Food and Drug Administration to DES on the grounds that it causes vaginal cancer in daughters whose mothers took DES during pregnancy; Efforts of drug company Eli Lilly and Co. to defend itself against the lawsuits; Discussion on the lawsuit filed by Joyce Bichler who is suffering from cancer and amount of compensation to be received by her from Eli Lilly.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00286583
- Volume :
- 182
- Issue :
- 24
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New Republic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 11119620