Targeting the American market for medicines, ca. 1950s-1970s: ICI and Rhône-Poulenc compared.

Targeting the American Market for Medicines, ca. 1950s¬タモ1970s: ICI and Rhᅢᄡne-Poulenc Compared

Targeting the American Market for Medicines, ca. 1950s–1970s:

The forces that have shaped American medicine include a wide set of interrelated changes, among them the changing research, development, and marketing practices of the pharmaceutical industry. This article compares the research and development (R&D) and marketing strategies of the British group Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI, whose Pharmaceutical Division was spun off and merged with the Swe...

The introduction of chlorpromazine in Belgium and the Netherlands (1951-1968); tango between old and new treatment features.

The introduction of chlorpromazine in Belgium and the Netherlands demonstrates an intriguing tango between old and new treatments. Chlorpromazine, marketed by the French company Rhône Poulenc entered psychiatry as an adjunct to existing therapies. Instead of promoting chlorpromazine as a revolutionary therapy, we see early efforts to market Largactil as a supplement to the armoury of psychiatri...

A Quantitative investigation on some toxic and non-toxic metals in popular medicinal herbs in Iranian market

This study was performed to explore the presence of heavy metals in some popular herbal medicines of the Iranian market. Primarily, this study was planned to do the task by the USP method. In the second step, those plants which contained more than 10 ppm of total heavy metals were analyzed by atomic absorption method. In this study, 43 popular herbal medicines were investigated according to the...

Clinical experience with the Rhône-Poulenc ascites reinfusion apparatus.

ONLY six patients with cirrhosis and ascites have been treated with the Rh6ne-Poulenc ascites reinfusion apparatus. They were admitted 24 hr before the initiation of the treatment in an intensive care unit for patients with liver diseases. On the previous day, and during the procedure, the following were observed hourly: respiratory rate; heart rate; blood pressure; central venous pressure; por...