Summary

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance to Hoffman-La Roche to market once-daily Posicor for the treatment of Hypertension and Angina High blood pressure is known to lead to heart attack, stroke and death Fifty million Americans have high blood pressure - yet only 34 million know it and only 26 million of those are receiving treatment Posicor taken once daily, controls blood pressure and reduces Anginal attacks The drug was found to work well in people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 13485
Story Slug FDA Clears New Drug Posicor VNR (06/28/1997)
Location Nutley, New Jersey
Format Vo/Sot*
Date 06/28/1997
Archive Time 31:09
TRT 4:00
Supers Nutley, New Jersey Dr Barry Massie, University of California, San Francisco Dr Craig Pratt, Baylor College of Medicine
Video Description Sot of man, sot of doctor, graphics of heart beating, factory making bottles of new drug, drug factory bottles getting filled in factory, pills, pills in machines in factory, Roche factory exteriors
Description The US Food and Drug Administration has granted clearance to Hoffman-La Roche to market once-daily Posicor for the treatment of Hypertension and Angina High blood pressure is known to lead to heart attack, stroke and death Fifty million Americans have high blood pressure - yet only 34 million know it and only 26 million of those are receiving treatment Posicor taken once daily, controls blood pressure and reduces Anginal attacks The drug was found to work well in people of all ages and ethnic backgrounds
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