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King Pharmaceuticals

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King Pharmaceuticals, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer based in Bristol, Tennessee. [1]

38 relations: Anti-abortion movements, Boycott, Bristol, Tennessee, Carl Icahn, Epinephrine autoinjector, Forbes, GlaxoSmithKline, Health care, Hoechst AG, Hypothyroidism, John M. Gregory (businessman), King University, Levothyroxine, Liothyronine, Medication, Meridian Medical Technologies Inc., Metaxalone, Middleton, Wisconsin, Mifepristone, Muscle relaxant, Mylan, Myocardial infarction, National Right to Life Committee, Pfizer, Pharmaceutical industry, Privately held company, Ramipril, Randal J. Kirk, Rhône-Poulenc, Rochester, Michigan, Sanofi, Sedative, St. Louis, St. Petersburg, Florida, Thrombin, United States, United States dollar, Zaleplon.

Anti-abortion movements

Anti-abortion movements, also referred to as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality.

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Boycott

A boycott is an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.

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Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.

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Carl Icahn

Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.

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Epinephrine autoinjector

An epinephrine autoinjector is a medical device for injecting a measured dose or doses of epinephrine (adrenaline) by means of autoinjector technology.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brentford, London.

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Health care

Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.

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Hoechst AG

Hoechst AG was a German chemicals then life-sciences company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999.

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Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid or low thyroid, is a disorder of the endocrine system in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone.

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John M. Gregory (businessman)

John M. Gregory is a former CEO of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and resides in Bristol, Tennessee.

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King University

King University (formerly King College) is a private university in Bristol, Tennessee.

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Levothyroxine

Levothyroxine, also known as -thyroxine, is a manufactured form of the thyroid hormone, thyroxine (T4).

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Liothyronine

Liothyronine is a synthetic form of triiodothyronine (T3), a thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.

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Medication

A medication (also referred to as medicine, pharmaceutical drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

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Meridian Medical Technologies Inc.

Meridian Medical Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer that primarily manufactures antidotes for chemical weapons.

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Metaxalone

Metaxalone (marketed by King Pharmaceuticals under the brand name Skelaxin) is a muscle relaxant used to relax muscles and relieve pain caused by strains, sprains, and other musculoskeletal conditions.

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Middleton, Wisconsin

Middleton is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, and a suburb of the state capital, Madison.

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Mifepristone

Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol, to bring about an abortion.

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Muscle relaxant

A muscle relaxant is a drug that affects skeletal muscle function and decreases the muscle tone.

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Mylan

Mylan N.V. is an American global generic and specialty pharmaceuticals company registered in the Netherlands, with principal executive offices in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK and global headquarters in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, US.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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National Right to Life Committee

The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) is the oldest and the largest national pro-life organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide.

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Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. is an American pharmaceutical conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.

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Pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry (or medicine industry) is the commercial industry that discovers, develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs for use as different types of medicine and medications.

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Privately held company

A privately held company, private company, or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately.

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Ramipril

Ramipril, sold under the brand name Altace among others, is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and congestive heart failure.

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Randal J. Kirk

Randal J. Kirk (born March 1, 1954) is an American businessman and investor in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

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Rhône-Poulenc

Rhône-Poulenc was a French chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1928.

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Rochester, Michigan

Rochester is a city on the north side of the Detroit Metropolitan Area, in Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Sanofi

Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gentilly, France, as of 2013 the world's fifth-largest by prescription sales.

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Sedative

A sedative or tranquilliser is a substance that induces sedation by reducing irritability or excitement.

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Thrombin

Thrombin (fibrinogenase, thrombase, thrombofort, topical, thrombin-C, tropostasin, activated blood-coagulation factor II, blood-coagulation factor IIa, factor IIa, E thrombin, beta-thrombin, gamma-thrombin) is a serine protease, an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the F2 gene.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Zaleplon

Zaleplon (marketed under the brand names Sonata, Starnoc, and Andante) is a sedative-hypnotic, almost entirely used for the management/treatment of insomnia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Pharmaceuticals

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