
Pushing Painkillers | An Untapped Market | S53-E1
American Innovations
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The New Coating for Asthma
In the mid 19 seventies, twycross is waiting in the lobby of nap pharmocuticles in cambridge, england. He's taken the train from london to meet with nap's medical director after reading about a new pill they've released. A few years later, nap releases m s contn a morphine pill with a time release coating. The owners of purde frederick, the sackler family, are thrilled. If we can adapt the coating for morphine, i think see the potential immediately, says Twycross.
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