British patients have been able to take advantage of many new medicines long before they were available in the U.S. Among them:
RESPIRATORY DRUGS. Eight such drugs were introduced in the decade beginning in 1962, all but one of them in Britain. Four of these, including the bronchodilators proxyphylline and albuterol, are still not available in the U.S. Four have made the transatlantic crossing, including cromolyn sodium, a drug that effectively prevents the debilitating effects of allergic asthma, an ailment that afflicts 1% to 2% of Americans. The time required for the crossing: 5½...
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