CORPORATIONS Wonder Drugs' Wonder In the new world of antibiotic wonder drugs, one of the wonders is the growth of the industry itself. In only eight years, it has become a $250-million-a-year business supplying drugs for half of all doctors' prescriptions. Among the industry's 15 companies, none has grown faster than Brooklyn's Chas. Pfizer & Co., world's largest maker of antibiotics. Pfizer is well aware that it is in a fast-moving, chance-taking business where discoveries, not only of new drugs but of new ways to cut costs and prices, come fast. "In our industry," says President John E. McKeen, "we...
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