And Panama, as you all know, is the first frontier in Central America to the drug-producing countries.

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The pharmacy producing the drug was not one of the major pharma companies.

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There is no tolerance for this drug in food-producing livestock, and they and their by-products are condemned when it is detected.

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Dairy producers must not use this drug in food-producing livestock and if it is found, those producers will be subject to FDA investigation and possible prosecution.

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Would the company stop producing the drug?

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In the 1980s several trials treated newly diagnosed diabetics with the transplant drug cyclosporine to preserve insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

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Vane's research led drug companies to target pain by stopping the COX enzyme from producing prostaglandins.

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The FDA bans the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) Phenylbutazone (Bute) in all food-producing animals.

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An underpowered, poorly performed drug trial with researcher bias has but a 17% chance of producing true conclusions.

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Moreover, Novartis is already testing its drug in other diseases including islet cell carcinoma, a cancer of the insulin-producing cells.

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