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Expect to see everything from old medical books and medicine to a replica of an old pharmacy store, as well an exhibitions on the history of aspirin, discovered by French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt in 1853, and apothecary, the art of pharmacy and medical treatment that dates back to 2600 BC.
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Merck is suffering through the hardest period of its history, after pulling arthritis drug Vioxx off pharmacy shelves because it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke in a clinical study.
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Two Turkish chemists prescribed penicillin antibiotics without inquiring about any history of allergy, and one Egyptian pharmacy sold a cough suppressant containing oxeladine, a substance banned in many countries over fears that it might cause cancer.
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The list of the obvious includes health expenditures and in some cases claims history (medical, pharmacy, etc.).
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