sclerosis
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Shares of drugmaker Mallinckrodt Plc fell 16% Tuesday after news reports that the federal government is intervening in a pair of lawsuits that allege its subsidiary bribed doctors to drive sales of a pricey multiple-sclerosis drug. — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, "Government to File Complaint After Mallinckrodt Unit Is Accused of Bribery to Drive Drug Sales," 30 Apr. 2019 First, Iraqis are fed up with successive governments’ corruption, incompetence and sclerosis. — Kenneth M. Pollack, WSJ, "Iraq Gets a Government—and It Was Worth the Wait," 5 Oct. 2018 Roche’s multiple-sclerosis drug, named Ocrevus, has had among the industry’s most rapid launches since it was approved in the U.S. last year. — Joseph Walker, WSJ, "Roche Executive Daniel O’Day Is Named Gilead CEO," 10 Dec. 2018 Lebanon has long been beset by corruption and political sclerosis, and the election results were widely expected. — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, "As Lebanon chooses a new parliament, Hezbollah gains power and prime minister’s fortunes fade," 7 May 2018 So there is a kind of sclerosis of the economy at the top and fewer and fewer corporate structures controlling more and more. — Rebecca Traister, Daily Intelligencer, "How Can Democrats Connect ‘Identity Politics’ to Economics?," 1 Feb. 2018 Compounding the problem is the loss of its monopoly on Copaxone, a multiple-sclerosis drug that at one point generated half of Teva’s profits. — Jonathan Ferziger, Bloomberg.com, "Netanyahu Vows to Help Buffer Teva Workers From Turnaround Plan," 17 Dec. 2017 In a twist, Teva is also struggling because its leading brand-name drug, the multiple-sclerosis treatment Copaxone, now has generic competition. — Chad Bray, New York Times, "Teva Pharmaceuticals to Cut 25% of Jobs in Huge Reshaping," 14 Dec. 2017 Its multiple-sclerosis treatment Ocrevus, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March, is quickly gaining traction. — Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, "Roche’s Immunotherapy Drug Tecentriq Extended Patients’ Lives in Study," 7 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sclerosis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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— called also hardening
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