Drug busters
Laid out on a conference room table at Novartis's headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, is a pile of pills. Pills to treat asthma, erectile dysfunction and diarrhea spill out of boxes labeled with well-known names of over-the-counter, prescription and generic drugs from around the world. The kinds of medicines people take every day to cure their sickness or make them feel better.
By Todd Datz
November 1, 2005