A. H. Robbins

Methocarbamil/Robaxin/ A.H. robbins/Skeletal muscle relaxant... 

Fig. 5.3. Protein structure determination by X-ray diffraction. A. Crystals of porcine heart aconitase composed of 754 amino acids. The orthorhombic crystals shown are about 0.5 mm in the longest dimension. B. Film showing the diffraction pattern obtained from the above crystal. These data were used to obtain a 2.7 A resolution structure shown in two representations in panels C and D. Panel C shows the tracing of the protein backbone, with the small molecule (in red and yellow) in the central region depicting the iron-containing cofactor of the enzyme. Panel D shows the space-filling representation. (Courtesy of Dr Arthur H. Robbins, Miles Pharmaceuticals Inc. For details see A.H.Robbins and C.D.Stout (1989). Proteins Structure, Function, and Genetics 5, 289 312.)...

Sterling-Winthrop, G. D. Searle, Merrell, Marion (initially), A. H. Robbins, and Richardson-Vicks, while European competitors acquired Cutter, Morton, Marion (second-hand), Rorer, and Syntex. Hence no new major pharmaceutical companies were established after the 1920s. 

For information in this and the next paragraph of text, see Gambardella, Science and Innovation, pp. 101-102. For Chesebrough-Ponds hospital supply see Wall Street Journal, Sept. 18, 1986. For Bristol-Myers animal health, see Wall Street Journal, Oct. 2, 1987. For A. H. Robbins, see Wall Street Journal, Feb. 17, 1987, and Jan. 26, 1988. For percentages, see Stopford, ed., Directory of Multinationals (1988), p. 72. The figures are undated but end with the year 1987. 

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