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Fosamax Forever

The Minsk Dead-end for Ukraine's Brest Truce

Dec 09, 2021
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Peace Conference at Brest-Litovsk (c/o History Today)

We all know Fosamax, the prescription medicine invented by Merck & Co. for the treatment or prevention of osteoporosis (thinning of bone) in women after menopause. It reduces the chance of having a hip or spinal fracture. Merck marketed the drug in Russia much differently than in the west, for the reason Vladimir Pastukhov explains below:

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