Librium
Americannoun
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Librium was introduced in 1960 and promptly outsold its predecessors, the barbiturates, because it had fewer side effects.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2012
Marketing, essentially — which was first put into action with Librium, one of those evocative drug names that pharmaceutical companies invent.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2012
The Roche chemist who had originally stumbled upon Librium, Leo Sternbach, went back to the lab and tweaked the compound.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2012
Peter, whose volatility could make Librium jittery, has turned out to have, his father says, "one of the great marriages of all time."
From Time Magazine Archive
Trade-named Librium by New Jersey's Roche Laboratories, it is technically methamino-diazepoxide, a synthetic chemical unrelated to previous ataractic drugs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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