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Scope and Contents Institution: Schering-Plough. Topics: Interferon development; difference between working at Schering and NIH; FDA drug approval process, regulatory environment for risk-taking corporate industry; forecasting future applications for Inteferon, monoclonal antibodies; Schering's anti-cancer drug program, lymphokines; migration of young scientists from NIH to industry instead of academia; technicalities of production and patenting and speed to market competition; comparisons with Hoffman-La...