DATE: Wednesday, July 2, 1997               TAG: 9707020479

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: FOCUS

SOURCE: BY LORI MONTGOMERY, KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS 

DATELINE: PARIS                             LENGTH:   16 lines

FOCUS: THE TORTURED LIFE OF RU486 THE CONTROVERSY AROUND THE ABORTION PILL BECAME TOO HOT FOR ITS CREATOR, WHICH PASSED ALONG THE PATENT RIGHTS TO ITS RETIRED CHAIRMAN. BUT NOW HE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO CONTINUE PRODUCING AND SELLING THE DRUG.

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