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2016-03-08

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Meldonium

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Meldonium is a pharmaceutical developed in 1970 by Ivars Kalviņš at the USSR Latvia Institute of Organic Synthesis. It is now manufactured by the Latvian pharmaceutical company Grindeks and various generic producers. Primarily distributed in Eastern Europe, meldonium is used as an anti-ischemia medication.

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1979

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1978

BBC_Radio_4

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1966

Nelson's_Pillar

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1963

Ba'ath_Party

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1924

Castle_Gate_Mine_disaster

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1919

1919_Egyptian_revolution

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1910

Raymonde_de_Laroche

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Nader_Shah

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