Metformin is the first-line drug of choice in the treatment of type II diabetes. It was first approved in Europe in 1958.1. Americans had to wait until 1994 to legally obtain metformin.1. The holdup in approving metformin goes beyond the FDA.
Hampton by Hilton, formerly known as Hampton Hotels, is a brand of hotels trademarked by Hilton Worldwide. The Hampton hotel brand is a chain of moderately priced, upper midscale hotels with limited food and beverage facilities.
A handful of companies hold the keys to millions of hotel rooms globally, but the list of hotel brands that those companies own is legion. Marriott owns Fairfield, TownePlace and Moxy; Hilton owns Curio, DoubleTree and Hampton; Intercontinental owns Holiday Inn, Candlewood and Hotel Indigo, to name a few. With a $12.2 billion merger of Marriott and Starwood in the works, hereâs a brief rundown, in order of total rooms controlled, of who owns what.