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region. Initially, its inventory was limited, however as homeopathy grew more popular in New
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machines. In 2008, the company (by then known as Otis Clapp and
Buffington) was acquired by Medique Inc. It was, by that time, one of the oldest operating pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United States. Products continue to be sold by Medique under the "Otis Clapp" brand name.
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