Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herose

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The result of the debate was Keep Zzyzx11 (Talk) 02:05, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Herose

This is clearly a commercial for a product -puffery, in fact- and should be deleted. Eilthireach 21:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Very weak keep. From WP:NOT: "Articles about companies and products are fine if they are written in an objective and unbiased style. Further all article topics must be third-party verifiable, so articles about very small 'garage' companies are not likely to be acceptable." I don't think this is a 'garage' company but as a privately held Singapore-based company verifiability is on the low side. A more significant company, Eu Yan Sang International Ltd, (Singapore Exchange listed as "EYS") has an interest in Herose Pharma (see [1] and [2]). Herose has also been discussed in several online forums of patients suffering from skin problems (and the discussions have not always been favorable; the treatment is apparently extremely expensive). In addition, and what tips the scale for me, the company publicly announced in 2003 that it is conducting tests on an AIDS drug [3]. People may well want to read about the company, and that pushes my vote to a "keep". I have edited the article to tone down the puffery. DS1953 23:18, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep & Cleanup agree with DS1953, its an existant company with valid patents and products. Should be listed as a company profile with history and purpose, and less advertisement of one product. Needs a healthy overhaul. Who?¿? 23:45, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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