Centron (weevil)
Centron may refer to: * a brand name for ormeloxifene * Centron Corporation, a former industrial and educational film production company * ''Centron'' (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Alophini The Alophini are a weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae. Genera * '' Acmaegenius'' * '' Centron'' * '' Ctenolobus'' * '' Geralophus'' * '' Graptus'' * '' Lepidophorus'' * '' Limalophus'' * ''Plinthodes'' * '' Pseudalophus'' * '' Pseudobaryn ...

Ormeloxifene
Ormeloxifene, also known as centchroman, is one of the selective estrogen receptor modulators, or SERMs, a class of medication which acts on the estrogen receptor. It is best known as a nonsteroidal oral contraceptive which is taken once per week. In India, ormeloxifene has been available as birth control since the early 1990s, and it was marketed there under the trade name Saheli, currently available free-of-cost for the women in India as Chhaya (Centchroman). Ormeloxifene has also been licensed under the trade names Novex-DS, Centron, and Sevista. Medical uses Ormeloxifene is primarily used as a contraceptive but may also be effective for dysfunctional uterine bleeding and advanced breast cancer. Birth control Ormeloxifene may be used as a weekly oral contraceptive. The weekly schedule is an advantage for women who prefer an oral contraceptive, but find it difficult or impractical to adhere to a daily schedule required by other oral contraceptives. For the first twelv ...
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Centron Corporation
Centron Corporation was a leading industrial and educational film production company, specializing in classroom and corporate 16mm films and VHS videocassettes. Although a slightly smaller company than its contemporaries (Encyclopædia Britannica Films, Coronet Films and Learning Corporation of America), it was nonetheless very successful from the late 1940s through the early 1990s, gaining added fame with the Academy Award-nominated '' Leo Beuerman'' in 1969. Overview Founded in 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas by boyhood friends Arthur H. Wolf (a veteran of another Kansas film company, Calvin Films) and Russell A. Mosser (of Boeing-Wichita), the name was chosen to incorporate the key words "central" (being that the company was located in the center of the United States) and "electronic" in honor of the "electronic age of the future". Centron successfully competed with large companies on both coasts and was widely known for its high quality films, coming in on time and under budget. Al ...
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Centron (weevil)
Centron may refer to: * a brand name for ormeloxifene * Centron Corporation, a former industrial and educational film production company * ''Centron'' (weevil), a beetle genus in the tribe Alophini The Alophini are a weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae. Genera * '' Acmaegenius'' * '' Centron'' * '' Ctenolobus'' * '' Geralophus'' * '' Graptus'' * '' Lepidophorus'' * '' Limalophus'' * ''Plinthodes'' * '' Pseudalophus'' * '' Pseudobaryn ...