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GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure
GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the price charged for its pneumococcal vaccine when given to refugees, following complaints about the product's “exorbitant” cost by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres. GSK said its offer was made on the basis that others would not seek to reference the special price, which is intended solely to support refugee populations. Pfizer…
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Data leak boosts Froome, puts Wiggins in spotlight
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) – Chris Froome's credibility as triple Tour de France champion has only been boosted by the hacking of his private medical information, according to a South African physiologist who carried out tests on the Briton last year. Jeroen Swart, in an interview with the Cycling Tips website, suggested, however, that…