Tag: dieter
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Germany expands diesel probe to include VW board chairman
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have widened their investigation into Volkswagen's handling of the emissions scandal to include its board chairman, Hans Dieter Poetsch, the company said Sunday.
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VW chairman, CEO knew of defeat devices early: Bild
Volkswagen AG's current chairman and chief executive were alerted by the carmaker's former CEO to the use of illicit emissions-control software in the United States two weeks before the carmaker disclosed the scale of its manipulations, Bild am Sonntag reported, without citing the source of the information. Martin Winterkorn, who resigned within a week of…
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Colombia reports more than 47,700 Zika cases
Colombia has seen more than 47,700 cases of Zika, including thousands of pregnant women infected with the mosquito-borne virus, the country's National Health Institute reported Saturday. A total of 8,890 pregnant women have come down with the disease, which has been tentatively linked to a serious birth defect known as microcephaly affecting babies born to…
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GSK asthma drug Nucala’s long-term study supports safety profile
(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Saturday its asthma drug, Nucala, which is already approved in the United States and Europe, showed a similar safety profile in a long-term study compared with previous studies. GSK said Nucala, which is administered once every four weeks by injection, maintained its risk/benefit profile over an extended 52-week period.…