Tag: world
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Allergan to buy Tobira in push for fatty liver disease drugs
Just hours later on Tuesday, Allergan announced it would also pay $50 million upfront and make future milestone payments for Akarna Therapeutics Ltd, a privately held company that is planning early-stage studies of a treatment for NASH. There are no approved treatments for the disease affecting more than 15 million Americans, which involves accumulation of…
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Drug resistance in people and animals may push millions into poverty: World Bank
By Alex Whiting ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28 million people will fall into poverty by 2050, and a century of progress in health will be reversed, the World Bank said on Monday. By 2050, annual global GDP would fall by at least…
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Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch
German pharmaceutical and crops manufacturer Bayer AG said on Monday that its negotiations with Monsanto Co had advanced, and it was now willing to offer more than $65 billion to acquire the world's largest seed company. Bayer's announcement came as the gap in price expectations between the two companies has narrowed significantly, although important terms,…
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Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch
German pharmaceutical and crops manufacturer Bayer AG said on Monday that its negotiations with Monsanto Co had advanced, and it was now willing to offer more than $65 billion to acquire the world's largest seed company. Bayer's announcement came as the gap in price expectations between the two companies has narrowed significantly, although important terms,…
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Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92
By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Phyllis Schlafly, who became a “founding mother” of the modern U.S. conservative movement by battling feminists in the 1970s and working tirelessly to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, died on Monday at the age of 92, her Eagle Forum group said. Schlafly, who lived in the St. Louis suburb…
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World will miss education-for-all target by 50 years: U.N.
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world is set to miss by more than half a century a deadline for ensuring all children receive secondary education, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding that 40 percent of pupils are being taught in a language that is not their mother tongue. World leaders…
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Thailand’s king shows improvement following treatment for infection: palace
Thailand's 88-year-old king, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for a blood infection, the palace said in a statement on Sunday. King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital. The king's fever has subsided and the severity of his blood…
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No Zika cases detected among Olympics participants: WHO
No Zika cases have so far been detected among athletes, spectators or other participants in last month's Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization said Friday. “We don't have any confirmed cases of Zika amongst travellers or amongst… the athletes,” Peter Salama, the WHO's chief on outbreaks and health emergencies, told reporters. The experts…
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FDA halts sale of some antibacterial hand, body wash products
The move affects 2,100 products, or roughly 40 percent of the over-the-counter antibacterial soap market, Dr. Theresa Michele, director of the FDA’s division of nonprescription drug products, told reporters on a conference call. The ruling does not affect alcohol-based hand sanitizers or antibacterial products used in hospitals and clinics. The agency said it is banning…
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Factbox: Key facts about Mother Teresa
Pope Francis will make Mother Teresa, the world’s most famous nun, a saint on Sunday. EARLY LIFE Mother Teresa was born to ethnic Albanian parents on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia, and named Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu. Two years later she was given the name Sister Teresa.