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Global drug industry tightens anti-corruption code
Wed,29 Feb 2012 11:11 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The global pharmaceutical industry is tightening its code of practice in a bid to stamp out bribery and corruption, particularly in emerging markets. The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations said on Thursday it had expanded and strengthened the code to ensure "the highest ethical and professional standards". Bribes paid to foreign doctors and other state employees are shaping up as a major legal liability threat for Big Pharma, which has already forked out billions of dollars to settle mis-selling scandals in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
Senate heads for showdown over contraceptives
Wed,29 Feb 2012 09:48 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate is expected on Thursday to defeat a largely symbolic measure that would exempt employers such as Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and charities from a controversial White House rule requiring free birth control coverage. Debate on the Republican proposal, introduced by Missouri Senator Roy Blunt as an amendment to an unrelated highway bill, began on Wednesday and both parties seized the opportunity to play to voting constituencies considered crucial in November's election. ... Full Story | Top |
63 percent of voters back Obama birth control policy - poll
Wed,29 Feb 2012 09:15 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor President Barack Obama's policy requiring birth control coverage for female employees, including clear majorities of Roman Catholic, Protestant evangelical and independent voters, a poll showed on Thursday. A Kaiser Family Foundation survey of 1,500 adults showed public opinion breaking more strongly according to party affiliation than gender on contraceptives, with 83 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of independents and 42 percent of Republicans favoring the policy. ... Full Story | Top |
Venezuela's Chavez: I'm recovering like a condor
Wed,29 Feb 2012 07:12 PM PST
Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez broke his silence on Wednesday after surgery in Cuba for a suspected recurrence of cancer to insist he was recovering well and "soaring like the condor". "I send you all my supreme love. We will live and we will recover!" the 57-year-old socialist leader enthused via Twitter from Havana where he was operated on earlier in the week. "Here I go, soaring like the condor. ...
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Greek parliament approves health cuts
Wed,29 Feb 2012 06:13 PM PST
Reuters - ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek parliament approved an extension of pharmacy opening hours and cuts to drugs spending on Thursday as part of a package of healthcare reforms agreed in return for last week's 130 billion euro international bailout deal. The early morning vote, the final significant element in the package of so-called "prior actions" which Athens had promised before this week's European Union summit, follows Tuesday's approval of 3.2 billion euros in budget cuts and a steep reduction in the minimum wage. ... Full Story | Top |
Chavez recovering fully after surgery: Venezuela VP
Wed,29 Feb 2012 06:11 PM PST
Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez is "in full process of recovery" after surgery in Cuba for a suspected recurrence of cancer, his vice president Elias Jaua said on Wednesday. Jaua told Venezuelan state TV he had spoken to Chavez by telephone in Havana, and the socialist leader had sent greetings to all his supporters back in Venezuela. (Editing by Paul Simao) Full Story | Top |
Coffee drinking not linked to chronic illness: study
Wed,29 Feb 2012 05:42 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Coffee drinkers have no more risk of getting illnesses such as heart disease or cancer, and are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a German study involving more than 40,000 people over nearly a decade. The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, came in the wake of many previous studies that produced conflicting results, with some tying coffee drinking to an increase in heart disease, cancer, stroke and more. ...
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Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate
Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry. With the prospect of future conflicts between armies controlling weapons with their minds, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics launched a consultation Thursday to consider the risks of blurring the lines between humans and machines. "Intervening in the brain has always raised both hopes and fears in equal measure. ... Full Story | Top |
Tobacco health labels unconstitutional: judge
Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:08 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sided with tobacco companies on Wednesday, ruling that regulations requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising violate free-speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. Cigarette makers challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's rule requiring companies to label tobacco products with images of rotting teeth, diseased lungs and other images intended to illustrate the dangers of smoking. ...
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Judge allows DEA to suspend Cardinal license
Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - A federal judge allowed the government to suspend Cardinal Health Inc's license to distribute potentially addictive drugs from a Florida facility, part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's battle against prescription drug abuse. The ruling on Wednesday was an initial victory for government efforts to force drug wholesalers to play a bigger role in fighting drug abuse, and may crimp Cardinal's business for the next 12 months. Judge Reggie Walton of the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate
Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry. With the prospect of future conflicts between armies controlling weapons with their minds, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics launched a consultation Thursday to consider the risks of blurring the lines between humans and machines. "Intervening in the brain has always raised both hopes and fears in equal measure. ... Full Story | Top |
Syphilis tests could save a million babies: experts
Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:02 PM PST
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The lives of almost a million newborn babies could be saved every year if simple, cheap and rapid tests for syphilis were offered to pregnant women in poorer countries, global health experts said on Thursday. The Global Congenital Syphilis Partnership, a group set up to help tackle the sexually transmitted disease, said testing women in early pregnancy would cost less than 1 pound ($1.58) per woman, and those who tested positive could be treated with a single dose of the cheap antibiotic penicillin. ... Full Story | Top |
World Bank says U.N. goal of halving poverty met
Wed,29 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Developing countries appear to have already met a United Nations goal to halve extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries by 2015, thanks mainly to China's economic boom, the World Bank said on Wednesday. The Washington-based development lender said preliminary data showed developing countries as a group reached the goal - the first of eight U.N. Millennium Development Goals - in 2010. The goals are a set of targets adopted by world leaders at the United Nations in 2000 to fight poverty, hunger and disease in poor countries. ... Full Story | Top |
Venezuela says 'ignore rumors' in Chavez cancer saga
Wed,29 Feb 2012 02:54 PM PST
Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez's government urged Venezuelans on Wednesday to ignore rumors that the socialist leader's cancer may be worse than officially reported. Despite allies' upbeat assessment of his latest surgery in Cuba, some sources including a prominent pro-opposition Venezuelan journalist suggest the 57-year-old may face a life-threatening spread - or metastasis - of the cancer discovered last year. ...
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U.S. patent office rejects Amarin's patent application
Wed,29 Feb 2012 02:33 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. patent office has rejected a patent application from Amarin Corp Plc for its key experimental heart drug. Amarin's shares fell 11 percent after United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) posted the "non-final rejection" on its website. They closed at $7.75 on the Nasdaq. A non-final rejection can be appealed by Amarin. "Most experts say that they will be able to get it (patent) eventually. But, the question is, how many times will it take to get the patent," MKM Partners analyst Jon LeCroy said. ... Full Story | Top |
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