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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Reuters(Adds Dell Inc, Orkla, Marathon Oil, Elan, prada, Telecom Italia and others) May 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday: ** Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset...Tags: Dell Inc., Thomson Corporation, Telecom Italia SPA, Dover Corporation, Kimco Realty
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BTG says interventional medicine buys could boost sales to $1 bln
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British pharmaceutical company BTG announced two deals on Thursday that it said could create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion. Chief Executive Louise Makin told Reuters the deals would more than...Tags: Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Radiation Therapy, Chemical Industry, Chemotherapy
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Nordion shares jump 11 percent after news on sale of division
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - Shares of Canada's Nordion Inc, a major provider of isotopes used in medical imaging, jumped as much as 11 percent on Thursday, after it said it will sell its targeted therapies division. Nordion said early Thursday that it agreed to... -
EDITORIAL: Thumbs Up for Bike Around Bay
Erie Times-News, Pa.Advertisement Pedal power: Today is Environment Erie's annual Bike Around the Bay. You can still register from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Pilot House, the new home for the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, behind the Intermodal Transportation Center....Tags: Human Interest, Medical Research, Robert J. Lopez, Substance Abuse, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Sampling ongoing at Charlevoix Superfund site
Back in 1981, the city of Charlevoix received a notice from the Michigan Department of Public Health: its municipal well system was contaminated. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the well system was connected to a wedge of contaminated...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Politics, Health, Environmental Cleanup, Renal cell carcinoma
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First responders sue in Paulsboro derailment
The Philadelphia Inquirernty-four plaintiffs, including a dozen police officers who rushed to the scene of a November train derailment in Paulsboro, sued on Monday, alleging that the rail company's negligence caused the derailment, and that it downplayed the dangers of a chemical...Tags: CSX Corporation, Trials, National Transportation Safety Board, The Philadelphia Inquirer, High Blood Pressure
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State moves to restore funding for cancer agency
Austin American-StatesmanThe state's beleaguered cancer research agency edged out of the legislative doghouse Monday when budget conferees recommended restoring funding after months of controversy and an ongoing criminal investigation. The recommendation calls for spending $594...Tags: Jane Nelson, Health Organizations, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Elections, Government
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Before the mancave, Dad doled out life lessons in the garage
My dad was a garage kind of guy. As a girl, I remember him there more than anywhere else around the house. He'd spend hours in his workshop-slash-mancave tinkering, working on the family cars and giving quiet advice. I'd settle in next to him, because...
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Many with hepatitis C don't get needed follow-up tests, CDC says
Half of all patients who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not had follow-up testing to see if they are still infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means many people are living with the disease and not...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis C , Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Disease Prevention
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Many in U.S. don't get proper testing for hepatitis C- CDC
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - Only half of people in the United States who have ever been infected with hepatitis C get proper testing for the liver-destroying disease, according to U.S. health officials. Proper testing is a two-...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hepatitis C , Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses
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Researchers develop 'nanotrain' for targeted cancer drug transport
University of Florida researchers have developed a "DNA nanotrain" that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain's ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs...Tags: University of Florida, Biotechnology Industry, Leukemia, Genetics, Technology
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Flip Wilson: The Persistence of Geraldine Jones
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn Sunday's Calendar (and online here), I review "Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar," a worthwhile new biography of the late comedian by Kevin Cook ("The Last Headbangers," "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything"). The...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Magic Johnson, Seinfeld (tv program), Hulu, TV Land (tv network)
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