Improving Availability Of Antiretroviral Drugs – Medicines Patent Pool

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

An article published on October 14 in UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids announced that Aurobindo Parma and MedChem have become the first producers of generic antiretroviral medicines to join the Medicines Patent Pool. The move enables the two manufacturers to take advantage of the agreement signed between ...

Iron Ore’s Four-Year Slide Hitting Mining Earnings: Commodities

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Iron ore is set for the first four- year drop since at least 1982 as supplies surge, threatening to end record earnings at Vale SA, Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd., the world´s biggest producers. Find more info about Iron Ore’s Four-Year Slide Hitting Mining Earnings: Commodities photos videos pictures. ...

Big Tobacco Balks At New Graphic Label Mandate; Sue The Feds

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies have sued the federal government this week saying that nine new cigarette packaging warning labels made mandatory for the industry by the FDA, violate their free speech rights. The lawsuit stated: "Never before in the United States have producers of ...

Student Brings Home New Expertise To Answer Question In Antibiotic Resistance

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Working out the structure of a complex formed when a protein binds to DNA has proved to be key in understanding how an antibiotic-producing organism controls resistance to its own antibiotic, and may be an example of how other antibiotic producers regulate export to prevent self-toxicity. The natural production of ...

Asian Stocks Drop on U.S. Economy, Raw Material Producers Fall

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Asian stocks declined, sending the regional benchmark index to its biggest weekly drop since March, as rising jobless claims and declining consumer confidence in the U.S. added to signs the recovery in world’s biggest economy is weakening. Find more info about Asian Stocks Drop on U.S. Economy, Raw Material Producers Fall ...