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54 years, 11 months ago

These 249+ Last-Chance Cyber Monday Deals Are Still Going Strong Right Now

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Cyber Monday may be over, but the deals are still going strong—for now. —Ryan Waniata Jump to a Topic: Best TV Deals, Apple Device Deals, Toy and Game Deals, Best Charging Deals, Best Kitchen Deals, Best Home Deals, Best Home Office Deals, Best Laptop and Tablet Deals, Best Soundbar Deals, Best Headphone Deals, Best Speaker Deals, Best Coffee Deals, Best …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

A scientist’s final quest is to find new schizophrenia drugs. Will he live to see them?

Live Mint

Dr. Edward Scolnick figures he needs five, maybe 10 more years to solve one of the brain’s greatest mysteries. “I know I can crack it," said Scolnick, a noted drug developer who spent his career plumbing the building blocks of DNA for new treatments. Sharp, who has known Scolnick for years, said he was moved that his friend devoted his …

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54 years, 11 months ago

15 Great Cyber Monday Soundbar Deals to Pump Up the Volume

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You may not realize it, but your TV is sad. WIRED Featured Deals Soundbar Deals Klipsch Flexus Core 200 Photograph: Ryan Waniata If you're just after a simple and affordable audio upgrade, Yamaha's SR-C20A is a go-to option, now at an exceedingly reasonable price. The Beam's best trick is its advanced networking skills that let it connect with other Sonos …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Merck Foundation Marking "World Diabetes Day" by Providing out of 2080 Scholarships, 830 Scholarships for Diabetes and Hypertension in 52 Countries

Live Mint

BusinessWire India Accra / Mumbai, November 14: Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, marks 'World Diabetes Day 2024' together with Africa's First Ladies, Ministries of Health, Medical Societies and Academia, through their "Nationwide Diabetes & Hypertension Blue Points Program". Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation emphasized, "At Merck Foundation, we mark 'World Diabetes Day' through …

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1 month, 1 week ago

German sci-tech company Merck to increase investments in China

China Daily

German sci-tech company Merck to increase investments in China By Liu Zhihua chinadaily.com.cn Updated: Nov 13, 2024 Marc Horn, president of Merck China. German sci-tech giant Merck is very optimistic about its prospects in the Chinese market and will continue to strengthen its presence in the world's second-largest economy through increasing investment and fostering closer collaboration with local partners both …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Global firms capitalize on China's smart, green transformation

China Daily

This photo taken on Nov 4, 2024 shows the automobile exhibition area of the 7th China International Import Expo at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. "The company is ready to ride the wave of the country's pursuit of new quality productive forces, which are high-tech, highly efficient and of a high quality," said Qin Lei, marketing business …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff faces explosive new allegations from his time at top LA law firm

Daily Mail

Kamala Harris's husband was 'inappropriate' and 'misogynistic' at work, his former colleagues tell DailyMail.com. Emhoff recently sat down for a fawning interview with Jen Psaki during which the former White House Press Secretary told the Second Gentleman that he had 'reshaped the perception of masculinity' The shocking allegations are a striking contrast to Emhoff's benevolent image promoted by the Harris …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Merck, Cintas rise; GameStop, MiMedx fall, Wednesday, 3/27/2024

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Merck & Co., up $6.23 to $131.75. The drug developer received U.S. approval for a high blood pressure treatment. The video game retailer’s fourth-quarter earnings and revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts. The cloud-based software company beat analysts’ fourth-quarter earnings forecasts. The cancer treatment developer …

8 months, 4 weeks ago

NASA touts space research in anti-cancer fight

The Hindu

Experiments in the weightless environment of space have led to “crazy progress” in the fight against cancer, NASA officials said at a recent event highlighting an important and personal initiative of U.S. President Joe Biden. The 48-year-old, a physician and former military helicopter pilot, conducted cancer research during his recent mission to the International Space Station, orbiting some 400 kilometers …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

63 Best Early Black Friday Deals of 2024 to Shop Right Now

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Black Friday is the big day for retailers slashing prices to kick off the holiday shopping season and clear out their 2024 stock. Best TV Deals Photograph: Ryan Waniata Samsung's second-tier OLED is one of WIRED reviewer Ryan Waniata’s favorite TVs of the year. Best Kitchen Deals Photograph: Kat Merck The Mill food recycler just might be one of the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.

NPR

Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S. Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sparks flew on Capitol Hill Thursday as the CEOs of three drug companies faced questions from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about why drug prices are so much higher in the United …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Firms bullish on scope of China market

China Daily

A view of the Lujiazui area in Shanghai. Executives, experts say FDI-friendly policies bolstering business potential Multinational enterprises are unwaveringly committed to the Chinese market and will keep investing in China, as the country's pursuit of high-quality development and Chinese modernization are set to offer them more development opportunities, according to business executives and experts. Allan Gabor, president of science …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can’t afford not to

LA Times

Medicare is finally allowed to negotiate prescription drug prices with drug companies. Given the pharmaceutical industry’s conviction that the government’s Medicare drug negotiation program will “deal a fatal blow” to its innovative research, “coerce” it into sacrificing its rightful profits, kill innocent patients and was also unconstitutional, naturally the companies would decline to participate. Knowing that Medicare can’t walk away …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Column: Merck says it’s being ‘coerced’ into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That’s nonsense

LA Times

No one really expected the pharmaceutical industry to lie down and take it when Congress authorized Medicare to start negotiating prices of the prescription drugs it buys for enrollees. Big Pharma claims through these lawsuits that it’s being “coerced” into bowing to price cuts mandated by unelected bureaucrats at the Department of Health and Human Services for its most popular …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion

Associated Press

Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. Instead, it said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selects drugs to be included and then dictates the price, threatening drugmakers with “a ruinous daily excise tax” if they decline to agree. Instead, Merck said the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices ‘extortion’

LA Times

The company takes issue with a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices. Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. Instead, it said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selects drugs to be included and then dictates the price, threatening drugmakers with “a ruinous …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Experimental cancer vaccine combined with immunotherapy delayed return of melanoma, Moderna and Merck say

CNN

CNN — New data from a trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine shows that it reduced the risk of recurrence of the serious skin cancer melanoma when combined with immunotherapy, according to drugmakers Moderna and Merck. In a trial of 157 people who had had surgery to treat melanoma, 78.6% of those who received the personalized vaccine and the immunotherapy …

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1 year, 9 months ago

European committee: Regulators should deny Merck’s Lagevrio

Associated Press

A European medical committee recommends rejection of Merck’s COVID-19 treatment, Lagevrio, casting fresh doubt on a pill that also stirs concern among U.S. regulators. A statement from the agency says a committee that has been reviewing Merck’s application for more than a year concluded that the drug’s clinical benefit could not be demonstrated. Merck said in a statement that it …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Thousands of people can’t get full treatments of a lifesaving cancer drug

CNN

CNN — Dino Carlone was frightened when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer three years ago, but his spirits were buoyed when he learned that he could get help from a highly effective drug with a great track record. In a written statement, a spokesperson for the US Food and Drug Administration said that “whenever a shortage occurs, FDA actively …

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2 years ago

Two Ebola vaccines show immune response lasting for at least a year, says study

Hindustan Times

Two shots that protect against Ebola virus yielded immune responses lasting for at least a year, according to a study suggesting they might keep the virus at bay for the long-term. Researchers studied the vaccines, one from Merck & Co. and a two-dose regimen from Johnson & Johnson and Bavarian Nordic A/S, in 1400 adults and 1401 children enrolled from …

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2 years ago

Ebola vaccines produced lasting antibodies during trial: Studies

Al Jazeera

Studies in West Africa said that the vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co appear to be safe in children and adults. Ebola vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co produced virus-fighting antibodies and appear to be safe in children and adults, according to data from two studies conducted in West Africa. Both companies’ …

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2 years ago

Moderna, Merck See Positive Results from Skin Cancer Vaccine

News 18

The Moderna and Merck drug makers on Tuesday announced positive results from a trial in which messenger RNA technology was used for the first time to make personalized vaccines for skin cancer patients. In a preliminary trial, 150 people who had had their melanoma tumor surgically removed were given up to nine doses of the experimental vaccine alongside the skin …

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2 years ago

Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress

Associated Press

Moderna’s stock soared Tuesday after the COVID-19 vaccine maker detailed progress in developing a preventive shot for a deadly form of skin cancer. The company said a possible melanoma vaccine it is studying with pharmaceutical giant Merck fared well in a small study of patients who had the cancer surgically removed. The drugmakers said a combination of the vaccine and …

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2 years, 1 month ago

The Best Cat Furniture, Scratching Posts, and Litter Boxes (2024)

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Pet products are not always nice to look at. Also, check out our many other pet-related guides, like the Best Cat Toys, Best Litter Boxes, Best Feline Supplies, Best Pet Cameras, and Best Vet Telemedicine. Updated November 2024: We've added the Archie & Oscar Henrietta cat tree, Omlet's Switch cat scratcher and Freestyle Cat Tree, and Dagne Dover's Kyoto pet …

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These 249+ Last-Chance Cyber Monday Deals Are Still Going Strong Right Now

A scientist’s final quest is to find new schizophrenia drugs. Will he live to see them?

15 Great Cyber Monday Soundbar Deals to Pump Up the Volume

Merck Foundation Marking "World Diabetes Day" by Providing out of 2080 Scholarships, 830 Scholarships for Diabetes and Hypertension in 52 Countries

German sci-tech company Merck to increase investments in China

Global firms capitalize on China's smart, green transformation

Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff faces explosive new allegations from his time at top LA law firm

Merck, Cintas rise; GameStop, MiMedx fall, Wednesday, 3/27/2024

NASA touts space research in anti-cancer fight

63 Best Early Black Friday Deals of 2024 to Shop Right Now

Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the U.S.

Firms bullish on scope of China market

Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can’t afford not to

Column: Merck says it’s being ‘coerced’ into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That’s nonsense

Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices extortion

Merck sues federal government, calling plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices ‘extortion’

Experimental cancer vaccine combined with immunotherapy delayed return of melanoma, Moderna and Merck say

European committee: Regulators should deny Merck’s Lagevrio

Thousands of people can’t get full treatments of a lifesaving cancer drug

Two Ebola vaccines show immune response lasting for at least a year, says study

Ebola vaccines produced lasting antibodies during trial: Studies

Moderna, Merck See Positive Results from Skin Cancer Vaccine

Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress

The Best Cat Furniture, Scratching Posts, and Litter Boxes (2024)