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...Singapore to develop treatments for Third World diseases like tuberculosis, whose sufferers can't pay much. (He is not alone in this. Merck has set up anti-AIDS programs in Botswana, and Aventis is helping tackle AIDS in South Africa.) Eight drug companies, including Novartis, have announced a drug-discount program in the U.S. that they say will save qualified patients 20% to 40% on their prescriptions. But Ron Pollack, director of Families USA, says such measures are just p.r. ploys. A discount on what price? he asks. Because the initial AWP is fictitious and prices are climbing rapidly, "this...
...pilot program, which will expire in six weeks, comes as a result of a discount from the Times and funding by the Undergraduate Council, House Committees, and Harvard University Dining Services...
...like Steele, have taken to the streets, leading demonstrations against Nova and Sahashi and holding press conferences denouncing the company. On Nov. 2 former Nova employees announced a lessons-for-food program, which would allow students to pay for classes in meals and groceries. Meanwhile, some airlines have offered discount flights home for cash-strapped teachers, while embassies have opened hot lines to aid their stranded citizens. The out-of-work teachers have glutted the local labor market, causing other schools to stop accepting job applications. "The market is already saturated, and many schools have had to slash prices...
...Bordeaux, rather than champagne," he says. Today southern England has roughly the same climate that Champagne did 25 years ago--and the same chalky soil in those famous white cliffs of Dover. French champagne houses are sniffing out land in England while it's still selling at a comparative discount to Champagne...
...outside support and helped form the International Consortium for Polynucleotide Synthesis (ICPS), which has submitted further proposals for security adoption in conjunction with members of the CIA and FBI. Church fully understands the hazards of synbio research and stressed in an interview, “Don’t discount the fear; it needs to be channeled into action. You can’t just sit on your hands.” Specific action is required now by government authorities and policy makers. Church believes the key to ensuring safe research practice will be the development of advanced computer surveillance...