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...Instead, Roussel-UCLAF, which holds the pill's 20-year-old patent, granted sole American distribution rights to the Population Council, a nonprofit organization specializing in reproductive issues, with the understanding the group would conduct clinical trials and find a manufacturer for the drug. And after six years of research and more than a few last-minute panic attacks from would-be manufacturing companies, the moment has arrived. The Population Council concluded a hugely successful drug trial in which 92 percent of the participants achieved successful medical abortions - the remaining 8 percent required surgical intervention to complete the procedure. Within...
...Instead, Roussel-UCLAF, the patent holder of the 20-year-old pill, granted sole American distribution rights to the Population Council, a nonprofit organization specializing in reproductive issues, with the understanding that the group would conduct clinical trials and find a manufacturer for the drug. After six years of research and more than a few last-minute panic attacks from would-be manufacturing companies, the moment of reckoning has arrived: The Population Council has concluded a hugely successful drug trial in which 92 percent of the participants achieved a "favorable" outcome and a marketing group, Banco Laboratories, and manufacturer...
...nonprofit venture perfectly blends Brown's unusual mix of skills. At 27, she left a career handling multimillion-dollar paintings at Christie's auction house to get a master's degree in social work. Five years later, after working as a therapist, Brown founded Room to Grow by organizing collection drives and persuading baby-product makers like Crayola and Fisher-Price to donate goods. "Asking for donations, convincing someone of your point of view--I learned all that at Christie's," says Brown, 34. She also learned how to think big: she's planning an October benefit at Christie...
...discussed in their documentary. And well after the final show ends Thursday night, nearly 70 national organizations, along with local public-TV stations and a website PBS.org/onourownterms) will promote what they hope will become a national dialogue about death. Using money raised from a number of their traditional nonprofit and corporate backers, the Moyerses are spending as much on this education and outreach program as they did on producing the series: $2.5 million...
...Gore misspoke, as Bush's people were quick to point out. He meant to say that each family could buy an extra Diet Coke per day. And even that was slightly off, according to the group that crunched the numbers Gore used, the nonprofit Citizens for Tax Justice. The Diet Coke-a-day number actually applies to the bottom 60% of U.S. taxpayers. But many of those taxpayers don't pay any taxes at all, which skews the numbers in Gore's favor...