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...Committee bill would extend that to 12 years of exclusivity, as would legislation passed a few weeks earlier by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Then-chairman Ted Kennedy, whose state of Massachusetts is home to many biotech firms, had long supported a 12-year exclusivity period. The industry showed its gratitude last year when Amgen, one of the biggest biotech firms, donated $5 million - twice the size of the next largest donation - to a nonprofit educational institute being built in Kennedy's honor. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...Federal Trade Commission (FTC), though, argued in June that giving biologics makers any period of exclusivity at all could actually stifle innovation. Biologics are so much more complex and expensive to produce than traditional drugs that the barriers to would-be "biosimilar" competitors are already high, the FTC said. Giving biologics further protection - particularly the 12 years of exclusivity that the industry wants - would merely encourage firms to tinker with what they have rather than drive them toward "new inventions to address unmet medical needs...
...start of the second half, the Bulldogs came out with powerful play and established a lead barely ten minutes into the period...
...case in Delaware is reflective of a dangerously increasing trend in school suspensions and zero-tolerance policies. Twelve percent of students in Baltimore schools were suspended during the 2006-2007 school year, and 40 percent of high-school freshmen in Milwaukee faced suspensions over the same period. Blanket applications of zero-tolerance policies and the suspensions or expulsions associated with them are keeping too many kids out of school unnecessarily. Administrators need to be constantly vigilant about how they apply these policies and discipline students—otherwise, safety in the educational environment will come at the cost of education...
...Usagi The 1960s are alive and well at this pint-sized, retro watering hole. Proprietress Saiko-san sets the tone with period Japanese pop, good-natured banter and quick sake refills. Tel: (81-3) 3822-0070, 2-16-2 Nezu...