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...core of these programs is Coartem. Developed in 1994, the pill combines artemisinin, a compound derived from a wormwood plant, with lumefantrine, designed by Chinese scientists, which does not kill parasites as quickly but lingers in the blood longer to help prevent resistance. That Coartem was even discovered is remarkable, says Chris Hentschel, CEO of one of Novartis' partners, the Geneva-based nonprofit Medicines for Malaria Venture. "Historically, all the malaria drugs developed were for prevention - that is, drugs for wealthy people going on vacation," Hentschel says. "A cure is for the common good...
...with the World Health Organization to bring the price down to $1 per dose, or just about the cost of making it. Then the drugmaker went one step further, slashing that price again, to 80 cents - in other words, taking a 20% loss. Meanwhile, it ramped up production, subsidizing plant cultivation in China and Kenya in order to be able to provide 100 million doses of Coartem a year throughout Africa and Asia. "We had the drug and the knowledge to help," Vasella says. "It was our responsibility to be engaged...
...magnificent archaeologist of the soul of the scientist.” Beer said that in Darwin’s writings he used imaginative language to achieve a “reverse anthropomorphism” that nurtured empathy between humans and other living beings. For example, he once observed a plant recoiling in “disgust” from a zinc plate. According to Beer, Darwin used this language because he believed that living creatures were difficult to understand, and acted on more than just instinct. He believed that oysters and polyps and plants possessed some free will. Beer paraphrased...
...Some analysts say Tata's strategy was right, but the tide has been running against it. The Nano project was delayed by legal wrangling surrounding the company's acquisition of land in the state of West Bengal for a manufacturing plant. A two-year dispute over the fate of some 13,000 families that were to be displaced by the factory was resolved when Tata decided to build the plant in the state of Gujurat instead. But the launch of the Nano, originally set for October 2008, had to be pushed back. The company now says the car will debut...
...grave global economic picture will mean other issues in the Sino-U.S. relationship are pushed aside in the early stages of the Obama presidency. Clinton brought along Todd Stern, the State Department's new special envoy on climate change, and will visit a high-tech, low-emissions power plant built with GE technology outside the Chinese capital to emphasize the potential for U.S.-China cooperation on greening industry. But experts don't expect any sort of quick agreement between the world's two largest polluters. "This is just the initial step to start talking about the issue," says...