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Have we got anyone in this country that's not us?" That's the question vexing Paul Bremer--veteran American diplomat, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and current occupant of the world's toughest job--as he convenes a morning meeting inside the dusty, sprawling Baghdad palace that serves as his office and home. As is usually the case, Bremer has a crisis on his hands. An explosion at a mosque in the city of Fallujah last week killed 10 Iraqis, including the mosque's imam. U.S. soldiers who surveyed the scene say the blast was probably...
...industry are coming of age together - only this time it's no accident. As the ceo of Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mullen is helping force the issue with his proposal last month to merge his company with IDEC Pharmaceuticals in a $7 billion deal that would create the world's third largest biotech firm. The idea, says Mullen, is to "bring business discipline to science and medicine." In other words, he wants to inject a sobering dose of planning and budgets into an industry that has more hype than earnings in its bloodstream. Mullen's vision didn't immediately play...
...biotech industry are coming of age together--only this time it's no accident. As the CEO of Biogen, Mullen is helping force the issue with his proposal last week to merge his company with IDEC Pharmaceuticals in a $7 billion deal that would create the world's third largest biotech firm. The idea, says Mullen, is to "bring business discipline to science and medicine." In other words, he wants to inject a sobering dose of planning and budgets into an industry that has more hype than earnings in its bloodstream...
...boxes, all of which are emblazoned with an American flag as well as a triangular recycling logo. But only some of the bins reveal a key detail: USAgain (pronounced "use again") is not a charity but "a clothing recycling business" that sells the bulk of these donated items to Third World countries...
Paxil, one of the world's most widely prescribed antidepressants, should not be given to any patient under age 18 suffering major depression, according to a British government report. The decision was based on research by the drug's manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline, which found that youngsters taking Paxil (sold in Britain and elsewhere as Seroxat) experienced a higher incidence of suicidal thoughts than did patients taking a placebo. The FDA is reviewing the data under political pressure to issue its own recommendations. Untreated depression too often leads to suicide, the third most common cause of death among adolescents, but doctors...