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...only does the equation make hard-nosed sense in a public-health system, its use can reduce costs in other ways. Eager to gain NICE's approval, drug companies have started giving away portions of expensive treatment for free in Britain in order to ensure their drugs meet the threshold. Sir Michael Rawlins, chairman of NICE, believes that if the U.S. adopted a similar system, it would revolutionize the culture of major pharmaceutical companies, many of which spend more on marketing than research and development. A 2008 study in the New England Journal of Medicine predicted that incorporating information about...
...time Olympian as a driving force behind any improvement. “It’s impossible to overstate the impact [these coaches] have had,” Farrar said. “We have a giant vacuum where two of the very best assistant coaches in the NCAA used to be.” The squad will undoubtedly feel the loss of both its coaches and key seniors, but Voith summarized Harvard’s optimism that a disappointing season will not go to waste. “I think that no one on our team is happy with...
...Call it a layover, hangover, whatever phrases you want to use,” Amaker said. “It was not that they lost the game. We won the game...
...face off with Argentine model Nacho Figueras at the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governor's Island to raise funds for Sentebale, the charity he set up in 2006 to benefit vulnerable children in Lesotho. Sentebale, which supports numerous orphanages and educates people about HIV/AIDS, could use the boost. Income from donations plummeted 84% during the last financial year. (See pictures of Africa's AIDS crisis...
Berlusconismo is the term used by those attempting to understand the phenomenon of how a man with an emperor's instincts and appetites is also the longest-serving democratic leader in the West. He uses international diplomacy to practice his best and worst one-liners; he flaunts his wealth and insults the many magistrates who persistently investigate his business dealings; and, as of late, he has boasted of his Casanova charms, publicly swooning over a former showgirl turned politician, Mara Carfagna, whom he appointed his Minister of Equal Opportunity last year. (His trusted ally Umberto Bossi referred this week...