Kudos to drug giant GlaxoSmithKline and new leader Andrew Witty for a radical change in strategy towards cheap medicine for the world’s poor. Excerpt of the article in The Guardian (link above) [Andrew Witty] said that GSK will: • Cut its prices for all drugs in the 50 least developed countries to no more than …
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Do you think anyone would be willing to donate airline miles so we can get one of us to Bangladesh?
My favorite quote: The 69-page decision described the Bush administration’s arguments as “weak,” “questionable,” “not sustainable,” and “not sufficient,” and rebuked EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson for failing to issue CO2 regulations, repeatedly recommending an “action of nationwide scope.” Click on the title for the link. Elmo
Chemists Without Borders Newsletter #9 is out on the website. Click on the title of this post for the link (.pdf). ELMO
Instant-Messagers Really Are About Six Degrees from Kevin Bacon – washingtonpost.com Here is one of the keys to our impact. Consider some numbers: the American Chemical Society has over 160,000 members; the American Medical Association has over 360,000 members. Suppose we assume that there are a like number in the rest of the world. That …
Chemists Without Borders Granted 501(c)(3) Status Campbell, CA, July 19, 2008 –(PR.com)– Chemists Without Borders, an international humanitarian organization, today announced it has been granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS has classified Chemists Without Borders as a public charity, which means that contributions to the organization are …
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EPA dropped wetlands cases, memo says: From the EPA: “The confusion primarily surrounds temporary streams and wetlands not large enough to be navigable, but which are among the most prevalent types of waters across the country.” Uh, the creek runs in the spring, and is empty in the fall. ELMO