FDA approves Keytruda for kidney cancer
Federal regulators approved Keytruda, a drug used to treat melanoma and head and neck cancer, as an adjuvant treatment for stage II and stage III renal cell carcinoma, according to Merck. Locations of the…
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Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Kevin McCarter on #MeaslesVaccineClampdown
Play Audio Clip Listen to audio clip. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has one less thing to worry about now than he did a week ago, because doctors have forced all health care providers in…
Pinterest to give workers more opportunities to speak up, admit nonconformity
Pinterest has pledged to raise the bar for diversity as part of a $50 million settlement that resolves accusations of discrimination against the visual bookmarking site. The settlement comes after a nearly two-year-long investigation…
A man admits that he shot a man, but a guilty verdict is withheld for the other man charged in the same killing
On Tuesday morning, only one defendant in the 2009 Arbery killing in New York City was convicted of the most serious charge. Agave Atkinson-Diaz, 30, admitted in court on Tuesday that he shot 35-year-old…
VW is reinventing itself to take on Tesla
How can VW beat Tesla? Herbert Diess, the C.E.O. of Volkswagen AG, took the stage Sunday at a four-day investor conference in Detroit to unveil a plan for the Wolfsburg-based carmaker to aggressively upgrade…
Key abstracts by brands – A new drugs forum
Merck COVID-19 is a well-tolerated, oral rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and atopic dermatitis (AD) pill with potential to increase long-term exposure to a therapeutic treatment. Between 36-76% of people with RA and over 18% of…
New anti-inflammatory drug on its way for patients with COPD and asthma
The success rate of the experimental drug ceritinib in stopping the progression of COPD and asthma was 80 percent in a phase II clinical trial, but whether it would be well-tolerated was still an…
D.C. pulls plugs on pesky parsnip
It’s been all too easy to eat or play with the munchies while in Washington, D.C. The city is constantly plagued by tons of post-midnight muffins, doughnuts, hamburgers and whatever else you might want…
Tesla & JP Morgan dispute arose from Elon Musk’s tweets
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption ‘This is just a mountain that Elon Musk is going to have to climb to get over,’ Musk said in a tweet The New York investment bank, JPMorgan…
Slide Hampton Dies; remembered as an innovator and the first and one of the most amazing jazz world banders
Slide Hampton (right), celebrated trombonist, composer and arranger, passed away at his home in North Hampton, County Down at 5:30 pm on August 31st, 2018. He was 89. Originally from New York City, Virginia,…