je.st
news
Tag: goal
Amgen says version of Humira meets study goal
2014-10-09 06:22:53| Biotech - Topix.net
Amgen said Wednesday that its version of Humira, the best-selling drug in the world, worked as well as the original medication in a late-stage clinical trial. The study is one of two that Amgen is running to compare its generic biotech drug ABP 501 to Humira as a treatment for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
Tags: version
study
goal
meets
Nike adds more than 2,000 jobs, exceeds state goal
2014-10-08 03:50:39| Apparel - Topix.net
Nike has added more than 2,000 jobs at its Washington County campus since the state gave the company tax certainty in exchange for a promise of future expansion. Nike has hired more than 2,000 workers at its Oregon headquarters since 2012, far exceeding one of two parts of an agreement it reached with state lawmakers in exchange for special tax treatment.
Ditching the 2 Degree Climate Goal?
2014-10-03 00:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: It's time to ditch the climate goal of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), a pair of Californian scientists argued in an essay released this week. It's an opinion that's likely to spark a lot of heated debate in the climate science community. This theoretical line in the sand was drawn in 2009 at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, aimed to keep warming above pre-industrial levels. And even though the 2 degrees limit is somewhat arbitrary, it's...
Tags: degree
goal
climate
ditching
Climate Controversy: Does the 2 Degree Goal Need to Go?
2014-10-01 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Live Science: It's time to ditch the goal of keeping Earth's warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), researchers argue in a new opinion piece a suggestion likely to receive pushback from many in the climate science and policy community. In 2009, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, international negotiators drew a line in the sand: Humanity must not let the planet get hotter, on average, than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. This number has been the focal point...
Seattle Genetics and Takeda's cancer drug meets main trial goal
2014-09-29 19:14:26| Biotech - Topix.net
Seattle Genetics Inc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said their approved cancer drug was successfully used as a consolidation therapy in a late-stage trial for patients with a type of lymphatic cancer. Patients who received the drug, Adcetris, immediately after a stem cell transplant, lived significantly longer without the disease progressing than those who were given a placebo, the companies said in a joint statement.
Sites : [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] next »