je.st
news
Tag: senate
Senate investigation: Maker of breakthrough drug for hepatitis C sought to maximize revenue
2015-12-01 18:05:31| Biotech - Topix.net
The makers of a breakthrough drug for hepatitis C put profits before patients in pricing the $1,000 pill that cures the liver-wasting disease, Senate investigators said Tuesday. A bipartisan report from the Senate Finance Committee concluded that California-based Gilead Sciences was focused on maximizing revenue even as the company's own analysis showed a lower price would allow more patients to be treated.
Tags: to
drug
investigation
revenue
US Senate to run rule over Anheuser-Busch InBev/SABMiller deal
2015-12-01 13:51:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Regulators in the US have set a date to discuss Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed takeover of SABMiller.
Amid record global temperatures, Senate votes to block Obamas Clean Power Plan
2015-11-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Even as new data suggest that October of 2015 was a record-breaking hot month -- with a 1.04 degree Celsius global temperature anomaly, the biggest monthly departure from average ever seen in NASA records -- Senate Republicans led a vote to block President Obamas flagship climate policy, the Clean Power Plan, and also another major EPA energy regulation of new power plants. [Record crushing October heat keeps Earth on track for hottest year in 2015] The largely symbolic votes, which have prompted...
Tags: power
plan
global
record
Senate Blocks Obamas Climate Change Rules
2015-11-18 02:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Senate voted on Tuesday to block President Obamas tough new climate change regulations, hoping to undermine his negotiating authority before a major international climate summit meeting in Paris this month. The Senate resolution, which passed 52 to 46, would scuttle a rule that would significantly cut heat-trapping carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. That Environmental Protection Agency rule, released in August, is the centerpiece of Mr. Obamas efforts to address climate...
Tags: change
rules
blocks
climate
Pence critic starts PAC for Indiana GOP Senate candidate
2015-11-10 18:06:51| IT Services - Topix.net
The former CEO of Angie's List has started a new political action committee to boost the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Holcomb. The new super PAC called Frugal Hoosiers was started by Bill Oesterle .
Tags: starts
indiana
candidate
pac
Sites : [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] next »