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Premarket Biotech Digest: Junk Bonds, Gilead Hep C Sales, Keytruda Approval

2015-10-05 16:28:10| Biotech - Topix.net

According to the Financial Times , Valeant Pharmaceuticals , Endo International and Mallinckrodt were among the companies that saw their bonds take a significant hit after the price gouging issue was raised by Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. The M&A frenzy in the healthcare sector has been partly fueled by cheap availability of debt.

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UKs CAP to launch public consultation on junk food promotion ban

2015-09-30 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), a body that is responsible for setting advertising rules in the UK, plans to launch a public consultation to review whether a ban should be imposed on the promotion of junk food to children over various me

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Is America ready to kick the junk food habit?

2015-09-24 09:48:52| Beverages - Topix.net

Cage-free eggs at McDonald's, bans on suspect ingredients and "healthful" options edging out junk on supermarket shelves: could America be ready to end its decades-old love affair with processed food? US food firms and restaurant chains have been lining up to banish items perceived as unhealthy or unethical -- from additive-laden snacks to industrially-farmed meats -- in what experts see as a powerful trend. "It's kind of like a whole bunch of things happening, snowballing," said Penny Kris-Etherton, a professor of nutrition at Penn State University.

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