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News Summary: Vaccine project aids poor countries
2013-05-09 20:40:58| Biotech - Topix.net
TEAMWORK: Drugmakers Merck and GlaxoSmithKline are working with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization to provide hugely discounted cervical cancer vaccines to millions of girls in poor countries.
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GARDASIL [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant], Mercks HPV Vaccine, Available to Developing Countries through UNICEF Tender
2013-05-09 13:20:00| Merck.com - Product News
Dateline City: WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the company has been awarded a significant portion of the UNICEF human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine tender, and will provide sustained supply of GARDASIL [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] to GAVI-eligible countries. This agreement follows the GAVI Alliances earlier announcement that HPV vaccines would be included in its portfolio for the first time. Language: English Contact HTML: MerckMedia:Pamela Eisele, 908-423-5042orImraan Munshi, 215-652-0059orInvestors:Carol Ferguson, 908-423-4465orJustin Holko, 908-423-5088 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
Rich Countries Drag Feet at Climate Talks
2013-05-07 02:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Another week of international climate negotiations ended in Bonn, Germany last Friday, but there was little mid-level bureaucrats could do when world leaders remain in thrall to the fossil fuel industry, say environmentalists. "The main barrier to confronting the climate crisis isn't lack of knowledge about the problem, nor is it the lack of cost-effective solutions," said Alden Meyer, director of strategy at the Union of Concerned Scientists."World leaders are acting like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."...
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Countries to build new UN-backed global climate accord
2013-05-04 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
India Blooms: Delegates from more than 160 countries have agreed on a set of climate change policy measures as part of an ongoing United Nations-led effort to create a new, universal climate accord by 2015 to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre- industrial levels. Countries discussed concrete solutions to speed up and scale up action, said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), following the international...
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Historical responsibility of developed countries unevadable: China's chief negotiator
2013-05-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: As global representatives gathering at German city of Bonn for a new round of UN climate change talks, China's Chief Negotiator Su Wei warned developed countries that their historical responsibility for climate change is unevadable. Su urged the developed countries to increase their mitigation ambition and implement their pledge for assisting developing countries. Key issues in the talks which ended on Friday in Bonn include the scope, structure and design for a new climate change agreement...
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