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12-24-18
NH Liquor Commission & Jack Daniel’s Emphasizing Responsibility During the Holiday Season
The New Hampshire Liquor Commission (NHLC) and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey are reminding the public to serve and consume alcohol responsibly this holiday season through their award-winning Live Free & Host Responsibly campaign. The innovative and interactive campaign offers holid...
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11-23-18
Teens Invited to Enter Third Annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge as Part of National Opioid Education Initiative
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the DEA Educational Foundation, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today the launch of the third annual
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11-08-18
Leading up to ObesityWeek 2018, the Shared Value Initiative Publishes Case Study on Novo Nordisk’s Commitment to Transforming Obesity Care
In a new case study, the Shared Value Initiative spotlights Novo Nordisk as a leading example of a company that has found a business opportunity in helping to solve a pressing so...
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10-30-18
Conference on Connections Between Soil Health and Human Health Results in 10 Research Priorities
Almost 200 scientists and organization leaders engaged with 41 researchers and subject matter experts during a two-day Conference on Connections Between Soil Health and Human Health, October 16 –...
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10-01-18
GBChealth, Aliko Dangote Foundation and UN Economic Commission for Africa Release Preliminary Report Calling for Private Sector Involvement to Improve Africa’s Health and Economic Growth
GBCHealth, the Aliko Dangote Foundation and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) released
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09-28-18
The R&D-based Biopharmaceutical Industry Welcomes the UN Declaration on NCDs and Calls for Innovative Financing Models and Multi-sectoral Collaboration
As an official UN interlocutor that shares knowledge and expertise to improve global health, IFPMA welcomes the strong re-affirmation of the commitment of governments to take steps to reduce premature mortality from chronic diseases by 2030 and strongly supports the declaration’s emphasis on orie...
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09-27-18
R&D-based Biopharmaceutical Industry Welcomes UN Declaration on TB
Yesterday, at the first-ever United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB), world health leaders agreed on a new, collaborative, focused, and forward-looking
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09-25-18
WIPO and IFPMA Launch New Online Patent-Search Resource to Help Health Agencies Procure Medicines
WIPO and the research-based pharmaceutical industry today launched a new online tool designed to help procurement agencies better understand the global patent status of medicines.
The Patent Information Initiative for Medicines (Pat-INFORMED) is a unique resource where patent holders provi...
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08-27-18
First Class of the East African Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program Graduates
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uganda, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, East African Community, Uganda Cancer Institute, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation- Uganda, Mulago National Referral Hospital, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Texas Children’s Can...
