CAGW opposes using foreign price controls on U.S. pharmaceuticals

WASHINGTON: Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) reiterated longstanding and strong opposition to price controls on pharmaceuticals after President Trump issued a final Executive Order (EO) on Friday, September 11 to…

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Lorie McBrien departs Airbnb and joins Vector Travel

Lorie will lead Vector’s national expansion in delivering its turnkey hospitality solution to more companies within the multifamily sector. LOS ANGELES: Multifamily industry leader, Lorie McBrien, joins multifamily hospitality company…

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Hawkesbury steelworkers make big gains at Montebello Packaging

The USW and the company agreed to negotiate a new collective agreement well in advance of the January 2021 expiry of their existing contract. HAWKESBURY: Members of the United Steelworkers…

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Refuelling Solutions selects PDI Logistics Cloud to support fuel distribution network

New software solution will increase efficiency and improve visibility for the fuel distributor ATLANTA: Professional Datasolutions Inc. (PDI), a global provider of enterprise software solutions, announced Refuelling Solutions has chosen…

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Smartsheet completes acquisition of Brandfolder

BELLEVUE: Smartsheet, the enterprise platform for dynamic work, has completed its acquisition of Brandfolder, a leader in digital asset management (DAM). On August 24, Smartsheet announced the company’s intent to…

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Gilead Sciences to acquire Immunomedics in a $21 billion deal

The agreement will provide Gilead with TrodelvyTM (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy), a first-in-class Trop-2 directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that was granted accelerated approval by FDA in April. SACRAMENTO: Gilead Sciences Inc. and…

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Turkey’s Pegasus launches flights to Karachi, Pakistan

Pegasus Airlines is launching a new route between Istanbul SabihaGökçen and Karachi, the capital city of the Sindh Province in Pakistan ISTANBUL: Turkey's digital airline, Pegasus, continues to expand its…

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Pfizer and BioNTech propose expansion of pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial

NEW YORK: BioNTech and Pfizer have submitted an amended protocol to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the enrollment of their Phase 3 pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial to…

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Citi Retail Services and Wayfair launch private label and co-brand credit cards

CHICAGO: Citi Retail Services and Wayfair, one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, announced a long-term partnership to provide a new private label Wayfair Credit Card and…

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ParkerGale invests in workload automation software company, SMA Technologies

Kristina Heinze, a founding Partner of ParkerGale added, “This is the perfect situation for ParkerGale to partner with a product-oriented and employee-driven software business.” HOUSTON: SMA Technologies Inc., a leading…

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Rio Tinto announces Executive Committee changes

MELBOURNE: Rio Tinto has announced that by mutual agreement, J-S Jacques will step down from his role as an executive director and Chief Executive of the Group. A process to…

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Esri and UN launch global storytelling competition

REDLANDS: Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, and the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) have launched the 2020 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition for the Sustainable Development Goals.…

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