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J&J Expands Project That Aims to Predict, Prevent Diseases
Johnson & Johnson has ramped up its ambitious project to learn how to predict who will develop particular diseases and find therapies to prevent or stop the disease early, when it's most treatable.
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Sanitation for All: Scaling Up Is Hard to Do
If you invest even a little bit of your time in keeping on top of developments in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector, you will have seen at least some of the blogs, reports and articles reminding us all that the world failed to attain the Millennium Development Goals’ sanitation targets — by a wide margin.
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J&J to Invest in Six Specific Medical Device Areas, Emerging Markets
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is setting its sights on six priority medical device areas to jumpstart growth going forward. The company is also putting an emphasis on consumer medical devices, especially in emerging markets, where demand is robust.
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UNICEF, Unilever Unite to Improve Access to Safe Water
UNICEF and Unilever have announced a partnership to improve access to safe water in countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Govt Announces Rollout of Anti-Tuberculosis Medicine Bedaquiline
Monday, the union health ministry announced the rollout of bedaquiline, the first anti-tuberculosis medicine made in 40 years. As the drug was prepared in quick response to the World Health Organisation's urgent call in 2012 to pharmaceutical companies to work on anti-TB medications, it hasn't been widely tested like most drugs are.
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China Vows Crackdown on Fake Vaccines Amid Scandal
Chinese authorities have pledged to crack down on the black market sale of vaccines after a case was made public involving nearly $90 million (62 million pounds) worth of illegal vaccines that are suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces around the country.
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Cleaning Up India’s Economic Lifeline
Dawn was breaking over Delhi as our train began its ritual crawl into the station. This is almost always the case with busy railway stations in India: the last mile never seems to end, sometimes taking up to an hour. If you look out of the window during this hour, you are likely to see dozens of men and boys, possibly residents of nearby slums, squatting on the ground and defecating in peace, unmindful of the slowly passing train and its impatient occupants.
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Health Experts, Doctors: Centre’s Move Good for Patient Safety
Even as more companies on Wednesday challenged the ban on combination drugs in the Delhi high court, public health experts and doctors have welcomed the government notification, saying withdrawal of "irrational" and "harmful" medicines from the market is good for patient safety and health.
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