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...tough kid who witnessed a mob-related suicide in The Client opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. That mature, soulful performance was, sadly, the peak of actor Brad Renfro's career. Though he went on to roles in Sleepers and Ghost World, he was battling drug addiction and in 2006 spent 10 days in jail for drunk driving and attempted heroin possession. His death is under investigation...
After years of study, the Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 15 announced its conclusion that meat and milk from most cloned livestock are as safe for humans as those from noncloned animals...
...supply. Folkman persisted in the face of skepticism and eventually founded the field of angiogenesis, the study of the growth of new blood vessels. This led to a new approach to cancer treatment, in which the blood supply of tumors is targeted, at a time when surgery and chemotherapy drugs were overwhelmingly emphasized. Folkman’s contributions live on in the 1.2 million patients who have undergone treatment based on his research and in the more than 1,000 laboratories worldwide that continue his investigations, according to Children’s Hospital Boston. Folkman, the son of a rabbi...
...raids, early on Wednesday, were launched from Brussels to investigate whether big drug companies were fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines. They included forays on Pfizer, Merck, Bayer Schering Pharma and Roche as well as generic firms such as Teva and Sandoz. Hours later, with almost ironic understatement, the E.U. competition watchdog said it had merely launched a "sector inquiry into pharmaceuticals with unannounced inspections...
...Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said she wanted to see if drug companies were holding up the release of cheaper generic copies of their brand-name drugs when patents expire. She also said she was concerned that pharmaceutical companies may be colluding to cut deals that temporarily sideline generics in return for payoffs. With Europeans spending some €200 billion ($297 billion) a year on pharmaceutical products - an average €400 ($588) for every man, woman and child - Big Pharma has a huge interest ensuring that customers continue paying high prices for their drugs...