July 2019

4 companies pay California $70 million for delaying drugs

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Four pharmaceutical companies collectively are agreeing to pay California nearly $70 million to settle allegations that they delayed drugs to keep prices high, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday. The bulk of the money will come from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and its affiliates for paying to delay a generic narcolepsy drug, Provigil, from […]

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Greta Thunberg to Join New York Climate Talks. She’ll Take a Very Fast Sailboat.

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Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, will cross the Atlantic Ocean in mid-August on an open-cockpit racing yacht to attend a United Nations summit meeting on global warming. “Good news! I’ll be joining the U.N. Climate Action Summit in

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Anne Hathaway Opens Up About ‘Painful’ Pregnancy Struggles Before Baby No. 2

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Anne Hathaway is taking stock of the “painful” moments she experienced before being able to share the happy news that she’s pregnant with her second child. The “Ocean’s 8” star revealed on Instagram last week that she and her husband Adam Shulman are expecting once again, noting in the caption of a black-and-white mirror selfie that her

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Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Release Climate ‘Equity’ Plan

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WASHINGTON — Senator Kamala Harris of California and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York on Monday will introduce legislation aimed at ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities. The congresswomen described the measure as a key element of the Democrats’ Green New Deal. The effort comes as Ms. Harris, who is running for president,

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Pfizer posts big 2Q profit jump, announces deal with Mylan

Finance /

Pfizer is spinning off a big chunk of the company, culminating a rare tear of major deals aimed at reshaping the drugmaker into a slimmed-down version with faster, more-sustainable growth. The biggest U.S.-based drugmaker announced the latest move on Monday — combining its Upjohn business, which sells off-patent former blockbuster drugs, with generic drugmaker Mylan

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3 People Who ‘Can’t Pull Off’ Red Lipstick Wore It Anyway

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“I wish I could pull that off.” That may sound familiar to anyone who has ever stopped themselves from wearing something that doesn’t align with their personality and style. While easier said than done, there is a simple truth to the whole can-I-or-can’t-I debate: The only person who thinks you can’t pull something off is

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