Facing a still sluggish farming economy, Creve Coeur-based agricultural giant Monsanto Co. said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it will shed an additional 1,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting effort announced originally in October. The layoffs, combined with the 2,600 that Monsanto committed to this fall, amount to 16 percent […]
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WHO chief raises ‘serious concerns’ over TPP impact on vital drug prices
November 13th, 2015 Awake Goy
“I have been hearing some serious concerns that the Trans Pacific Partnership [TPP], the biggest trade agreement ever, may adversely affect the market for generics and biosimilars and increase the cost of medicines,” Margaret Chan, the head of the World Health Organization, said in Geneva. Dr Chan: Ending epidemics & ending preventable deaths require a massive […]