“Truman said the ‘Buck Stops Here’ and he was right then and he is just as right today about the current occupant of the White House.” Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. This morning during the 10 a.m. hour (ET), Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL-4) spoke on the floor of the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
R&D Cost Estimates: Doctors Without Borders Response to Tufts CSDD Study on Cost to Develop a New Drug
An MDR-TB patient receiving treatment at an MSF facility in Swaziland shows some of the drugs that are part of her regimen. Sven Torfinn NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. “The pharmaceutical industry-supported Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development claims it costs US$2.56 billion to develop a new drug today;[Read More…]
Cost to Develop and Win Marketing Approval for a New Drug Is $2.6 Billion
BOSTON –-(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014 – Developing a new prescription medicine that gains marketing approval, a process often lasting longer than a decade, is estimated to cost $2,558 million, according to a new study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. The $2,558 million figure per approved compound[Read More…]
Census Bureau Economic Data Show Electric Power Generation Using Renewable Energy Growing
Economic Census Statistics Now Available for the First Time on Wind, Geothermal, Biomass and Solar Electric Power Generation Download Renewable Energy Revenue [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. Revenues for electric power generation industries that use renewable energy resources rose 49.0 percent from $6.6 billion in 2007 to[Read More…]
UN Special Envoy, Human Rights Office Condemn Attack on Jerusalem Synagogue
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry. UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan JERUSALEM–(ENEWSPF)–18 November 2014 – The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, has strongly condemned the attack this morning on a synagogue in West Jerusalem, calling on all sides to do everything[Read More…]
Cummings and Warren Ramp Up Investigation of Consumer Data Breaches Throughout U.S. Financial Sector
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. In light of reports that more than 500 million records have been compromised due to data security breaches in the U.S. financial sector over the past year, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Senator Elizabeth Warren sent letters today to 16 banks, investment firms, and other[Read More…]
Freedom to Marry Launches Texas Marriage Campaign
New York –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. Freedom to Marry, in partnership with Equality Texas, today launched a public education campaign to amplify the bipartisan momentum for the freedom to marry in the Lone Star State. The campaign, called Texas for Marriage, will highlight that support as well as the continued harms that[Read More…]
Rockford Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. A Rockford, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on a federal drug trafficking charge. The defendant, MICHAEL CRAIG, 44, was sentenced to 169 months in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Craig[Read More…]
Chicago Man Charged With Additional Bank Robberies In Huntley And Peotone
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. A Chicago resident is now facing three federal bank robbery charges, federal officials announced today. ADAM A. SANBORN, 29, of Chicago and formerly of Milton, Florida, was originally arrested on Sept. 10, 2014, and charged with the Aug. 23, 2014, robbery of the Byron Bank in[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces New Minorities in Energy Industry Partner Network
WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. At a forum marking the first anniversary of its Minorities in Energy Initiative (MIE), the Energy Department today announced the launch of its new Industry Partners Network. The network is comprised of energy-focused companies and trade associations joined by a common mission to increase engagement of[Read More…]
