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HE IMPOSSIBLE can many times become possible,” reflects Albert Bourla, boss of Pfizer. He is talking about the giant American drugmaker’s speedy development (with BioNTech of Germany) of a vaccine against covid-19. The sentiment also applies to the turnaround in the fortunes of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Before the pandemic Big Pharma was in big trouble. It was widely criticised for investing more in marketing than in research, for pursuing “me too” drugs over novel therapies, and for alleged price-gouging. When Gallup, a pollster, asked Americans in 2019 to rank two dozen big industries by favourability, the drugs business came in last. That year its bosses were subjected to a Big Tobacco-style bipartisan hazing in Congress, which threatened price controls. Concerns over diminishing research gains, and returns, weighed on drugmakers’ share prices (see chart).
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A New Leash on Life: How Training Programs Help Prisoners and Pups
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It gives the PetPlace team great pleasure to introduce special guest contributor David Frei. David is America’s foremost authority on all things canine and the co-host of the National Dog Show (Thanksgiving Day on NBC) since its inception in 2002. A member of the Kennel Club of Philadelphia, he developed and is also co-host of the Beverly Hills Dog Show on NBC, and before that, the longtime (27 years) co-host of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on USA Network.
Over the past decade, the number of prison-based dog training programs designed to benefit both incarcerated individuals and homeless canines has grown considerably. Socialization training and self-esteem building is at the top of the list for both humans and dogs, but working together to develop service, working, and companion animals is just as important. According to Kevin Earl, Doctoral Research fellow at University of New Haven,
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Grand Action 2.0 revealed a conceptual plan for riverfront development along a currently underutilized stretch of Market Avenue south of Fulton Street.
The business-based, private economic development nonprofit Grand Action 2.0 presented on Wednesday during the Economic Club of Grand Rapids program a conceptual plan that came out of a study commissioned by Grand Action 2.0 conducted by the international design and planning firm Populous, based in Kansas City, Missouri, in partnership with Grand Rapids-based architectural firm Progressive AE.
The Conceptual Planning for Riverfront Sites in Downtown Grand Rapids executive summary can be found at Grand Action’s website.
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