Tasmanian and Townsville men suffer blood clots after AstraZeneca jab
6 May, 2021 03:10 AM
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A 66-year-old man has ben admitted to Townsville University hospital after receving the AstraZeneca vaccine. Photo / News Corp Australia
A 66-year-old man has ben admitted to Townsville University hospital after receving the AstraZeneca vaccine. Photo / News Corp Australia
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By: Darren Cartwright
The AstraZeneca vaccine is being blamed for causing blood clots that have placed a 66-year-old Townsville man in ICU and an elderly Tasmanian man in hospital.
Queensland s chief health officer Dr Jeanette Young revealed the 66-year-old s condition has been directly linked to being vaccinated against Covid-19.
Drug companies seek billion-dollar tax deductions from opioid settlement
Douglas MacMillan and Kevin Schaul, The Washington Post
Feb. 12, 2021
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Faces on pills are seen at the Provocative Opioid Memorial in 2018 in Washington, D.C. There are 22,000 pills that represent the number of people who died of an opioid overdose in 2015.Washington Post photo by Matt McClain
WASHINGTON - Four companies that agreed to pay a combined $26 billion to settle claims about their roles in the opioid crisis plan to deduct some of those costs from their taxes and recoup around $1 billion apiece.
In recent months, as details of the blockbuster settlement were still being worked out, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and the big three drug distributors - McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health -all updated their financial projections to include large tax benefits stemming from the expected deal, a Washington Post analysis of regulatory filings found.
Ord Minnett opens Tasmanian branch
Ord Minnett opens Tasmanian branch
The wealth management group has expanded into Tasmania with the opening of a new office headed by a former Bell Potter adviser.
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In a statement, Ord Minnett said it had opened a new office in Hobart led by senior investment adviser and branch manager Luke Rybarczyk, supported by office manager Nathalie Leonard.
Mr Rybarczyk was previously a client adviser at Bell Potter and derivatives trader for global firm Optiver.
“Ord Minnett was the right choice for our clients given a strong history of servicing a wide range of private clients large and small,” Mr Rybarczyk said.