MSNBC names Rashida Jones as president
Ms. Jones, currently a senior vice president at the network, will become the highest-ranking Black woman in the TV news industry. — NYT: Top Stories
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Montepulciano d’Abruzzo: Highly popular but little known
It’s made of Italy’s second-most widely planted red grape, and the wines are priced to go. How come they don’t get more respect? — NYT: Top Stories
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Bayer and Atara Biotherapeutics enter strategic collaboration for mesothelian-targeted CAR T-cell therapies for solid tumors
Agreement is fundamental element of Bayer’s new Cell & Gene Therapy strategy Bayer to enter CAR T-cell therapy space and expand oncology development pipeline with groundbreaking technology Recognizes the leading position of Atara’s technology platform in allogeneic cell therapy Collaboration will focus
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Legend Biotech announces Phase 1b/2 study data of cilta-cel, an investigational BCMA CAR-T, showing early, deep, and durable responses in heavily pretreated patients with multiple myeloma
Combined Phase 1b/2 CARTITUDE-1 study presented at ASH 2020 Annual Meeting show 97 percent overall response rate and 12-month progression free survival rate of 77 percent at median follow up of 12.4 months SOMERSET, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Legend Biotech Corporation (NASDAQ: LEGN) (“Legend Biotech”),
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AM Best affirms credit ratings of Anthem, Inc. and its subsidiaries
OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a+” of the core Blue Cross Blue Shield-branded insurance subsidiaries of Anthem, Inc. (Anthem) (Indianapolis, IN) [NYSE:ANTM]. Concurrently, AM
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Semperis appoints Rob Porell as Chief Financial Officer
Proven Financial Executive to Focus on Building Financial Strategy and Infrastructure to Support the Rapid Expansion of East Coast-Based Cybersecurity Leader NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#accounting—Semperis, the pioneer of identity-driven cyber resilience for enterprises, today announced the appointment of Rob Porell as its CFO.
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Janssen submits application to U.S. FDA seeking approval of amivantamab for the treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations
Expanded Access Program Established for Patients in the U.S. Who May Benefit from Investigational Therapy While Application is Under Review RARITAN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the
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B&G Foods announces proposed credit agreement refinancing
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced today that it intends to refinance existing revolving loans with additional tranche B term loans under its senior secured credit facility. The Company also plans to increase the revolver capacity
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Aqua Comms launches AEC-2, its second Trans-Atlantic system
America Europe Connect-2 links North America to Europe directly from New Jersey, USA to Denmark DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#AEC2—Aqua Comms DAC (“Aqua Comms”), the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated subsea fibre-optic network interconnecting New York, Dublin and London, announces the successful launch of AEC-2