Today's World News
To start in India,
The Same Pill That Costs $1,000 in America Sells for $4 in India - Source
Drugmakers have made the village of Lande Rode one of the theaters in a battle to grab market share for sofosbuvir, a miracle cure that Gilead Sciences Inc.
The companies sponsor screening drives, hand out free test kits to hospitals and offer bulk discounts to entire villages.
Some of the highest infection rates are in Lande Rode and other villages of Punjab's cotton-growing Malwa belt, where 30 percent to 50 percent of the population might have the virus, said Gagandeep Goyal, a gastroenterologist at Global Healthcare, a hospital sandwiched between an Adidas store and a Vodafone outlet in Bathinda, the fifth-largest city in Punjab.
"If bulk treatment is required -- say, in a village where 200 people are positive -- they might give more favorable pricing to that village for complete treatment," he said.
As for the drug itself, he said, if he tests 20,000 people and finds 2,000 infected, he might be able to negotiate to get the cost of a 12-week course reduced by a third to $1,000.
Lumosity to Pay $2 Million to Settle FTC Deceptive Advertising Charges for Its “Brain Training” Program - Company Claimed Program Would Sharpen Performance in Everyday Life and Protect Against Cognitive Decline. Source
Lawmakers want Mizzou professor Melissa Click fired for photographer clash - Students form a perimeter around the #ConcernedStudent1950 tent village and ask media to leave on Monday, Nov. 9. Freelance photographer Tim Tai was firm and polite in stating his First Amendment rights to be there. Communications faculty member Melissa Click asks for 'muscle' near end of video to handle media access. Source
North Korea nuclear: State claims first hydrogen bomb test - North Korea says it has successfully carried out its first underground test of a hydrogen bomb - a more powerful weapon than an atomic bomb. Source
UN to call on governments around the world to decriminalise all drugs, says Richard Branson - The British entrepreneur appears to have released details of an embargoed UN report - in case they change their minds. Source
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Today's Historic Event
January 6
In India
Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin a her work amongst India's poorest and diseased people.
That's all for today, Thank you.
Next January 7, 2015
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