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Alnylam, Medicines cholesterol drug lasts months after one shot

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A new drug in early development cuts cholesterol as much as two potent injections recently cleared for sale but lasts much longer, meaning it may need to be given only every three to six months, initial findings suggest. Results with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Medicines Co’s experimental product ALN-PCSsc highlight the competition for a market tipped to generate billions of dollars in sales. Unlike rival

Why Bernie Sanders Is Best on Women's Issues

Women’s issues are taking center stage in the lead-up to 2016. As they should: The conservative war on women’s health and reproductive rights has raged on for far too long. And in all measures of social and political inequality, we remain what number-crunchers coolly term “disproportionately affected.”Many people believe that electing a woman…

Sumbal flops; Barnes scores

Sumbal’s bid to stake a possible claim for the Ladbrokes St Leger or even the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe failed to get off the ground as he finished well beaten as Siljan’s Saga landed the Grand Prix de Deauville.