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Human Genome Sciences rebuffs $2.6 billion offer from GlaxoSmithKline
Shares of Human Genome Sciences doubled in Thursday morning trading on news that a major British biopharmaceutical company offered to buy it for $2.6 billion, which the Rockville company rejected as too low. Human Genome, which uses the human DNA...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Human Genome Sciences Inc., Lupus, Pharmaceuticals, Stock Market
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When the pump runs dry
Under international pressure over its nuclear ambitions, Iran is now threatening to take pre-emptive action, which could include disrupting oil supplies to the West. It will come as a shock to most Americans, but no presidential candidate — nor,...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Natural Disasters, The New York Times, Meteorological Disasters
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Feb. 6-12 in nightlife: Third Eye Blind, A$AP Rocky, Allen Stone and more
The Baltimore SunBuzzing rappers, veteran metal acts, even a Seattle soul singer -- it's all happening in Baltimore nightlife this week. Here's a breakdown of the week's most notable concerts: On Monday, underrated '90s rockers Third Eye Blind play a sold-out show at...Tags: Music, Michael Jackson, Concerts, Datsik (music group), 12th Planet (music group)
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Rockville firm lands contract for government anthrax vaccines
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. of Rockville said Monday it won a five-year contract worth up to $1.25 billion to provide millions of doses of an anthrax vaccine for government stockpiles. The company said it would supply 44.75 million doses of BioThrax,...Tags: Vaccines, Companies and Corporations, Diseases and Illnesses, Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceuticals
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A death from cancer, and a search for answers
Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen.
When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...Tags: Fort Detrick (military base), Regional Authority, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Bioterrorism, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Frontline's 'Anthrax Files' takes hard look at FBI role in suicide of Ft. Detrick scientist
The Baltimore SunNobody does investigative journalism on TV like Public Television's "Frontline" -- nobody, and that includes "60 Minutes." And Tuesday night at 9, the venerable series revisits Ft. Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, and the case of anthrax researcher...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Fort Detrick (military base), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frontline Limited, FBI
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Concert news: Wale, Chromeo, Natalie Cole, Anthrax, Bryan Adams announce area shows
The Baltimore SunThis week the Smashing Pumpkins, Wale, Natalie Cole, Bryan Adams, Anthrax, and even Pauly Shore announced upcoming regional concerts. Wale, who's touring with new album "Ambition," has two area shows coming up: first, he'll open for Lupe Fiasco at...Tags: Wiz Khalifa, Warner Theatre, Arts, Lupe Fiasco, Chris Tucker
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New technology may have aided FBI probe
Sun reporterA new technology that can quickly distinguish between subtly different strains of anthrax might have been central to the FBI's investigation of the deadly anthrax letters that killed five people and sickened many more in the autumn of 2001. The FBI has...Tags: Technology, Biotechnology Industry, U.S. Army, FBI, Armed Forces
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Doubts about anthrax story
Sun ReporterSurvivors of the 2001 anthrax attacks and relatives of those killed by the deadly powder said yesterday that they want a full accounting from the FBI of its investigation to date, and they are not yet convinced that Bruce Ivins, the government scientist...Tags: Television, FBI, The New York Times, Police Investigations, Los Angeles Times
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Death brings questions
Sun reporterThe apparent suicide of a suspect in the 2001 anthrax mail attacks this week is spurring questions from legal observers of the 7-year-long federal investigation: Was Bruce E. Ivins' death a sign of guilt or the act of an innocent man unwilling to endure...Tags: Lawyers, Criminals, Pimlico Race Course, Suicide, Heart Attack
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Ivins stood to gain financially from anthrax scare
Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from the huge federal spending in the fear-filled aftermath of those killings, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Ivins is listed...Tags: Criminals, Lawyers, San Francisco, Hospitals and Clinics, Pharmaceuticals
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Long under suspicion
Sun reporterThe Frederick County scientist who killed himself days before federal prosecutors reportedly planned to charge him with five murders related to the 2001 anthrax attacks had been under suspicion for more than a year and was recently accused of making...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Newspaper and Magazine, Government Postal Delivery
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