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☆ FDA approves Merck's drug for rare, deadly lung condition
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a drug from Merck designed to treat a progressive and life-threatening lung condition in a win for both the drugmaker and for patients suffering from the rare disease. The condition refers to when the small blood vessels in the lungs narrow. He noted that the drug will be a "paradigm shift" for patients living with PAH. That includes reducing the risk of death or worsening of the condition by 84% compared to an existing drug alone. Those trials include late-stage studies on patients with more advanced PAH disease, and those who are within the first year after diagnosis.

Persons: Chris Schott, Eliav Barr, PAH, Barr, Merck Organizations: Merck, Drug Administration, JPMorgan, CNBC, Acceleron Pharma Locations: Rahway , New Jersey, U.S, Winrevair

☆ Middle East Crisis U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution Calling for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Farnaz Fassihi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

But the donations have become the focus of a legal battle after an Israeli credit card company balked at transferring the funds. The campaign portrayed the family as victims of harassment by the Israeli left and emphasized its financial plight since Mr. Levi’s accounts were frozen. Then the nonprofit group that organized it took it down. The campaign to support Mr. Chasdai has raised 114,000 shekels, roughly $31,000, through a separate crowdfunding platform. But the sweeping nature of the U.S. sanctions means that financial institutions would be reluctant to participate in efforts to direct money to Mr. Levi or others, experts said.

Persons: Biden, Yinon Levi, Levi, Levi’s, David Chai Chasdai, Levi —, Britain —, Sapir Levi, Reut Gez, “, Gez, Chasdai, ”, Eliav Lieblich Organizations: West Bank, Cal, Mr, U.S . State Department, ABC News, State Department, Britain, Mount, Mount Hebron Regional Council, Democratic Bloc, Tel Aviv University, “, U.S . Treasury Locations: U.S, Tel Aviv, Israel, Palestinian, Huwara, Israeli, Hebron, Mount Hebron

Johannesburg, South Africa CNN —South Africa and Chad have announced they will recall diplomats from Israel for “consultation” in response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The South African government told CNN that the country has three diplomats in Israel to be recalled. Israel’s ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, has been a regular presence in South African media, including the public broadcaster, in recent weeks. South Africa and Chad are not the only nations to call their diplomats back from Israel since the Gaza conflict began. CNN’s David McKenzie and Sarah Dean reported from South Africa and Joseph Ataman and Maya Szaniecki from Paris.

Persons: Chad, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, ” Ntshavheni, “, ”, Eliav Belotserkovsky, d’affaires, Monday, “ Chad, CNN’s David McKenzie, Sarah Dean, Joseph Ataman, Szaniecki Organizations: South Africa CNN, ”, CNN, Facebook, Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chadian Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa, Israel, Tel Aviv, South Africa’s, Gaza, Chad, Turkey, Turkish, Honduras, Colombia, Chile, Jordan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Paris

☆ US Advises Israel Hold off on Gaza Invasion, Keeps Hamas Mediator Qatar in Loop -Sources
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

After Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and killed some 1,400 people, the United States stood by its ally and stressed that Israel has the right to defend itself. The priority is on working to get the hostages out step-by-step," said a source briefed on the hostage negotiations. The first U.S. official said that along with the hostage negotiations, advising Israel to hold off on its invasion could also give more time for humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza. U.S. officials have urged Israel to follow the laws of war in any invasion of Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people. US DEFENSEIsraeli officials have increasingly signaled in public that a Gaza invasion could be imminent.

Persons: Matt Spetalnick, Steve Holland, Humeyra Pamuk, Israel, Joe Biden, John Kirby, Lloyd Austin, Washington Eliav Benjamin, Lebanon's, Antony Blinken, Yoav Gallant, Washington, Matt Spetalnick Steve Holland, Dan Williams, Andrew Mills, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Trevor Hunnicutt, Simon Lewis, Michelle Nichols, Grant McCool Organizations: United, Palestinian, Washington, House, Pentagon, State Department, Friday, U.S, United Nations, White House, Israel's Army, Hamas, NBC, Sunday, Sunday . Washington, Hezbollah Locations: Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, United States, Gaza, Qatar, Israel, U.S, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Egypt, White, Washington, Iran, Sunday ., Jerusalem, Doha

After Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7 and killed some 1,400 people, the United States stood by its ally and stressed that Israel has the right to defend itself. The priority is on working to get the hostages out step-by-step," said a source briefed on the hostage negotiations. The first U.S. official said that along with the hostage negotiations, advising Israel to hold off on its invasion could also give more time for humanitarian aid to be delivered to Gaza. U.S. officials have urged Israel to follow the laws of war in any invasion of Gaza, which is home to 2.3 million people. Israel would have a difficult time fighting a war on two fronts simultaneously if Hezbollah launches a full-scale fight in the north, U.S. officials say.

Persons: Israel, Joe Biden, John Kirby, Lloyd Austin, Washington Eliav Benjamin, Lebanon's, Antony Blinken, Yoav Gallant, Washington, Matt Spetalnick Steve Holland, Humeyra Pamuk, Dan Williams, Andrew Mills, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Trevor Hunnicutt, Simon Lewis, Michelle Nichols, Grant McCool Organizations: United, Palestinian, Washington, House, Pentagon, State Department, Friday, U.S, United Nations, White House, Israel's Army, Hamas, NBC, Sunday, Sunday . Washington, Hezbollah, Thomson Locations: United States, Gaza, Qatar, Israel, U.S, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Britain, Egypt, White, Washington, Iran, Sunday ., Jerusalem, Doha

She refers to the overhaul as a “judicial coup,” saying it risks facilitating the “de facto annexation of the West Bank without any critique or any review” from the Supreme Court. The cabinet includes a number of West Bank settlers in powerful positions, and the agreement that brought together the government calls for extending Israel’s sovereignty in the West Bank, effectively a call for annexation. Under Netanyahu’s far-right government, Israel has approved a record number of housing units in West Bank settlements, Peace Now said in a July report. “Did the Supreme Court protect Palestinian rights in the West Bank? More recently in 2017, Israeli security forces bulldozed nine homes built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank settlement of Ofra.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, West Bank haven’t, Sawsan, Netanyahu, Netanyahu’s, Israel, Israel doesn’t, ” Zaher, Eliav, ” Lieblich, Zaher, Ahmed Tibi, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben Gvir, Tibi, ” Tibi, ” Gershon Baskin, Bond, ” Baskin, “ Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Legal Center, Arab, Rights, United Nations, Israel Democracy Institute, Tel Aviv University, Palestinian Authority, Supreme Court, Court of Justice, Israel’s, Israeli, Court Locations: Palestinian, Israel, West Bank, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, West, The Hague, Dura, Qara, Ofra

The Merck/Moderna collaboration is one of several combining powerful drugs that unleash the immune system to target cancers with mRNA vaccine technology. BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) and Gritstone Bio Inc (GRTS.O) are working on competing cancer vaccines based on mRNA technology. Barr said it took about eight weeks to design a personalized mRNA vaccine for each patient. In the past, similar experimental cancer vaccines were developed targeting a single tumor mutation, or neoantigen. With mRNA technology in combination with Keytruda, "we can create this shotgun approach ... that can create a more potent immune response," Barr said.

The Merck/Moderna collaboration is one of several combining powerful drugs that unleash the immune system to target cancers with mRNA vaccine technology. BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) and Gritstone Bio Inc (GRTS.O) are working on competing cancer vaccines based on mRNA technology. Barr said it took Moderna about eight weeks to design a personalized mRNA vaccine for each patient. In the past, similar experimental cancer vaccines were developed targeting a single tumor mutation, or neoantigen. With mRNA technology in combination with Keytruda, "we can create this shotgun approach ... that can create a more potent immune response," Barr said.

☆ Merck could keep its patent edge by shifting Keytruda cancer drug to a simple shot
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Michael Erman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

If successful, Merck could begin marketing the new formulation within a few years, a top Merck executive told Reuters. "The clock for that patent would start ticking from the time we would get that patent approved." Drug patents have a guaranteed term of exclusivity for 20 years after receiving a patent under U.S. law, but sometimes the companies are able to add additional patents that extend their exclusivity. Merck's patents on the subcutaneous version of Keytruda could protect that formulation until at least 2040, according to Tahir Amin, co-founder of drug patents watchdog group Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK). Northwell's Mulloy said moving patients to subcutaneous versions of drugs also opens up spots in infusion centers for additional patients.

☆ Moderna pops 17% after Merck exercises option to jointly develop a personalized cancer vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Moderna spiked as much as 17% on Wednesday after the company teamed up with Merck to develop personalized cancer vaccines. Data from an ongoing phase 2 trial of Moderna's vaccine used in combination with Merck's Keytruda is expected in the fourth quarter. Under an existing licensing agreement that was initially inked in 2016, Merck had the option to exercise an option to jointly develop and sell the personalized cancer vaccines. Merck will pay Moderna $250 million to exercise its option, and will collaborate on the development and commercialization of the vaccines. Merck's cancer drug Keytruda is currently being evaluated in combination with Moderna's mRNA-4156/V940 vaccine as a treatment for patients with high-risk melanoma.

☆ Ambasadorul Israelului în Moldova, către conaționalii noștri: Cel mai important lucru este reacţia promptă la sirenele de alarmă
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Până în prezent, niciun moldovean nu a avut de suferit din cauza violenţelor din Orientul Mijlociu, a declarat ambasadorul Israelului în Republica Moldova, Eliav Belotserkovscky, într-un interviu acordat în exclusivitate postului CANAL5. "Nu am identificat cetăţeni moldoveni din Israel care să se confrunte cu probleme. Până acum, nu au fost semnalate cazuri de cetăţeni moldoveni răniţi. Potrivit ambasadorului, în Israel se află în jur de 15-20 de mii de cetăţeni moldoveni. Interviul integral al ambasadorului Israelului în Republica Moldova, Eliav Belotserkovscky, va fi difuzat astăzi, la CANAL5, în cadrul buletinului de ştiri de la ora 21.00.

Persons: Deşi Organizations: CANAL5, Hamas Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, Orientul Mijlociu, Republica Moldova, Ierusalim, israeliană, Chişinău, israelieni, Gaza, Qatar, Turcia

Distincția a fost înmânată de către Președintele Comunității Evreiești, domnul Alexander Bilinkis, care în alocuțiunea lui a remarcat că ,,Boris Golovin merită mult respect și recunoștință fiind un om sufletist, receptiv, cu o înaltă ținută morală. În ciuda volumului mare de muncă și a numărului fără precedent de apeluri, care în aceste zile depășește pragul de 2500, instituțiile medicale și angajații acestora își îndeplinesc cu onoare misiunea. Comunitatea Evreiască din Republica Moldova îl felicită respectuos pe domnul Boris Golovin cu prilejul decorării cu binemeritata distincție. Titlul onorific al Comunității Evreiești „Omul Anului” este acordat pentru prima dată în 2021. Acesta atestă contribuțiile persoanelor, indiferent de apartenența lor etnică și religioasă, care prin activitatea lor aduc aport semnificativ la dezvoltarea Republicii Moldova.

Persons: Boris Golovin, Alexander Bilinkis, . S, Eliav Organizations: Președintele Comunității Evreiești, Evreiască, Comunității Locations: Republica Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Israel

În contextul măsurilor de combatere a răspândirii coronavirusului, Statul Israel continuă să sprijine instituțiile medicale din Republica Moldova. Astăzi, 28 decembrie, la finele anului 2020, președintele Comunității Evreiești din Republica Moldova, Alexander Bilinkis, și directorul Comunității Evreiești din Republica Moldova, Iulia Șeinman, au transmis încă un lot de ajutor umanitar din partea Statului Israel și a Comunității Evreiești. Datorită sprijinului acordat, personalul spitalului Comrat este capabil să-și protejeze sănătatea, deoarece „sănătatea pacienților lor depinde de sănătatea lor”. Alexander Bilinkis a menționat „Astăzi, mai mult ca oricând, realizăm importanța asigurării siguranței medicilor și a personalului medical și a valorii sănătății acestora. Isaac Lazarevici a depus mult efort în lupta împotriva tifosului, scarlatinei și tuberculozei și a promovat igiena.

Persons: Alexander Bilinkis, Iulia, Isaac, Maria Lungu . Aceștia, Maria Lungu, Li, Isaac Gurfinkel, Isaac Lazarevici Organizations: Comunității Evreiești, Statului, Comunității, Ministerului Sănătății Locations: Statul Israel, Republica Moldova, Statului Israel, Comrat, Israel, Chișinău

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