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UPDATE 1-Takeda's dengue vaccine effective overall in study but with major limitation

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s experimental dengue vaccine was highly effective at preventing the mosquito-borne disease in a late stage study, but it failed to protect against one type of the virus in people with no prior exposure to dengue. Takeda’s vaccine was 80.2% effective at preventing dengue among children and teens in the year after they got the shot, according to results of a Phase III study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. Sanofi’s Dengvaxia – the world’s first dengue vaccine – had demonstrated 59.2% overall efficacy in the first year of follow-up based on …read more […]

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Factbox: How the SEC is making life easier for corporate America

Under the Trump administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken more than two dozen measures – including trimming rules – that make life easier for corporate America, according to a Reuters analysis of SEC announcements and interviews with more than a dozen lawyers, academics and advocacy groups.

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Do More With Less: Ending Boring Meetings

Last month, Mark Ford wrote about the dangers of inefficient meetings and the waste they can create for your business.
Today, he explains how you can improve your meetings by setting a clear purpose and inviting the right people.

I was never a big fan of meetings. But, as the little businesses I started grew larger, I realized that meetings were absolutely necessary.
With the advent of cyber employees, meetings became more necessary. Employees who are physically removed from headquarters are less likely to hear about developments casually on smoke and coffee breaks.
Yes, for somebody who never really liked meetings, I’ve seen them …read more […]

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Assessing the Health of Chinese Internet Companies

Nov.06 — Richard Wong, vice president and head of ICT for Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan, talks about Chinese internet companies. Baidu Inc. reported quarterly revenue that beat analysts’ estimates after the Chinese search giant’s business proved resilient to an economic slowdown and competition from ByteDance Inc. Wog speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” …read more […]