Global Apparel and Footwear Sales to Hit US$Two Trillion by 2018

Global Apparel and Footwear Sales to Hit US$Two Trillion by 2018

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwired – Mar Ten, 2014) – Global market research company Euromonitor International released today fresh data on the global apparel and footwear industry.

Despite subdued consumer confidence in Western Europe, excessive discounting impeding profits and the slowdown in China, the global apparel and footwear industry generated incremental retail growth of US$85 billion in 2013, a growth rate of 5% (current terms, motionless exchange rates). Read More

Ford engineer teams find same problems in police SUVs

Ford engineer teams find same problems in police SUVs

Ford engineer teams find problems in police SUVs

Ford Motor Co. says it has repaired more than fifty police Explorer SUVs for numerous municipalities where officers had been sickened by carbon monoxide while driving those vehicles.

The company said it has engineering teams working with numerous law enforcement agencies around the country to address a growing number of reports of suspected carbon monoxide leaks in the cabins of Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles. Read More

FDA panel recommends approval of CAR T-cell therapy – The Washington Post

FDA panel recommends approval of CAR T-cell therapy – The Washington Post

Novel cancer treatment wins endorsement of FDA advisers

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Emily Whitehead was the very first child treated with a fresh type of cancer therapy that uses the patient’s own genetically modified immune cells to fight cancer. She has been in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia for five years. Read More

FDA clears very first gene-altering therapy — – a living drug

FDA clears very first gene-altering therapy — – a living drug

FDA clears very first gene-altering therapy — ‘a living drug’ — for childhood leukemia

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Emily Whitehead, shown with her parents, Thomas and Kari Whitehead, was the very first child treated with a fresh type of cancer therapy that uses the patient’s own genetically modified cells to fight cancer. Read More

FDA Approves CAR T-Cell Therapy for Leukemia, Medpage Today

FDA Approves CAR T-Cell Therapy for Leukemia, Medpage Today

FDA Approves CAR T-Cell Therapy for Leukemia

  • by John Gever John Gever,Managing Editor, MedPage Today August 30, 2017

WASHINGTON — The FDA on Wednesday approved a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for treatment of certain pediatric and youthfull adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Read More