Strativa Pharmaceuticals Acquires Commercialization Rights to Onconase ...
Forbes - ONCONASE is in Phase III development for the treatment of inoperable malignant mesothelioma, a rare cancer affecting the lungs usually associated with exposure to asbestos. ONCONASE was...
Alfacell Corporation Licenses ONCONASE(R) U.S. Commercial Rights to ...
Forbes - ONCONASE is currently being evaluated as a treatment for unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM) in a confirmatory Phase IIIb clinical trial. Under the terms of the agreement, Strativa...
Strativa Pharmaceuticals Acquires Commercialization Rights to Onconase ...
MSN MoneyCentral - ONCONASE is in Phase III development for the treatment of inoperable malignant mesothelioma, a rare cancer affecting the lungs usually associated with exposure to asbestos....
Trial Begins for Dow Chemical Operator Killed by Asbestos Exposure
Forbes - HOUSTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas, LLP, announced today that opening statements will be heard tomorrow in the case of Nettie Broome, et al. vs. The Dow...
NEWSMAKER-Troubleshooter Sandler faces hard toil at Rock
Forbes - Sandler's name had already been established, notably as chief executive of Lloyd's of London from 1995 to 1999 when he rescued the world's oldest insurance market after it faced huge...
Gordon Brown hires Ron Sandler to save Rock
Daily Telegraph - By then Lloyd's was on the brink - the world's oldest insurance market had suffered a decade of crippling claims on its policies, most notably related to asbestos lawsuits in the...
School district's asbestos legal battle expands
Statesman Journal - Asbestos contamination during a kitchen remodel at Grant Community School was more widespread than initially reported, a lawsuit about cleanup costs shows. Salem-Keizer School...
Treasury lines up boss for nationalised Northern Rock
Daily Telegraph - Sandler is credited with restoring confidence to the Lloyd’s insurance market after it was brought to its knees in the mid-1990s amid a wave of claims related to asbestos. He was...
Treasury lines up boss for nationalised Northern Rock
Daily Telegraph - Sandler is credited with restoring confidence to the Lloyd’s insurance market after it was brought to its knees in the mid-1990s amid a wave of claims related to asbestos. He was...
Asbestos Problem Goes Unchecked in Seoul Subway
Digital Chosunilbo - Asbestos dust falling from the ceilings of subway stations is threatening the health of Seoul's commuters. Asbestos is a potentially fatal substance that can work its way into...
Duane S. Boatwright
Fort Madison Daily Democrat - ... Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. at King-Lynk Funeral Home & Crematory with Pastor Ed Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Montrose Cemetery with Brother Bill...
The green light for nuclear - but at what cost?
Guardian Unlimited - Neither does it make for good commercial practice, and in this respect the precedent of asbestos is instructive, showing that relying on inadequate models and outdated...
Asbestos truck overturns on Queens expressway; driver vanishes
Newsday - NEW YORK - A truck carrying asbestos has overturned on an expressway in Queens. Police say the truck hit a divider on the Clearview Expressway on Sunday afternoon before flipping over....
City's Mr Fixit heads for Northern Rock
Daily Telegraph - The pair restructured the business, hauling it back on to its feet as it faced a flood of asbestos claims. By now regarded as a City hero, Sandler swapped one headache for another,...
Treasury lines up new Northern Rock chair
Daily Telegraph - He was regarded as having brought back confidence to the world's oldest insurance market after it was brought to its knees in the mid-1990s facing a wave of asbestos claims. Mr...
Truck Spills Asbestos Debris On LIE, Hazmat Crews Say
wnbc.com - NEW YORK -- A truck flipped on its side on the Long Island Expressway Sunday, spilling asbestos debris onto the roadway, authorities confirmed. The accident happened around 2:30 p.m., and...
Toy cars with asbestos parts illegally imported
Age - Even brief exposure to asbestos can cause fatal conditions such as asbestosis, pleural plaques, lung cancer and mesothelioma. It is illegal to import asbestos in any form into Australia, and...
Treasury lines up new Northern Rock chair
Daily Telegraph - He was regarded as having brought back confidence to the world's oldest insurance market after it was brought to its knees in the mid-1990s facing a wave of asbestos claims. Mr...
Treasury lines up boss for nationalised Northern Rock
Daily Telegraph - Sandler is credited with restoring confidence to the Lloyd’s insurance market after it was brought to its knees in the mid-1990s amid a wave of claims related to asbestos. He was...
Fire crews tackle warehouse blaze
BBC News - A number of people living close to the industrial estate have been evacuated from their homes amid fears the smoke may contain particles of asbestos. Some roads have also been closed in...
Today's Star Phoenix
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - Prognosis: fatal mesothelioma by the third act. "Bucket," even by itself, is an indelicate word. When you kick it, it doubles the crudeness. The origin of "kick the bucket"...
Elk City employee sentenced to federal prison
Journal Record - OKLAHOMA CITY – An Elk City municipal employee accused with the city manager of forcing a crew of state inmates to work on a historic railroad depot filled with asbestos insulation...
Valorem Law Group Opens Offices in Chicago
Forbes - Sayre specializes in defending a broad variety of product manufacturers in toxic tort, asbestos and property damage cases. Sayre received his J.D. from Pepperdine University, College of Law...
GM To Appoint Mary Barra As VP, Global Manufacturing Engineering ...
RTT News - Ingersoll-Rand Estimates Liability For Pending, Potential Asbestos-related Claims Through 2053 At $755 Mln - Quick Facts [IR] 1/11/2008 8:38:38 AM Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (IR) announced...
(Adds details on charge, background from SEC filing)
Reuters - The company's analysis took into account a substantial and continuing decline in new nonmalignancy claims and an increased focus on claims involving mesothelioma, a cancer with predictable...
Ingersoll-Rand records charge for asbestos claims
Reuters - Last: CHICAGO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd (IR.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Friday it has taken a noncash pretax charge of $449 million for pending and estimated...
Ingersoll-Rand records charge for asbestos claims
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd (IR.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Friday it has taken a noncash pretax charge of $449 million for pending and...
WestJet Posts Higher November 2007 Load Factor - Update
RTT News - ... Best Buy December Comps. Up 1.5%, Backs FY08 Outlook - Update • Ingersoll-Rand Records $277 Mln Charge On Future Asbestos ... Nu Skin Enterprises Restructures Dollar-dominated Debt...
Everett firefighters exposed to asbestos in training exercises
Seattle Times - The state Department of Labor and Industries says Everett firefighters have been exposed to asbestos during training exercises in which they chopped holes through walls and ceilings...
Hospital records found in a garden
Wanstead and Woodford Guardian - My mother died at the hands of Whipps Cross and when I tried to take them to court all of her medical records were supposedly in a store that had been found to have...
Ex-mayor sentenced in asbestos case
Earthtimes - OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 11 A former mayor of Elk City, Okla., was sentenced to six months in prison after being convicted of negligently exposing state prisoners to asbestos. Guy Hylton...
Everett firefighters exposed to astestos in training exercises
Seattle Post Intelligencer - EVERETT, Wash. -- Firefighters in Everett have been exposed to undetermined levels of asbestos during training exercises that are intended to promote safety on the job,...
After 60 years, North Country talc mine to end operations
Newsday - The talc industry also has been hit hard over the years by government efforts to treat it the same as the asbestos industry and by lawsuits claiming that many who worked around the product...
Valorem Law Group Opens Offices in Chicago
Forbes - Sayre specializes in defending a broad variety of product manufacturers in toxic tort, asbestos and property damage cases. Sayre received his J.D. from Pepperdine University, College of Law...
Ingersoll-Rand records charge for asbestos claims
Reuters - The company's analysis took into account a substantial and continuing decline in new nonmalignancy claims and an increased focus on claims involving mesothelioma, a cancer with predictable...
Ingersoll-Rand to record $277 million charge for asbestos claims
CNBC - NEW YORK - Ingersoll-Rand Co. said Friday it expects to take a $227 million non-cash charge to earnings to cover pending and estimated future asbestos claims through 2053. The Bermuda-based...
Ingersoll-Rand to take asbestos charge
CNBC - NEW YORK - Ingersoll-Rand Co. said Friday it expects to take a $227 million non-cash charge to earnings to cover pending and estimated future asbestos claims through 2053. The Bermuda-based...
Ingersoll-Rand to take a charge from asbestos liability
Forbes - NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Ingersoll-Rand Co. Friday said it would take a non-cash charge of $449 million related to its liability for all pending and estimated future asbestos claims...
Ingersoll Rand Records Charge for All Pending and Potential Asbestos ...
MSN MoneyCentral - Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited IR announced today that it has taken a non-cash charge to earnings of discontinued operations of $449 million ($277 million after tax) relating to...
Ingersoll-Rand Estimates Liability For Pending, Potential Asbestos ...
RTT News - 1/11/2008 8:38:38 AM Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (IR) announced that it has taken a non-cash charge to earnings of discontinued operations of $449 million, which equals $277 million after...
Ingersoll Rand Records Charge for All Pending and Potential Asbestos ...
Forbes - Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (NYSE: IR) announced today that it has taken a non-cash charge to earnings of discontinued operations of $449 million ($277 million after tax) relating to the...
Rand records charge for asbestos claims
Guardian Unlimited - CHICAGO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd said on Friday it has taken a noncash pretax charge of $449 million for pending and estimated future asbestos claims through...
The polio vaccine, AIDS, and their US-made viruses
Online Journal - Carbone performed a variety of experiments showing that sixty percent of hamsters, after having SV40 injected into their hearts, contracted the fatal cancer, mesothelioma. Something...
Adviser pays £3,600 compensation
Daily Telegraph - My father, who resided in Canada, was diagnosed with asbestosis. His health steadily deteriorated but his medical advisers felt he could, with care, have many months before his...
UPDATE 1-Ingersoll-Rand records charge for asbestos claims
Reuters - CHICAGO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd (IR.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Friday it has taken a noncash pretax charge of $449 million for...
(MARY SCHROEDER/Detroit Free Press)
Detroit Free Press - Firefighters said asbestos siding helped give the residents time to escape. “We heard something go boom. Then the flames hit my window, and my bed, and we had to jump up out of...
State disease expert resigns after department reorganization
Billings Gazette - He also worked with federal agencies dealing with the lung disease asbestosis in Libby. Hundreds of people in the town have died and more than 1,000 others are sick because...
Ten-day wait for asbestos school
BBC News - A primary school near York which was closed after the discovery of asbestos is not expected to reopen for at least another 10 days. The asbestos was found by engineers during a structural...
One Million for Meso
Forbes - SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) announced that it has awarded an additional $1 million to researchers at top...
Elk City officials sentenced to prison in asbestos case
Daily Oklahoman - Two Elk City officials were sentenced to federal prison today for exposing prison inmates to asbestos during a 2003 renovation project. City manager Guy R. Hylton and construction...