It’s a dilemma many companies are facing: How and when to have staff return to the office, when the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns have meant vast numbers of employees are still working from home. The CEO of one commercial real estate business says working environments will need to be upgraded to encourage people back —… Read More »
Monday was supposed to be the day when four pharmaceutical companies appeared as defendants in a trial that sought to litigate their culpability in the opioid epidemic. Instead, those companies reached a settlement Monday morning totaling $ 260 million, multiple sources confirm. The four companies in question — AmerisourceBergen Corp., Cardinal Health, McKesson Corp. and… Read More »
FILE PHOTO: A man uses a vaping product in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel sent letters to four e-cigarette companies asking them to stop all print, broadcast and digital advertising of their products in the United States, the same… Read More »
Editorial pages focus on these health care topics and others. Stat: Google Is Infiltrating Medicine — But What Rules Will It Play By? With nearly 80 percent of internet users searching online for health-related information, it’s no wonder the catchphrase “Dr. Google” has caught on, to the delight of many searchers and the dismay of… Read More »
The 10 companies in the report included Coca-Cola, ConAgra Brands, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, General Mills, Kellogg, Kraft Heinz, Mars, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever. Each company was ranked on a 10 point scale based on key criteria including product reformulation efforts, portion of sales generated by healthy products, and formal policies with measurable targets to… Read More »