Criminal code revamp passes

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INDIANAPOLIS – INDIANAPOLIS — The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday unanimously approved a bill overhauling the state's criminal code, with some slight amendments. The goal of House Bill 1006 is to make punishment more proportional to the crime …
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ISIS Earns .5M Milestone Payment Related To Antisense Drug Study

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Carlsbad, California-based ISIS said the Phase 2/3 study of ISIS-TTRRx – an antisense drug in development with GlaxoSmithKline to treat transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis – is designed to support an application for marketing approval of ISIS-TTRRx in …
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Drugmakers May Gain from US Alzheimer's Push

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Roche and Eli Lilly, two drugmakers racing to develop treatments for some of the least understood brain disorders, may gain the most from a US government boost in funding to fully map the human brain. The National Institutes of Health is in the …
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Indiana bill requiring some welfare recipients to undergo drug testing moves …

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The proposal would require all applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to complete a written screening test for possible drug abuse problems. Those identified as possible drug abusers would need to undergo a drug test, and …
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