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New Jersey-based GDS Foods partners with Ferraro’s growing network, expanding presence in key pizza market PISCATAWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ferraro Foods, one of the country’s largest specialty distributors of food and foodservice supplies to pizzerias and Italian restaurants, has acquired New Jersey-based GDS Foods Inc., an importer and distributor of Italian food products to pizzerias throughout New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Ferraro’s partnership with the Sussex, N.J. based business, with nearly $50 million in annual sales revenue, expands Ferraro’s growing network […]

Continuing the Company’s Fix, Fund, Propel approach, the cash payment from Cardinal Health aligns strategic goals while solidifying immediate capital for funding Phase IIb and Phase III trials. DUBLIN, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: NAVB) (“Navidea” or the “Company”), a company focused on the development of precision immunodiagnostic agents and immunotherapeutics, today announced that on June 14, 2023 it entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 23, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”), between the […]

Acquisition delivers industry-leading research capability, and strengthens pipeline with a novel candidate for ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and other autoimmune conditions RAHWAY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$MRK #MRK–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the completion of the Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (“Prometheus”) (NASDAQ: RXDX) acquisition. Prometheus is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck and the common stock of Prometheus will no longer be listed or traded on the Nasdaq Global Market. “The Prometheus acquisition accelerates […]

CASTRIES, St Lucia – Creating gender-focused and national inclusion policies, providing technical assistance, greater awareness of financial opportunities, and incorporating business skills into primary education were highlighted as practical ways to increase opportunities for access to finance for women-led enterprises in the Caribbean at the fourth edition of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) President’s Chat, at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Saint Lucia, on Friday, June 16, 2023. The President’s Chat, with CDB president, Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, […]

– Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at US- India Business Council Ideas Summit By Janet L. Yellen … I’m glad to join you to speak about our enhanced economic engagement with India – the result of a concerted effort by the Biden administration to strengthen the partnership between our countries. By this fall, I will have travelled to India more times than any other country as treasury secretary – including four times in the span of less than […]

GENEVA, Switzerland, (WHO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new report on access to morphine for medical use, which describes how the global distribution of morphine, as a vital pain medicine, is unequal and does not fulfil the medical need. The report, titled: “Left behind in pain”, highlights the problems in access to this essential medicine and offers actions to improve safe access through balanced policy. Despite morphine being an effective and relatively low-cost medicine for relieving strong pain, […]

GENEVA, Switzerland, (ILO News) – The director-general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Gilbert F. Houngbo, called upon countries to, “bend the arc of history in favour of social justice” as he addressed a two-day World of Work Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. “Greater social justice gives us a cause to rally round. But is much more than that. It is a driving force that can steer us towards a more equitable and sustainable future. As such, it must become our guiding […]

By Riyad Insanally In an April op-ed, Ivelaw Griffith provided us with an informative summary and analysis of the April 6 ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), dismissing Venezuela’s preliminary objections to the case brought by Guyana to resolve the border controversy between the two countries. In addition to addressing the lead-up to the judgment, he also highlights the reaction of Venezuelan vice president and co-agent for the case, Delcy Rodríguez, who maintains Caracas’ official line. This is […]

By Caribbean News Global LONDON, England – The nationwide mpox outbreak vaccination programme is due to come to a close at the end of July. However, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced Friday, that vaccinations will be available beyond this date in London after 11 new cases were diagnosed within the past few weeks. Professor Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at UKHSA, said: “It is vital we respond to recent rises in cases, and that is why we are extending […]