Two sentenced for illegally obtaining nearly 50 tons of cheese and more
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/two-sentenced-illegally-obtaining-nearly-50-tons-cheese-and-more
KEK
For more than 25 years we have provided Ukrainian patients with high-quality medicines and today employ over 400 people across all regions of Ukraine.
We actively implement the principles of transparency, integrity, respect, and patient focus. Our mission and values are always at the heart of everything we do for patients, healthcare professionals (HCPs), society, and our employees.
In Ukraine, we implement GSK’s global strategy through two legal entities: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ukraine LLC and TZOV “GLAXOSMITHKLINE HEALTHCARE UKRAINE O.O.O.”
We are committed to improving the availability of medicines for patients in Ukraine.
Since 2017, some of our anti-asthmatic drugs have been included in the reimbursement system under the national state programme "Affordable Medicines". Under the programme, patients with asthma (bronchial asthma) can receive these GSK medicines prescribed by a doctor, free of charge, or with a small surcharge in pharmacies that have joined the government's initiative.
Since 2002 our vaccines have been available to meet the needs of the National Immunisation Programme. We have also played one of the leading roles in supplying vaccines to the private vaccine market since 2007.
In 2016 VIIV Healthcare extended the existing licensing agreement with the Patent Pool for medicines to increase access to modern ARV therapy in low-income countries and countries with an insurmountable HIV/AIDS epidemic (including Ukraine).
We have received recognition from authoritative representatives of the community for our contribution to the development of the pharmaceutical industry:
In 2018 we received the Panacea Award. Our many years of educational and information initiatives on the value of vaccination for healthcare professionals and the public have been identified as the best project of 2018 (for the first time in our history).
In 2017 we were recognised by the First Independent Pharmaceutical Business Portal (Pharma.net.ua) as the most open and transparent pharmaceutical company which creates new standards about the pharmaceutical industry in Ukraine.
We have also contributed to the fight against COVID-19 in Ukraine by supporting the continuity of the supply of medicines and vaccines to patients, caring for the health of staff, and joining the initiative of the Patients of Ukraine Charitable Foundation, which provides thousands of physicians with protection against COVID-19. Thus, as part of our initiative, a charitable financial donation was made to provide personal protective equipment to doctors in hospitals who needed the most help during the pandemic.
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Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation Results in Sentences Totaling 100+ Years in Federal Prison
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdla/pr/organized-crime-drug-enforcement-task-force-operation-results-sentences-totaling-100
Wall Street's Biggest ESG Preacher Suffers Massive Loss On Russian Exposure
BlackRock founder and CEO Larry Fink has never shied away from an opportunity to burnish his reputation with some ESG virtue-signaling, which is what makes this latest news so much more surprising. As it happens, BlackRock's "Emerging Frontiers" fund has just booked its biggest loss yet after doubling down on Russian assets last month, according to Bloomberg.
That's right, the emerging markets hedge fund run by the world's largest asset manager (and greatest virtue signaler) has taken a shellacking after its bet with Russia, booking a loss equivalent to 10% of its total AUM. After closing its Russian positions last month (and saving itself from yet more losses), the EM Frontiers fund is now down 7% for the year. The fund was managing some $960 million as of the end of January, and had invested 9% of its money in Russian assets at the peak, making Russia its largest national exposure.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/wall-streets-biggest-esg-preacher-suffers-massive-loss-russian-exposure
Zelensky says Russian hospital bombing is ‘proof of genocide’ against Ukrainians
Ukrainian president slams Western leaders for cowardice after Russia strikes maternity ward in bombardment of Mariupol, as civilian death toll in city passes 1,200
Zelensky: Why are hospitals a threat to Russia?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashes Western leaders and Russia after a hospital was bombed in the city of Mariupol.
“Today is the day that defines everything. It defines who is on which side,” he says in a video posted to social media, according to a translation by the Kyiv Independent.
“Russian bombs fell on a children’s hospital and maternity hospital in Mariupol. As of now, 17 people are injured. Rescuers are still going through the debris.”
“What kind of country is Russia if it’s afraid of hospitals and maternity wards, and destroys them? Why were they a threat to Russian Federation?”
“Were there little nationalists there? Were pregnant women going to shoot missiles at Rostov? Did someone in that maternity hospital offend Russian-speaking people?”
“Dropping a bomb on a maternity hospital — it’s the ultimate proof that what is happening is genocide of Ukrainians.”
“Europeans, you can’t say you didn’t see what is happening. You have to tighten the sanctions until Russia can’t continue their savage war.”
“Together, we need to return to some Western leaders their bravery, so that they do what they should have done on the first day of this invasion: either close the Ukrainian sky or give us fighter jets so we do it ourselves.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-9-2022/