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Saturday 19 September 2020
Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin called it a “very disappointing announcement for Sligo”.
Francis Timmons only recently found out that he was on two vaccine trials at Madonna House in the early 1970s.
Councillor Francis Timmons says that survivors deserve answers on vaccines trials at mother and baby homes.
The UK is introducing a vaccine and Ireland will follow if “a cost effective agreement can be reached”.
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to GlaxoSmithKline over the contamination which the company first became aware of in January 2012.
The man at first thought to be a worker was actually a member of the public.
GlaxoSmithKline will seek regulatory approval next year to market the vaccine against the disease which killed 660,000 in 2010.
The drug company’s internet financial services unit is to be moved to Britain.
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has been ordered to pay almost €200,000 to the man who claimed its Parkinson’s drug turned him into a gay sex and gambling addict.
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The fine was the largest health care fraud settlement in US history.
There are now 16 confirmed cases of narcolepsy with links to the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix in Ireland. A support group is criticising what it’s calling the ‘minimal’ response from the HSE.
Several hundred of the Waterford-based plant’s workers were called to an urgent meeting today over facility’s future.
The pharmaceutical giant is the biggest employer in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Employees will meet with management at 3pm.
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Action over mislabelled diabetes and antidepressant drugs results in a massive settlement in the US.
GlaxoSmithKline denies timing jobs cuts with positive promotion of the company on TV3′s The Apprentice.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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