... colorectal, and prostate cancers. The estimated cost for 5 years of care for elderly Medicare patients diagnosed with cancer in 2004 is $21.1 billion...
The drug developer Bristol-Myers Squibb said it would sell ConvaTec, its wound therapy and surgical care unit, for $4.1 billion to two private equity firms.
... , implementing six reviewed interventions would result in cost savings of about $1 billion per year and a savings of about 800 lives, close to 26,000 years of life lost to premature death ...
... firms are betting Internet startup LinkedIn Corp. is worth $1 billion, highlighting the lofty hopes riding on online services that connect people with their friends, family and business ...
(AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it is buying back up to $1 billion, or about a quarter, of its outstanding stock, by tapping a $581 million tax refund and a cash surplus the picture-taking ...
... estimated that more than 1 billion individuals worldwide in 2005 had presbyopia, or age-related difficulty in seeing ... presbyopia will increase to 1.4 billion by 2020 and 1.8 billion by 2050. "Without ...
It is estimated that more than 1 billion individuals worldwide in 2005 had presbyopia, or age-related difficulty in seeing objects nearby, with an estimated 410 million with the condition unable to ...
NASA stands to receive $1 billion of a $789 billion economic stimulus package under discussion.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will spend an another $1 billion for ingredients for an H1N1 vaccination, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Sunday.
... valued at $1005 each, the total economic burden is close to $1 billion per annum," he said.
Professor Graves said the bulk of the costs were faced by the most populous states of New South ...
The number of personal computers in use worldwide has surpassed one billion, with strong growth in developing regions expected to push that total to two billion by 2014, according to technology ...
... likely increase these economic effects.
Colorado: More than $1 billion in losses due to impacts on tourism, ... losses from predicted higher seas along Georgia's coast.
Kansas: Losses exceeding $1 ...
... spectrum disorder (ASD) has been estimated to be more than £27 ($41) billion a year in the UK. The costs of supporting children with ASDs were estimated to be £2.7 ($4.1) billion per year, £25 ($38) ...
ROME (AP) -- More than a billion people - a sixth of the world's population - are now hungry, a historic high due largely to the global economic crisis and stubbornly high food prices, a U.N. ...
... , the cost of providing forecasts by government agencies and private companies is $5.1 billion, according to the paper.
"Our estimates indicate that Americans are getting a good deal on weather ...
