Day: 16 June 2019

LifeArc monetises Keytruda® royalty interests to fund further research and investment

Stuart Mitchell

LifeArc, a UK-based medical research charity, has received US$1.297 billion from CPPIB Credit Europe S.à r.l. – a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) – for a portion of its royalty interest in Keytruda® pembrolizumab), MSD’s anti-PD-1 therapy. LifeArc secured rights to royalties from pembrolizumab as a result of the charity’s 2007 collaboration to humanise the antibody-based therapy now marketed by MSD. The transaction will make LifeArc one of the UK’s leading medical research charities by size of its investment assets and allows it to significantly…

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Remember a loved one this Father’s Day with Barnardo’s campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is giving people the opportunity to make a dedication in memory of their loved ones this Father’s Day. The Barnardo’s Father’s Day campaign allows people to remember all father figures who have passed away by uploading a written tribute and photo onto a special dedication page and making a donation to the children’s charity in their memory. The campaign has already been supported by long-term fundraiser Simon Court from Tunbridge Wells whose father, Peter Court, was a Barnardo’s boy. Peter was born in 1922 and was in the Barnardo’s…

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FareShare appeals to food industry to help children at risk of hunger over the school holidays

Stuart Mitchell

Food charity FareShare is urgently calling on the food industry to donate supplies of healthy food and drinks — which will be distributed to children at risk of food poverty over the summer holidays. One in five children grow up in a household where food is scarce. For these children, the summer holidays aren’t a time of fun and excitement, they’re a time of hunger. With the safety net of free school meals removed many families face increased financial pressure over the six week break, which, in turn, drives them…

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‘Wash it Better, Love it Longer’, Lenor challenges fashion enthusiasts to #30wears

Stuart Mitchell

At the Copenhagen Fashion Summit, Lenor encouraged fashion enthusiasts to ‘Wash it Better, Love it Longer’ by announcing a #30wears challenge Call to Action. By adopting better laundry practices such as the Long Live Fashion Formula – cold and quick cycles, using quality detergent and fabric conditioner – we can extend the life of our clothes by up to four times, reducing the environmental impact associated with purchasing new garments, and keeping them out of landfill, as well as saving money by buying less new clothing. Specially commissioned research from…

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Refuge subverts Father’s Day with hard-hitting ad

Stuart Mitchell

Refuge, the UK’s largest domestic violence charity, has unveiled a hard-hitting poem to raise awareness of the physical, psychological and emotional effects of domestic violence on children. In the lead up to Father’s Day, the poem recites a story of a child remembering his father while recounting specific instances of domestic abuse faced at home whilst growing up. One of five in a collection of reversible poems, “Remembering my Father”, when read top to bottom, tells the story of a happy child reminiscing his loving father, but when read in…

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