BRIEFCASE AMGEN'S ENBREL GETTING RESULTS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - Biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. said Friday that more than one-third of rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis Chronic, progressive autoimmune disease causing connective-tissue inflammation, mostly in synovial joints. It can occur at any age, is more common in women, and has an unpredictable course. patients who were treated with its drug Enbrel and methotrexate methotrexate, drug used in halting the growth of actively proliferating tissues. Introduced in the 1950s, it is used in the treatment of leukemia, psoriasis, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. achieved remission of the disease. In comparison, 18 percent of patients treated with Enbrel alone and 14 percent of patients treated with methotrexate alone achieved clinical remission during the same time period. The Thousand Oaks-based company also said new Enbrel data suggest the drug's efficacy in the treatment of patients with both joint symptoms and skin lesions Skin Lesions Definition A skin lesion is a superficial growth or patch of the skin that does not resemble the area surrounding it. Description Skin lesions can be grouped into two categories: primary and secondary. associated with psoriatic arthritis Psoriatic Arthritis Definition Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritic joint disease associated with the chronic skin scaling and fingernail changes seen in psoriasis. . Health plan bill may be on ballot SACRAMENTO - Business groups plan to go ahead with an attempt to force a public vote on a new law requiring many employers to pay most of the cost of employees' health insurance. The legislation, signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Gray Davis, requires companies with more than 200 employees to begin offering health benefits by 2006 to workers and their families. Employers will pay 80 percent of the premium, with employees paying the other 20 percent. The business groups, which also include the California Restaurant Association, the California Taxpayers Association, the California Retailers Association and the California Business Properties Association, need to collect valid signatures of at least 373,816 registered voters by Jan. 4 to put the measure on the March ballot for voters to rule on. Wal-Mart to look at workers' status LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., stung stung v. Past tense and past participle of sting. stung Verb the past of sting Adj. 1. by allegations that it knew contract cleaning services used illegal workers, reported Friday that all of its 1.1 million U.S. workers would be reviewed, and that any not legally employed would be fired. The move came a day after federal agents arrested 245 illegal workers in a 21-state sweep of 60 Wal-Mart stores and the company's headquarters. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. on condition of anonymity that they gathered recordings from wiretaps that indicate Wal-Mart executives knew the company's subcontractors used illegal workers. |
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