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SciClone to restructure, trim about 7 US jobs

Oct. 28, 2009
SciClone Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said it will cut 17 percent of its U.S. work force _ or about 7 jobs _ as part of a corporate restructuring. The restructuring comes after the company stopped a trial of a late-stage pancreatic cancer drug candidate...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler