Sentences with phrase «action over benefits»

Female former Mounties bring action over benefits.

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These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

The NEP introduced a wide range of affirmative - action policies that aimed to reduce poverty and promote growth across races, but disproportionately benefitted the Malay Bumiputera population over others.

High profits may be justified if novel products offer significant benefits to patients (thus producing indirect economic value through the patients» restored health) or if they represent significant pharmacologic advances over their predecessors — offering new mechanisms of actions and emblematic of high - risk research.

You can take specific actions over time to get your credit score into a range that provides more benefits and flexibility when it comes to buying a home.

Yet being a utilitarian (not to mention a psychopath) he senses no injustice, because his actions benefited the many over the one.

As many journalists and commentators have argued, agreements like the TPP have dubious benefits for citizens of the countries involved.ISDS provisions have been criticised by U.S. Constitutional lawyer Lori Wallach for «empowering corporations to sue governments — outside their domestic court systems — over any action the corporations believe undermines their expected future profits or rights under the pact by reporting breaches, removing online content and even denying access to Internet users».

Over his career, Barrett has not been a great passer without the benefit of play action.

His achievements like the veterans» buyback bill greatly benefit our communities and his actions over the years have shown we can trust Senator Larkin to provide crucial assistance to the men and women of CSEA.»

will grant his firm the necessary executive attention, generating well over 9,600 megawatts, working on technologies and training to create actions for job / productivity and actualize renewable energy in Nigeria is something just too feasible and that sooner Nigerians will begin to enjoy all other benefits that constant energy can brings to a nation.

From the abandonment of the party's clear procedure on impeachment to the improper referral of bogus complaints to the Disciplinary Committee to the faulty convening of the National Executive Committee by a man who stood to benefit from the action, there are enough errors to reverse Mr. Afoko's removal ten times over in court.

But Mr. Molo hammered her under cross-examination about her family's financial holdings, showing she had taken action over the years on legislation that could benefit stocks that she owns.

Calling the actions by the PAC an effort by «big money trying to take over the neighborhood,» Shafran said at Tuesday's news conference that «anyone who benefits» from the fliers «is just as bad as those behind them.»

The convenor of the group, Mr Daryl Bosu assured her that their actions were not politically or individually motivated but are solely to protect the source water for the over 5 million Ghanaians who directly benefit from water from the river Densu, Ayensu and Birim which take their source from the Atewa forest.

«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.

But researchers could never quite verify the theory because they couldn't pin down exactly what the cost and benefits were or study them over the many generations needed to see evolution in action.

University of Texas, Austin, political scientist Gary Freeman placed the politics of skilled immigration into the category that political scientists term «client» politics, in which the benefits of particular governmental actions accrue to a small number of groups or individuals while the costs diffuse more widely over people who may not even realize that they are being harmed.

• Thomson has made the Recycling Honor Roll list for the last 2 years in recognition of our composting and recycling program • Being an International Baccalaureate School with a focus on action, our students raised over $ 1,000 last year to benefit D.C.'s homeless • The Thomson Choir performs each year at Zoo Lights, the Cherry Blossom Parade, as well as caroling with neighboring partners

«Much more work needs to be done, but our corrective actions are leading to positive changes that are benefiting consumers all over the country.»

It seems to me that a lack of concentration on bottom - up corporate fundamentals, and probably a lack of training in corporate finance, can lead Professor Hubbard and others like him to recommend courses of action that can be quite harmful to the country (even when the proposals might result in net benefits to the stockholders of the Third Avenue portfolio companies over the long term).

People Can Fly has benefited from having the expertise of Epic on its side, allowing the developer to provide the over the top action of Painkiller, but in a much slicker, more natural and successful way.

Equipment cards have enough interesting effects and work with items to mix up the gameplay, and between campaign quests you can visit a settlement to do things like increase the amount of gear you can equip, pick up new equipment cards and improve one basic action to its advanced version, which obviously provides some handy benefits over its weaker predecessor.

Adding the Blood Arts was a wise decision as it adds more depth to the melee based combat, something these games can struggle from and feel a little bland otherwise by hitting the same action and watching the same attacks over and over with no real benefit.

Truth be told, I never got to finish the original when it released back in 2003, but Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions serves up the right mix of exploration, action, and story; a sharp contrast from the Paper Mario series, which has undergone some drastic changes over the last five years (and not necessarily to its benefit).

* Contrary to Nisbet's finding, we believe that false balance in climate reporting persists, especially when it comes to the debate over costs and benefits of climate action.

Though the campaign did not revolve on the issue of climate chnage, once in the oval office some actions will be initiated to save the p [lanet not only for the benefit of the us kids but all the kids all over the world.

Over the years, the more I learned, the more sceptical I became, I don't believe at this stage that the massive economic costs incurred by proposed anti-AGW policies can be justified, and that if it is proven to be a serious issue, then dealing with it is better deferred until economic growth and potential technological breakthroughs would make the cost more feasible, if and only if it had been demonstrated that (a) AGW were real; (b) the costs of inaction were enormous; and (c) the costs of action would bring commensurate benefits, e.g. would stop or long defer dangerous warming.

We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe — and would benefit the vast majority — are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.

The actions showing the greatest potential in the Wynes and Nicholas analysis — having one fewer child and living car free — accrue their full benefits over the course of a lifetime or beyond.

While environmental activists and some politicians claim «the debate is over» and call for immediate action to reduce man - made greenhouse gas emissions, others say the science points to only a very small human impact — too small to warrant concern — and the costs of trying to prevent global warming far exceed the benefits.

2) why should we focus on the climate over problems such as disease and malnutrition 3) there are many reports of scientists fudging # s in order to get more funding — how trustworthy are many of the scientists who seem to benefit from climate change hysteria 4) what reasonable actions are these scientists advocating?

«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now.

Implementing the President's Climate Action Plan will reduce pollution and provide significant economic benefits to the U.S.. From 2011 to 2012, the U.S. experienced 25 weather and climate disasters with damages totaling over $ 1 billion each, affecting the lives and livelihoods of many working families.

There is little benefit to acting now rather than, say, two years from now, but potentially major benefits, since what we learn over the next couple of years will make a major difference in understanding what the optimal course of action over the next century looks like.

With the United States on the cusp of finalizing the Clean Power Plan, state and federal policy makers should take a closer look at what actions they can take over time to rein in emissions from all sectors while generating health, economic and quality - of - life benefits.

Lawyers» class action over unpaid employment benefits masks regulatory inaction over unauthorized legal services:

Inc. paid out more than US$ 20 million to settle a class action and consumer protection claims brought forward by a number of state governments, over the health benefits it attributed to its yogurt and a dairy drink product (In 2013, it settled a similar class action proceeding in Quebec, where it is known as Danone Inc., for an estimated $ 1.7 million, without admitting any wrongdoing).

In another employment law dispute over unpaid overtime and meal benefits that had beaten a complex path through the judicial system, the judge described the nature of the procedural history as «similar to a Star Wars bar scene, the procedural history of this action is bizarre.»

Potential benefits include access to «Over 5000 registered litigants,» and «Over 2000 pending cases in our SueEasy virtual docket, including 500 potentially multi-million dollar class actions.»

Fees will amount to $ 1.9 million including an $ 804,000 premium to lawyers acting on behalf of plaintiffs in a class action against General Motors Canada over cuts to employee benefits

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has launched judicial review proceedings over proposals to cut housing benefit for private sector tenants on 1 April 2011.

On June 10, 2016, injured workers and their supporters are holding a province - wide Day of Action to deliver an open letter endorsed by over 140 organizations and individuals, as well as thousands of postcards signed by supporters, calling for changes at WSIB in regard to health treatment and benefits.

Counsel to the plaintiffs in a proposed class action over the pension benefit entitlements of members of the clinical faculty of a university.

AP reported that the proposed class - action complaint filed late Tuesday night by a Maryland resident is the first of what could be many lawsuits seeking damages over Facebook's ability to protect user data, and Cambridge Analytica's exploitation of that data to benefit President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

The Working People's Day of Action took place in over 25 states across the country to demonstrate support for unions and the benefits that workers have gained because of unions.

Over 400,000 actions have been taken by Planned Parenthood supporters in support of the birth control benefit since Nov. 2011.