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Groundbreaking USW Guide on 'Stop Work Authority' Will Protect Workers

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced the publication of a new groundbreaking guide from its Health, Safety, and Environment Department.

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  • PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced the publication of a new groundbreaking guide from its Health, Safety, and Environment Department.
  • "The United Steelworkers is proud to issue this path-breaking guide," said USW International President Tom Conway.
  • "In addition, workers often face challenges, including retaliation, in their efforts to stop unhealthy or unsafe work."
  • Debra Coyle, executive director of the New Jersey Work Environment Council, the nation's longest-standing state labor-environmental alliance, said that the guide can help protect workers and communities.

First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 Precision Medicine Study of Lenzilumab in Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The PREACH-M trial is designed to focus on Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) patients who carry mutations believed to drive the leukemia.

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  • The PREACH-M trial is designed to focus on Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) patients who carry mutations believed to drive the leukemia.
  • Patients with RAS pathway mutations such as KRAS, NRAS, or CBL, will be enrolled in the lenzilumab and azacitidine arm.
  • Humanigens Phase 3 LIVE-AIR study suggests early intervention with lenzilumab may prevent consequences of a full-blown cytokine storm in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
  • A phase 1 study of lenzilumab, a humaneered recombinant anti-human granulocyte-macrophage colony- stimulating factor (anti-hGM-CSF) antibody, for chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML).