Because of the peptides' high cost and unclear safety profile, "Big Pharma has abandoned them, " says Georgetown University researcher Michael Zasloff.
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Foxconn's cost advantages from scale have waned as it works to improve factory conditions after a spate of high-profile worker suicides and accidents in recent years.
Public unease has been heightened recently by several high-profile battles between the managers of some big German firms and unions and workers' representatives over cost-cutting plans.