biotech

Healthcare

Merck Cautiously Enters GLP-1 Fray Via Licensing Deal With Chinese Drugmaker

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By licensing a drug from Hansoh, Merck signaled that it isn’t prepared to fully challenge its rivals’ dominance in the GLP-1 space.

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Healthcare

Merck Takes on Brain Cancer With Acquisition of Yale Spinoff Modifi

Modifi Biosciences announced that it has been acquired by global pharmaceutical giant Merck, with a $30 million down payment.

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Patent Drop

Neuralink Pairing Patent Protects Against Brain Cyber Attacks

Neuralink wants to protect implants from interference.

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Healthcare

Moderna Is Fighting Pfizer, BioNTech over mRNA Patent

Moderna says it was willing to licence the tech but now wants to be repaid by rivals for vaccine revenue generated since then.

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Industrials

Deep-Sea DNA Is Becoming the World’s Buried Treasure

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Bioprospecting for genes of new species in the world’s oceans has become complex and extremely lucrative.

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Healthcare

Hedge Funds are Shopping for BioTech Bargains Amid Market Downturn

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Healthcare

Healthcare and Tech Stocks are Having a Bad Month and — Surprise — So is BioTech

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Finance

Crypto-Friendly Neo-Broker eToro Files for IPO

The listing marks a potentially triumphant comeback story and an insult of sorts to the embattled London stock exchange.

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Energy

Oil Markets Show Signs of Resilience and Retreat as 2025 Gets Underway

With the way things are going today, it’s becoming increasingly hard to figure out what’s going on with the oil market.

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