Alzheimer’s Drug Slows Disease Progression in Trial
The pharmaceutical companies said their drug lecanemab reduced cognitive and functional decline by 27%, compared with a placebo, over 18...
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Apple Readies iOS 16 Bug Fix for Next Week
The latest software for models going back to the iPhone 8 arrived last week, ahead of the release of Apple’s...
Abbott Faces Competition From Heart Valve Device Cleared by FDA
A new heart valve repair device from Edwards Lifesciences Corp. was as effective as the market-leading device from Abbott Laboratories...
TV Networks Have a New Role: Farm Teams for Streaming Shows
Broadcast networks are launching fewer new shows than usual this fall, the latest sign of their diminished popularity and ambitions...
Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Draws More Than 25 Million Viewers
Amazon. com Inc. said more than 25 million people around the world sampled the premiere of its highly-anticipated series “The...
Porsche Family to Acquire More Than 25% of the Car Maker as IPO Nears
VW, Europe’s biggest auto maker by sales, said the companies’ boards would meet on Monday to discuss the private placement...
Covid-19 Booster Shots Targeting Omicron Authorized, Likely to Be Offered Soon
U.S. health regulators cleared use of retooled Covid-19 vaccines that target the latest versions of Omicron, in preparation for a...
Cox Rolls Out Cellphone Service With Starting Price of $15
Cox Communications Inc. said it is returning to the wireless business, offering plans in some markets starting as low as...
Companies Used to Announce Products. Now They ‘Drop’ Them.
Once upon a time, not that many years ago, most companies with important new products just announced them, perhaps with...
SpaceX, T-Mobile to Connect Satellites to Cellphones in Remote Areas
The companies said Thursday that the new service will use Starlink satellites that SpaceX plans to launch and provide connections...
U.K. Approves Covid-19 Booster Shot Aimed at Omicron
The U.K. became the first country to approve Moderna Inc.’s Omicron-targeting Covid-19 vaccine as a booster shot, paving the way...
Pfizer Agrees to $5.4 Billion Deal for Global Blood Therapeutics
Pfizer Inc. has agreed to buy Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. for $5.4 billion, in a deal that would give the...
Warner Bros. Discovery Weighs Free Ad-Supported Streaming Plan
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD 4.61% is exploring launching a free, ad-supported streaming service, its chief executive said, the latest...
Match Splits With Tinder CEO as Earnings Fall Short
Match Group Inc.’s MTCH 4.32% new chief executive has shaken up the leadership of the company’s Tinder dating platform citing...
Reliance’s $11 Billion Bid Wins Lion’s Share of 5G Spectrum in India Auction
NEW DELHI—Reliance Group emerged as the biggest buyer in the Indian government’s first auction of 5G spectrum, offering about $11...
New Volkswagen Chief Has History Backing Synthetic Fuels
Volkswagen AG’s VOW 0.37% new boss has said he is committed to driving the auto maker’s transformation from gasoline-powered cars...
Netflix Partners With Microsoft for New Advertising-Backed Option
Netflix Inc. NFLX 1.21% said it chose Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.37% to help launch a low-cost, advertising-supported streaming plan, a...
Elon Musk Calls Tesla’s New Car Factories ‘Gigantic Money Furnaces’
Tesla Inc.’s TSLA -0.40% two newest car factories have been losing billions of dollars as supply-chain disruptions and battery-cell manufacturing...
Americans With ALS Look to Canada for Promising Drug the U.S. Hasn’t Approved
Canada approved Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis last week. Now some U.S. patients with the fatal...
Drake Releases New Album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’
Just nine months after his last album, Drake is back with new music. The hip-hop superstar released late Thursday his...
