Please Support This Ice Maker: Big Manufacturers Try Crowdfunding to Market-Test Products
GE Appliances and others seek customer feedback and payment in advance to help validate a concept. Source link
Research/Development
First Pill for Postpartum Depression Is Approved by FDA
The pill, to be taken daily for at least two weeks, significantly reduced postpartum depression among new mothers in a...
Meta, Microsoft Team Up to Offer New AI Software for Businesses
The Meta AI model, dubbed Llama 2, will be free and available to developers building software on Microsoft’s Azure cloud-computing...
What’s Killing Productivity? Some Think It’s the Banks
June 13, 2023 12:00 am ETLONDON—The birthplace of the industrial revolution is in dire need of innovation. Standing in the...
FDA Approves GSK’s RSV Vaccine for Older Adults
HealthApproval of respiratory syncytial virus vaccine is a first for people 60 years and older, company says Source link
Moderna, Merck Show Progress Toward Cancer Vaccines
An mRNA shot helped prevent relapse in high-risk melanoma patients. Source link
Is Big Tech’s R&D Spending Actually Hurting Innovation in the U.S.?
Big companies are hiring an ever-larger proportion of America’s inventors, who are less productive once they join. Source link
China’s Newest Weapon to Nab Western Technology—Its Courts
The growing conflict between China and the U.S. extends from computer-chip factories to a suspected spy balloon over American skies....
Moderna Reports RSV Vaccine Cuts Risk of Respiratory Diseases in Older Adults
The company said it would apply in coming months for U.S. regulatory approval. Source link
New Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Will Be Out of Reach for Most Patients
HealthMedicare won’t pay for medicine under rule issued to restrict use of earlier drug whose approval generated controversy Source link
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...
Tech Industry Warns That More Remote-Work Jobs Are Headed Out of U.S.
WASHINGTON—Tech-industry representatives are coming to Capitol Hill this week to warn that the remote-work trend will lead to more offshoring...
Sanofi, Glaxo Seek Covid-19 Vaccine Approval in Crowded Market
Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline PLC said they would seek authorization for their Covid-19 vaccine, a sign that pharmaceutical companies still...
FDA Rejects Short Sellers’ Request to Halt Trials of Alzheimer’s Drug
The Food and Drug Administration has denied a petition by short sellers to halt clinical trials of an experimental Alzheimer’s...
Medicare to Pay for Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug in Clinical-Trial Patients
Medicare officials said they would cover Biogen Inc.’s BIIB 2.64% controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm on the condition that patients...
Pfizer to Ask Regulators to Authorize Covid-19 Vaccine Booster
Pfizer Inc. will seek clearance from U.S. regulators in coming weeks to distribute a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine...
FDA Approved Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Some Staff Concerns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first new Alzheimer’s drug in decades over the objection of agency statisticians...
CureVac Shares Plunge Premarket on Disappointing Covid-19 Vaccine Trial
Shares in Germany’s CureVac CVAC -3.47% NV fell by almost half in premarket trading, pointing to hefty losses for investors...
Pair of Covid-19 Drugs Performed Well in Studies, Makers Say
A pair of experimental Covid-19 treatments produced positive results in clinical trials, the companies developing the drugs said Monday. Humanigen...
AstraZeneca Releases Covid-19 Vaccine Data Showing 76% Efficacy
AstraZeneca PLC released more pivotal-trial data for its Covid-19 vaccine, saying the shot was 76% effective at preventing Covid-19 with...
