About half of adults with insurance said they had trouble paying for weight loss drugs, according to a new survey, which are currently not covered by Medicare.
GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, and Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro—which are used to treat diabetes and heart disease—are having a moment in the sun as treatments for weight loss.
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai innovates by prioritizing patient needs
From the research and development of a symptomatic treatment in the 1980’s, to its continued development of anti-amyloid-beta and anti-tau antibodies, Eisai has built its rich neurology pipeline during the past four decades. Even when faced with complexities and challenges that caused others to exit the effort, Eisai has never given up on developing therapeutic solutions for families living with AD and other neurogenerative diseases.
The world’s first AI legal assistant can help attorneys work faster
Last year, a New York City–based law firm, after having pored over thousands of documents in a complex employment discrimination case, turned to Casetext—a San Francisco–based tech startup now part of Thomson Reuters—and its remarkable AI-powered legal assistant technology, CoCounsel, to review the copious pages of text.
After 20 years of culturally significant campaigns, Translation is just getting started
Thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) athletes play football in games with only a few modified rules. In addition to the obvious obstacles they face, these players have to contend with the lightning pace of today’s game and the prevalence of hearing-based technologies (like radio-equipped helmets) that excludes the deaf.
Bank of Montreal’s in-house incubator is driving innovation at scale
Large institutions are hardly known for nimble strategies, large financial institution even less so. But as digital technologies and customer expectations rapidly evolve, the smart players in the financial services industry are getting a handle on the fast-moving dynamics of consumer-focused innovation.
By NAPAT KONGSAWAD (Associated Press)
BANGKOK — Aviation investigators arrived in Bangkok Wednesday to learn how and why severe turbulence sent a Singapore Airlines plane into a sudden dive that tossed passengers and crew around the cabin, leaving a British man dead and dozens others injured.
Twenty people remained in intensive care in hospital after Flight SQ321, which was flying from London’s Heathrow airport to Singapore, hit the turbulence Tuesday over the Andaman Sea.