new: Taylor is back on TT, just before the release of a new album, in a move that defies her own record label Universal (who has been at war w/TT for months)
she's can do this bc she owns her masters + publishing, unlike many other pop stars.
more here:
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Moderna puts plans for African plant on hold
ft.com/content/dbcce8…

Drugmakers race to find alternative suppliers as US cracks down on Chinese biotech on.ft.com/3Jgw9PO

NEW: Rishi Sunak quipped 'where's my office?' when he appeared at a groundbreaking for a new Blackstone operation in London.

Is he thinking about his next move after the election?

Story below 👇

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“The demand in Africa for Covid-19 vaccines has declined since the pandemic and is insufficient to support the viability of the factory” ft.com/content/dbcce8…

Moderna puts plans for African vaccine plant on hold ft.com/content/dbcce8… via @ft #INB9

Moderna puts plans for African vaccine plant on hold on.ft.com/4auCZx4

After US crackdowns on TikTok and Huawei comes action against WuXi, a key supplier to pharma companies.

Drugmakers race to find alternative suppliers as US cracks down on Chinese biotech

on.ft.com/3xARLnK via @financialtimes

Western drugmakers race to find alternative suppliers as US cracks down on Chinese biotech – FT: ‘The bill labels Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec “a biotechnology company of concern”’ ft.com/content/bfe487…

not good news. We still have significant vaccine inequalities globally

(low-middle-income countries vaccine coverage still much too low; many people still vulnerable within these populations to covid - acute infection and long)

One of the rare biotech pivots that paid off. Alpine started in oncology/cell therapy, going after CD28 -- then ended the program after two patient died. They flipped to ALPN-303, now called povetacicept, and now they've done a $4.9B deal with Vertex:

endpts.com/vertex-strikes…

It’s finance Twitter irl 🤪 FT Alphaville

Biotech's eclipse

A front page The New York Times must read story on Multiplan and United Healthcare.

Our healthcare system is fundamentally corrupt and Multiplan and United Healthcare are exhibit A.

nytimes.com/2024/04/07/us/…

Gys pls stp mkng fn f Abrdn.

fnlondon.com/articles/abrdn…