Amgen Says IRS Seeks $7.1 Billion in Back Taxes, Penalties
Amgen Inc.
has been hit with a bill for more than $7 billion in unpaid taxes and penalties from the…
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Companies Bet You’re Ready to Test at Home for More Than Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has hastened consumers’ willingness to test for more medical conditions at home, test makers said, expanding the market for…
U.S. Adds China’s Wuxi Biologics to ‘Unverified List’; Shares Dive
HONG KONG—The shares of one of China’s most valuable biotechnology companies plummeted Tuesday, losing almost a quarter of their value…
23andMe Earmarks Cash From SPAC Deal for Drug Development
23andMe
Holding Co., known for its at-home health and ancestry tests, is spending cash raised in its recent public listing on…
Innovation resilience during the pandemic—and beyond
In September 2020, six months after COVID-19 had been declared a pandemic, the 13th annual Global Innovation Index (GII) predicted that innovation spending…
Counterintelligence Head Narrows Focus to Five Technologies Critical to U.S. Dominance
WASHINGTON—The U.S.’s top counterintelligence official said he is narrowing his team’s focus to safeguarding five key technologies, including semiconductors…
This Protein Predicts a Brain’s Future After Traumatic Injury
Neil Graham sees a lot of head injuries: “Car accidents, violence, assault, gunshots, stabbing—the works, really,” says Graham, a neurologist from Imperial…
The Llama, the Hamster, and a New Path for Covid Treatment
The Oxford team originally identified four different llama nanobodies as promising candidates, but they only tested one in hamsters: C5, which blew last…
An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus
Over the millennia, people have come up with some very effective ways to avoid having babies. The ancient Egyptians and Greeks used linen sheaths and animal…
Illumina Completes Deal for Life-Sciences Firm Grail Despite FTC Antitrust Challenge
WASHINGTON— Illumina Inc. on Wednesday said it completed its planned $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail Inc., despite a pending legal challenge by…