Pharmaceutical scientists come up against a hard limitations here on Earth: gravity. Varda Space wants to change that. The company has raised a massive new round to turn space into the “ultimate high ground” for the production of critical pharmaceutical components that can be brought back to Earth and used to make finished drugs. The…
Popular diabetes and weight loss medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro show potential for treating a slew of other health issues, from osteoarthritis to binge eating. Now, new research suggests that these drugs—which belong to a class known as GLP-1s—might also help relieve migraines. Specifically, people with obesity and chronic migraine experienced significantly fewer headaches after…
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Tyler Skaggs throws at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona on March 9, 2011. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic Dback0310 Late Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had been abusing prescription drugs since at least 2013, with a former teammate serving as one of his…
Impact investor and advisor Christian Tooley posed a simple question to the audience at SXSW London last week: What if investors put aside societal prudence for profit? Tooley was mainly referring to vice clauses, the restrictions that limited partners place on venture firms to guardrail their investments. Some of these no-no sectors often include products…
When Penny Gautreaux started taking Rybelsus, an oral version of semaglutide, it didn’t take long for some of the side effects her doctor had warned her about to hit. “I noticed stomach pain and gastrointestinal distress almost immediately,” said Gautreux, who began taking the medication in the spring of 2023 to manage her type 2…
