Heart disease: 3 drugs report positive clinical trials
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November 13, 2023
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- Heart disease: 3 drugs report positive clinical trials
- Humane Ai Pin out only in 2024, product still not fully built out
- OpenAI, Character AI in talks to raise money
- Israel continues to encircle hospitals used by Hamas, IDF says
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1. Heart disease: 3 drugs report positive clinical trials
VERVE-101's single-shot gene therapy reduced LDL-C (“bad cholesterol”) by up to 55% in a Phase 1 clinical trial.
Lepodisiran, a once-a-year shot, reduced lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), by up to 94%, also in a Phase 1.
Wegovy reduced cardiovascular-related death by 20% in a 17.6K patient study. Wegovy is the branded name of semaglutide, already approved for weight loss.
Among the most sought-after corporate benefits.
2. Humane Ai Pin out only in 2024, product still not fully built out
Screenless smartphone that leverages OpenAI’s APIs to answer questions, take pictures (video soon), text and call people, and “catch me up.”
Confirmed at $699 + $24/mo.
No App Store, but comes with Tidal for music, potential Slack, Microsoft, Google integration.
Our view: the future of computing is likely AR (more screens, not fewer ones) and Apple can copy voice computing features with Siri
Siri with Apple’s new LLM can quickly obsolete the Ai Pin. Why not use my existing AirPods and talk to Siri, rather than pay $699 + $24/mo for a new device?
Not even founding investor Sam Altman is bullish on Humane: “That will be up to customers to decide. Maybe it’s a bridge too far, or maybe people are like, ‘This is much better than my phone.’ Plenty of technology that looked like a sure bet ends up selling for 90 percent off at Best Buy.”
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4. OpenAI, Character AI in talks to raise money
Sam Altman: OpenAI seeking $B’s more from Microsoft, others for AGI.
OpenAI offering top Googlers up to $10M/year stock offers.
Character AI seeking $100M’s, likely from Google, at $5B+ valuation.
5. Israel continues to encircle hospitals used by Hamas, IDF says
U.S. again strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria.
Netanyahu does not appear to support PA running Gaza post-war.
Lloyd Austin expresses concern with Israel about war with Lebanon.
180K+ march in France in march against antisemitism.
300K march in London against Israel, demanding ceasefire.
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Tech
Spatial video arrives in iOS 17 beta: review.
Didi’s revenue +25% to $7.0B in Q3.
iOS 18: Apple continues to move slowly as it debugs iOS 17.
Google’s plan to kill cookies may be delayed until 2025.
Deel at $400M ARR, from $300M in Jan.
Meta Quest to be sold in China late 2024, 14 years after Meta left country.
Foxconn uses SpaceX to launch 2 inaugural low-earth orbit satellites.
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Sportradar: NBA player tracking measures usage like never before.*
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Tech & law
Biotech
Longevity Week 2023 kicks off today in UK.
Madrigal presents strong Phase 3 data for NASH.
FDA approves 1st OTC home antigen test for Covid-19, ~4 years late.
Rare blood clotting disorder: 1st treatment approved by FDA.
OrsoBio raises $60M for small molecules for obesity, NASH.
GLP-1 weight loss drugs must tackle muscle loss problem: AZ CEO.
Business
Crypto
FTX former employees launching Backpack Exchange.
FTX estate sues Bybit to recover $953M.
Bithumb plans South Korea IPO in H2 2025.
Poloniex hacked for $126M+.
U.S. politics
Tim Scott drops out of Presidential run.
House speaker aims to extend funding levels through Jan. 19.
Biden has forgiven $127B in student debt, even after SCOTUS decision.
San Francisco clears out homeless ahead of Biden, Xi meeting.
McCarthy uncertain about running for another term.
World
Biden to push China to resume military ties with U.S.: Jake Sullivan.
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