Exclusive-Lilly expects US Medicare to reverse course, fully cover Alzheimer’s drugs

By Deena Beasley and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co expects the U.S. Medicare health plan to back down from strict coverage limits on new Alzheimer’s drugs as more evidence emerges in coming weeks showing that clearing amyloid brain plaques can help patients, a company executive told Reuters. Lilly plans to release results…

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Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry

By Alexander Villegas and Ernest Scheyder SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country’s lithium industry, the world’s second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment. The shock move in the country with the world’s largest lithium…

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Twitter drops ‘government-funded’ label on media accounts, incl in China

(Reuters) – Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the “Government-funded Media” label from the accounts of U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It also…

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Nasdaq appoints Cohen and Griggs each as presidents, formalizing new structure

(Reuters) – Nasdaq Inc on Friday said its board appointed Tal Cohen and Nelson Griggs each as presidents, formalizing the corporate structure the transatlantic exchange operator recently put in place to boost its efforts in major growth areas, like anti-financial crime software. With the appointments, Nasdaq Chief Executive Officer Adena Friedman, who was also appointed…

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