Libra Group embarks on space leasing with Arctic ground station

By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Libra Group said it aims to become the world’s first space leasing company offering satellites, space ports and other infrastructure, and is setting up a ground station in the Alaskan Arctic, vital for polar orbits that monitor climate change. “There is no space leasing company,” George Logothetis, the executive…

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Pfizer, Flagship Pioneering to invest $100 million in drug discovery

(Reuters) -U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and venture firm Flagship Pioneering on Tuesday said they would invest $100 million together to develop up to 10 new potential drugs for areas including internal medicine, oncology, infectious diseases and immunology. Flagship, which has incubated biotech companies, most famously Moderna Inc , and Pfizer will each invest $50 million. Flagship’s…

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Bristol Myers beats $6.4 billion lawsuit over delayed cancer drug

(Reuters) – Bristol Myers Squibb won the dismissal on Monday of a $6.4 billion lawsuit claiming it cheated former Celgene shareholders by delaying federal approval for the cancer drug Breyanzi and two other drugs developed by Celgene. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said UMB Bank was never properly appointed trustee for shareholders owning…

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Global Fund Managers Turned More Defensive In March- Reuters Poll

Global Fund Managers Turned More Defensive In March- Reuters Poll

By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU (Reuters) – Global fund managers maintained a cautious stance in March, increasing recommended bond holdings and cash reserves and suggesting reduced equities exposure, a Reuters poll found. The March 21-31 survey captured this defensive strategy many fund managers adopted after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. The February survey was taken partly…

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