Alzheimer’s Medications Viewed as a Promising Opportunity in the Obesity Market

Investors seeking the next obesity-like market opportunity will be closely watching developments related to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease in 2025. Companies including Biogen Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. have spent billions of dollars on developing potential treatments, while others including Novo Nordisk A/S and Roche AG are also investigating the brain-destroying disease. Any breakthroughs in trials or drug approvals could have a…

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Sikorsky Helicopter Put to the Test in Aerial Assault Against LA Fires

The scale of the aerial assault on the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was on full display Monday during a lull in the Santa Ana winds, in videos posted by the Los Angeles County Fire Department depicting planes and helicopters swooping over hillsides to protect homes and businesses under threat. Among the newest aircraft in the arsenal: The S-70 Firehawk, sold…

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Supreme Court Set to Review Pornography Age Verification Legislation

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday over a Texas law that requires pornography websites to verify the ages of their visitors, a case over salacious content that might influence the power of Congress and states to regulate minors’ access to the internet. In Free Speech Coalition et al. v. Paxton, a group of challengers are set to urge the justices to…

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