These findings helped establish PCSK9 as a drug target and contributed to the development of PCSK9 inhibitors, a new class of cholesterol-lowering medicines now used around the world.
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Segun Fatumo,
semafor.com,
19 Oct. 2026
The market for those medicines is projected to reach $190 billion within the next decade, according to the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
Clinical trials cost millions of dollars, so companies first must be convinced the drugs look promising enough for FDA approval, as well as have an edge over current medications.
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Amy Maxmen,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2026
Are these trends in direct conversation with the rise in weight loss medications, as luxury customers strive to show off their new bodies?
The payloads on the Transporter-18 Varda craft ranged from pharmaceuticals to demo navigation systems to exterior thermal-protection materials.
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Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2026
The approach replaces the oxygen normally generated during water electrolysis with an epoxide, a class of chemicals widely used to manufacture polymers, coatings, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, and other products.
As is the assault on science, the undermining of research and the promotion of nutty nostrums by those at the highest levels of the federal government.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2026
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