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Double-digit sales growth is expected again this year, and Amgen’s longtime helmer Robert Bradway remains firmly in the upper echelons of biopharmaceutical CEO pay, although he won’t reach the levels seen by some of his peers in 2025. Mr. Bradway will receive a slight increase in his overall salary for the 2025 job, to nearly $24.7 million, according to a proxy filing (PDF) issued by Amgen this week. The CEO, who will mark his 14th year at the top of Amgen in May, will receive another significant pay increase in 2024, increasing his total compensation by 8% to $24.4 million.…

Amazing, I admit. Despite years of stargazing, tracking planets, and scanning deep-sky objects with telescopes, it wasn’t until about five years ago that I became acutely aware of the existence of the Moon Man. As I studied the familiar dark plains and bright highlands, I somehow overlooked a pattern that people have recognized for thousands of years. The moon has endured constant bombardment over its 4.5 billion year history. The large dark region that forms Moon Man’s “ocean” is actually a vast impact basin created during a period of violent collisions that ended about 3.8 billion years ago. Although such…

Fetal development is a critical stage, and its effects can last a lifetime. However, determining the effects of maternal psychological stress on the fetus has been difficult, mainly because stressful events often cause psychological and physical effects that directly affect the mother and her child. Natural disasters serve as important case studies for understanding the impact of maternal psychological health on fetal growth, but it remains difficult to investigate the individual and specific effects of maternal psychological trauma on children. To address this gap, Associate Professor Long Fu of Waseda University’s School of Commerce in Japan, and visiting researcher at…

Cognito Therapeutics is partnering with nonprofit organizations to “Change the D-Word,” which aims to eliminate the use of the potentially stigmatizing umbrella term “dementia.” The term “dementia” is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of disorders that commonly cause irreversible cognitive decline. This includes the most common disease, Alzheimer’s disease, as well as vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia. But the term “dementia” is considered inaccurate and stigmatizing, according to the Change the D-Word initiative, a nonprofit organization that has developed a language guide to encourage more specific terms. Cognito Therapeutics, which last month secured…

Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI).The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended a moratorium on loans for anaerobic digesters, many of which are issued to large farms that turn animal waste into gas, until the end of 2026, citing “persistent and growing concerns.” of This week’s directive Extended previous pause announced in January Federal loan guarantees for new anaerobic digester projects have been suspended due to large loan delinquencies and project failures. The hold period was scheduled to expire on April 14, allowing the loan program to restart. This extension threatens to stall the…

A study conducted in Israel during the 2023 war with Hamas found that people who reported greater unpredictability in childhood tended to have greater psychological distress during the war. They also tended to suffer from greater psychological distress and emotional dysregulation before the war began. The paper was published in. Affective Disorders Journal. Childhood unpredictability refers to the extent to which a child’s environment is unstable, inconsistent, or difficult to predict over time. This includes experiences such as frequent changes in caregivers, disruption in the home, inconsistent routines, and sudden changes in resources or safety. Unlike simple deprivation, unpredictability refers…

Antibody therapeutics are lab-made proteins engineered to work like the body’s natural antibodies. These are widely used to treat diseases such as cancer by binding to specific targets such as cancer cells or inflammatory molecules. However, in some cases, the body may recognize these drugs as foreign and produce anti-drug antibodies (ADA) to eliminate them. In some cases, this immune response can cause anaphylaxis, a serious and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. Although rare, such reactions are a major safety concern for antibody-based therapies because they can occur suddenly and are difficult to predict. Despite this risk, the exact reason why…

A new international study challenges long-held assumptions about why elite sprinters are so fast. The findings provide a new perspective that could reshape the way Australia discovers and develops the next generation of speed athletes. Published in sports medicine,This study focuses on sprints through a dynamic systems approach. Rather than pointing to one ideal running technique, this paper argues that speed is increased through the interaction of an athlete’s body, environment, and training background. Why different sprinters move differently The research was led by Flinders University in collaboration with researchers from ALTIS, Johannes Gutenberg University and Nord University. This shows…

How many doctors are using AI tools in their practice? That’s a question we all want answered, but it’s impossible to pinpoint. But recent data may provide clues. Wolters Kluwer, which develops evidence-based clinical decision support tools for physicians, surveyed more than 500 healthcare professionals and found that 40% have encountered fraudulent AI tools at work, and 17% have used them. However, a blanket ban is not necessarily the best approach. A report on the findings calls the misuse of AI tools “shadow AI.” To explain what organizations can do to protect themselves, their providers, and their patients, senior writer…

U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning athlete Lindsey Vonn is teaming up again with infectious disease biopharmaceutical company Invivid for a new campaign centered around antibody-based treatments. The Antibodies for Every Body initiative is a national campaign established to educate the public about the use of antibodies to protect against disease. Invivid said in an April 7 statement that it chose Vonn because her career has been “defined by training with intention, overcoming challenges, and caring for your body from the inside out.” The campaign features the digital footprint of AntibodiesforAnyBody.com, an educational site focused on the function of antibodies. Also included…