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Lilly drug retatrutide shows strong results in diabetes trial

Eli Lilly said its experimental drug retatrutide met all primary and secondary endpoints in a phase 3 clinical trial for type 2 diabetes, delivering significant reductions in blood sugar and body weight over 40 weeks. The TRANSCEND-T2D-1 trial involved 537 adults whose diabetes was not adequately controlled......

Nicolas Sarkozy appears in court for appeal trial in Libya campaign financing case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared before the Paris Court of Appeal on Monday as proceedings opened in the appeal trial related to allegations of illegal financing connected to his 2007 presidential campaign. The high-profile case has been under judicial investigation for more than a decade......

Personalized mRNA vaccine keeps most breast cancer patients in remission

An individualized mRNA vaccine has kept most women with triple negative breast cancer in long term remission, according to results published in Nature, offering new evidence that tailored immunotherapy may provide durable protection against one of the most aggressive forms of the disease. The study,......

Compass Pathways reports positive phase 3 results for psilocybin therapy

Compass Pathways said its experimental psilocybin-based treatment, COMP360, met the primary endpoint in its second pivotal phase 3 trial for treatment-resistant depression, moving the company closer to what could become the first US Food and Drug Administration approval of a psilocybin therapy for a......

Azerbaijan sentences Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years in prison

An Azerbaijani military court on Tuesday sentenced Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian born billionaire and former senior official in the separatist administration of Nagorno Karabakh, to 20 years in prison, according to state media and Reuters. The ruling was delivered by the Baku Military Court after prosecutors......

Rapper Naps outlines defense in Paris hotel assault trial

French rapper Naps appeared before the Paris criminal court this week, contesting allegations that he raped a 25 year old woman in a hotel room in October 2021. The artist, whose real name is Nabil Boukhobza, denies the charges and maintains that the encounter was consensual. If convicted, he faces up......

Modified herpes virus boosts immune attack against deadly brain cancer

A single injection of a genetically engineered herpes virus can reprogram the immune environment of glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer, by drawing cancer fighting T cells into tumors that have long resisted immunotherapy, researchers reported this week. The findings, published......

Prosecutors seek 30 years in France stabbing case

Prosecutors in France have requested a 30-year prison sentence for a 32-year-old Moroccan national accused of stabbing his former partner multiple times in a violent attack that nearly cost her life. The trial is taking place before the criminal court of Finistère in western France. The prosecution......

Meta and Google face trial over alleged addiction of young users

A civil trial opened this week in Los Angeles examining allegations that Meta and Google deliberately designed their platforms to encourage addictive behavior among young users, a case that could reshape legal accountability for major technology companies. Lawyers representing the plaintiff argued that......