* Consumer groups and unions express competition concerns to FTC * Deal could limit options for competitors developing GLP-1 drugs * Concerns also raised about impact on gene therapy manufacturing By Jody Godoy, Maggie Fick NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Five U.S. consumer groups and two large labor unions urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to block...

Oct 14 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' ( META ) Facebook and Instagram were largely restored for most users after an outage that impacted thousands in the U.S. on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. At its peak around 1:35 p.m. ET, there were more than 12,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and over 5,000 reports of issues...

02:01 PM EDT, 10/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Adial Pharmaceuticals ( ADIL ) said Thursday it has received a notice of allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a new patent covering additional genotype combinations identified through its genetic diagnostic tool. The company said that once issued, the patent will expand its intellectual property protection around AD04, its lead...

02:03 PM EDT, 10/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- First Citizens BancShares-owned (FCNCA) First Citizens Bank said Thursday it appointed Michelle Draper as chief marketing officer. Draper was most recently the chief marketing and sales strategy officer of Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, according to the bank's statement. Price: 2079.72, Change: +35.91, Percent Change: +1.76 ...