NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried is no super-villain and should not spend a medieval 40 to 50 years in prison as prosecutors propose, lawyers for the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX said in advance of his sentencing next week. In a court filing late on Tuesday, the 32-year-old former billionaire's lawyers said a sentence significantly lower than the...

11:18 AM EDT, 03/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Puma Biotechnology ( PBYI ) said Wednesday that it intends to begin a phase 2 breast cancer study that will evaluate alisertib in combination with endocrine treatment in the second half of 2024. The company said it was notified by the US Food and Drug Administration that its investigational new drug application submission...

11:22 AM EDT, 03/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Meta Platforms' ( META ) Facebook, Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) YouTube ( GOOG ), and X are among the major social-media platforms that will be subject to EU fines if they fail to tackle election disinformation, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the plans. The guidelines will be adopted by the...

11:21 AM EDT, 03/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Labcorp (LH) said Wednesday it has introduced at test to identify the presence or absence of a biomarker in the bloodstream to assist with the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The new test was developed to identify patients with the phosphorylated tau 217 biomarker, which has been used by physicians...