
Ike Swetlitz
Health Reporter at Bloomberg News
I don't check DM's; contact me here: https://t.co/M1WW3rdoWC Bloomberg @business health reporter in Boston. Previously: @SearchlightNM @statnews
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news.bloombergtax.com | Jessica Nix |Ike Swetlitz
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bloomberg.com | Jessica Nix |Ike Swetlitz
The Neuralink logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink Corp., a significant step forward for the company that aims to one day let humans control computers with their minds. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Neuralink Corp., Elon Musk’s brain chip company, raised $650 million in a Series E funding round.
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news.bloomberglaw.com | Jessica Nix |Ike Swetlitz
Neuralink Corp., Elon Musk’s brain chip company, raised $650 million in a Series E funding round. At least 11 investment firms, including ARK Investment Management, Founders Fund and Sequoia Capital, participated in the round, according to a statement released Monday. Since the previous funding round in August 2023, the company said it has enrolled five patients with severe paralysis and announced a clinical trial in Abu Dhabi on May 14.
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news.bloombergtax.com | John Tozzi |Ike Swetlitz
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news.bloomberglaw.com | John Tozzi |Ike Swetlitz
UnitedHealth Group Inc. shareholders approved a pay package for Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hemsley that includes a $60 million stock option award. The advisory vote is a sign of shareholders’ confidence in Hemsley, the chairman and returning CEO who helped shape UnitedHealth for decades. He reclaimed the top job last month as the health giant faces multiple crises that cut its market value by more than half since its November peak.
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Major US health insurer Anthem is demanding at least $1 million from health care providers for allegedly improper Ozempic prescriptions. Prescribers deny the allegations, and experts are scratching their heads at Anthem's behavior. Mine for @business: https://t.co/RSJSA8FCDa

News: @EliLillyandCo sent cease-and-desist letters demanding doctors stop selling and promoting compounded versions of Mounjaro and Zepbound made at state-licensed facilities. My story with @g0ingmad for @business: https://t.co/TSdyjuOkNs

RT @daveyalba: NEW with @ikeswetlitz: Google’s parent company spent billions on failed health projects. Will healthcare AI be its saving gr…