Ozempic: How a TikTok weight loss trend caused a global diabetes drug shortage

Produced by the Danish company Novo Nordisk, Ozempic is an injectable drug that regulates blood sugar levels and insulin. But the drug’s active ingredient, semaglutide, also mimics a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 that targets areas of the brain that regulate appetite and food. On Wednesday, the regulator said recent estimates suggested that over the course […]

Ethereum merge delay could put its chances of overtaking Bitcoin as the top cryptocurrency at risk

The anticipation had supported ether this year, even as inflation and monetary tightening shackled Bitcoin. The timing of the merge – Ethereum’s ETH1 chain will meld with a new chain to create ETH2 – remains unclear, although many crypto watchers expect it to happen some time this year. Yet Bitcoin remains just an investment without […]

EU leaders rebuff Spain’s pleas for market reform to curb electricity prices | Euronews

At the same time, gasoline prices have experienced a steep rise, surpassing €2 per litre in several European countries. In Spain, one of the country worst hit by the crisis, the transport sector began an indefinite strike on March 14 to protest the state of near “bankruptcy” of its employees. Under enormous popular pressure, Spanish […]

The EU’s Digital Markets Act: What is it and what will the new law mean for you and Big Tech?

“DMA is here to stay and will be quickly mirrored in a number of countries. The flexibility that Big Tech had will be constrained, as the regulatory ‘straitjacket’ will get tighter globally,” said Ioannis Kokkoris, competition law professor at Queen Mary University in London. After years of vainly chasing the infringements of multinationals in endless […]