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Osama Bin Laden’s health: One of the enduring questions about Osama Bin Laden over the years revolved around his health: How could he survive in hiding while needing access to complex medical technology for dialysis, a filtering of the blood necessitated by kidney failure? NBC News now has the answer — Bin Laden never needed dialysis and didn’t have kidney failure, despite earlier claims by Pakistan’s ex-president. He had low blood pressure and an enlarged heart.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
It’s great to be late: Venture capital firms investing in late-stage companies enjoyed average returns of more than 35 percent in 2010, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
The month in biotech stocks: April was a very kind month to shareholders of Amarin Pharmaceutical, which saw its shares appreciate 115 percent in the month. Shareholders of K-V Pharmaceutical are less pleased.
America’s greatest national security threat: It wasn’t Osama Bin Laden, it’s Medicare, says a conservative physician-blogger. Please join me in greeting this revelation with a collective, “Huh?”
