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The Covid Vaccine Will Require Billions Of Tiny Glass Vials – And This Italian Billionaire Family Is Making Them
Thousands of employees donned face masks to work around the clock in three daily shifts, seven days a week – making everything from insulin pen cartridges to miniature glass barrels and — most pressingly — millions of tiny sterile vials, each one small…
The Covid Vaccine Will Require Billions Of Tiny Glass Vials – And This Italian Billionaire Family Is Making Them
Thousands of employees donned face masks to work around the clock in three daily shifts, seven days a week – making everything from insulin pen cartridges to miniature glass barrels and — most pressingly — millions of tiny sterile vials, each one small…
The Inside Story Of Biotech’s Barnum And His Covid Cures
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s radical cancer treatments made him one of the wealthiest physicians on Earth. Now the master of medical marketing believes his drug therapies could defeat “the crisis of our time.”
Meet The Forgotten Female Scientist Who Debunked Theories Of Male Superiority
Leta Stetter Hollingworth was a trailblazing psychologist and champion of women’s rights. But a century after the 19th Amendment, equality has a long way to go.
This Startup Might Finally Cure Sickle Cell Disease—After A Century Of Racist Neglect
The painful blood disorder, which mostly affects Black people, is just one of thousands of rare diseases that could be cured by Beam Therapeutics’ revolutionary gene editing technology.
The Making Of An Economic Pandemic
In an exclusive excerpt from The Rules of Contagion, epidemiologist Adam Kucharski re-examines the parallels between 2020 and the 2008 financial crisis to explain how quickly panic goes viral—and how to stop it.
The Hideous Truths Of Testing Vaccines On Humans
Sixty years ago, a monstrous hepatitis experiment was performed on mentally disabled children at Willowbrook State School that raises serious ethical questions about vaccine challenge trials for Covid-19.
Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2020
For the sixth year in a row, Forbes, in partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners, has searched the country for the next unicorns. In a tough year, these 25 fast-growing companies stand out.
Exclusive: Meet The Harvard Professor Who Became A Billionaire Thanks To Coronavirus
A decade ago, Timothy Springer made an investment on a fledgling biotech company. Now he talks about that bet and other investments.
