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HOOK

Hookipa Pharma has announced that the Journal of Infectious Diseases has published preclinical data on HB-400, a therapeutic vaccine for chronic Hepatitis B. The vaccine was developed in collaboration with Gilead Sciences.

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October 18, 2023 | 11:05 am

ANTX

AN2 Therapeutics has signed a license agreement with the University of Georgia Research Foundation to develop a boron-based therapy for Chagas disease. The preclinical activities have been funded by non-dilutive grant funding from Wellcome.

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October 18, 2023 | 11:03 am

GOOGL

INFY

Infosys (INFY) is expanding its alliance with Google Cloud (GOOGL) to help enterprises build AI-powered experiences. Infosys will create the new global Generative AI Labs to develop industry-specific AI solutions and platforms. Infosys will also train 20,000 practitioners on Google Cloud’s gen AI solutions, including Vertex AI and Duet AI in Google Workspace.

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October 18, 2023 | 10:03 am

WBA

Walgreens and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) have announced a collaboration to advance the PREVUE-VALVE study. This clinical trial aims to quantify the prevalence of valvular heart disease (VHD) among older Americans and facilitate the development of new therapies and tools for VHD detection and diagnosis.

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October 18, 2023 | 10:01 am

MSFT

OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has denied having a strained relationship with Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, despite reported clashes over the integration of OpenAI's model with Microsoft's Bing chatbot and concerns over Microsoft's $10 billion investment in OpenAI. Altman sees the rise of chatbots as friendly competition and stated that both companies want as much usage of their models as possible. Microsoft is reportedly looking to decrease its dependence on OpenAI by developing its own AI model.

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October 18, 2023 | 8:47 am

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MSFT

SFTBF

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has denied rumors of working on the 'iPhone of AI', a relief to Apple Inc. Altman confirmed that he, along with former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, is working on a consumer-centric device, but it will not compete with smartphones. Microsoft, one of the largest shareholders of OpenAI, will also contribute to the project.

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October 18, 2023 | 8:00 am

GSK

PFE

ViiV Healthcare, a joint venture of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Pfizer (PFE), is set to present 23 abstracts from its HIV treatment and prevention portfolio at the EACS 2023. The presentation will include long-term and real-world data from ViiV Healthcare's portfolio of medicines, including long-acting and 2-drug regimens.

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October 18, 2023 | 7:32 am

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NVDA

NVIDIA has partnered with Foxconn to drive the AI industrial revolution with new factories and systems. The partnership aims to leverage NVIDIA's AI and computing capabilities with Foxconn's manufacturing expertise.

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October 18, 2023 | 7:02 am

AMZN

RIVN

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced that it has over 10,000 Rivian Automotive Inc's (NASDAQ:RIVN) electric delivery vans (EDV) on U.S. roads. Amazon intends to have 100,000 Rivian EDVs in its fleet by 2030. Amazon placed an order for 100,000 EDVs from Rivian in 2019, with Rivian delivering solely to Amazon for four years after initial deliveries.

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October 18, 2023 | 4:58 am

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MSFT

Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reportedly planning to become a significant user of Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) 365 cloud productivity tools, committing over $1 billion for more than one million Microsoft 365 licenses over five years. The transition could commence in early November, with Amazon employees expected to be fully migrated to Microsoft 365 by early 2024. This move marks a significant departure from the traditional rivalry between the two tech giants.

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October 18, 2023 | 4:54 am