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23/1/2024

Sanofi to cure rare diseases, buys patent for 2.2 billion

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has agreed to buy the INBRX-101 drug development project from Inhibrx Inc. It is opening a new account for about $2.2 billion in a bid to boost its rare disease business. The acquisition is in line with the company's portfolio growth strategy and complements Sanofi's 30-year heritage in rare diseases as well as its industry leadership in immunology and inflammation.

16/1/2024

Microsoft enters into a partnership with Vodafone

The British company is investing $1.5 billion in customer-focused artificial intelligence developed using Azure technologies OpenAI and Copilot from Microsoft. Since the investment, it promises to replace physical data centers with cheaper and scalable Azure cloud services.Vodafone and Microsoft have agreed a 10-year partnership to bring generative AI, digital, enterprise and cloud services to more than 300 million businesses and consumers in their European and African markets.

9/1/2024

Starbucks to Teach Indians to Drink Coffee

Starbucks plans to open 1,000 coffee shops in India within four years. The target is to more than double the number of outlets in the country. In practice, that means a new coffee shop will open every three days. Starbucks wants to capitalise on the growing middle class, where it sees the potential for increased coffee consumption. But they won't have it so easy.

8/1/2024

McDonald's takes bold steps to expand and innovate

The world's most popular fast food chain has boasted many innovative ideas throughout its history. Most recently, McDonald's is testing a new type of outlet called CosMc's, which is intended to be a pilot project that focuses exclusively on fast food via drive-thru, specializing in customizable beverages and snacks. The city where the first CosMc's opened is Bolingbrook, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, with a four-lane drive-thru. It opened in early December.

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