[Link] Womp, womp: Efficacy of Merck’s Thor-inspired COVID pill crumbles, vexing experts

Read: 2/12/2021 arstechnica.com

In a 13-to-10 vote, advisers for the Food and Drug Administration narrowly supported authorizing Merck's Thor-inspired antiviral pill molnupiravir for use against severe COVID-19.

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[Link] Prosecution gets Elizabeth Holmes to admit she was in control of Theranos

Read: 2/12/2021 arstechnica.com

At this point in her criminal trial, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' best chance for acquittal is for the jury to believe that she was a puppet being controlled by her boyfriend, company president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. Yesterday, the prosecution attempted to pick apart that defense.

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