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Bill Alpert

ARTICLES BY BILL ALPERT

Barclays thinks activists and acquirers will be motivated to get deals done before congressional midterm elections this year.

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Shareholder activism worked in 2025. The surge will continue this year.

2 min read . 06 Jan 2026

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly will introduce pill versions of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs in 2026.

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In the year of the weight-loss pill, Lilly still leads GLP-1s

2 min read . 01 Jan 2026

Illumina systems dominate gene sequencing in research labs and the clinic

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Roche sets gene-sequencing record. It’s a challenge for Illumina.

3 min read . 17 Oct 2025

President Donald Trump wants to take stakes in more American companies. Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

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The US has created a stealth sovereign wealth fund. What comes next after Intel.

2 min read . 26 Aug 2025

A pack of new cardiovascular drugs are being tried as pills, biweekly or semiannual shots, and even as once-for-a-lifetime infusions. (Image: Pixabay)

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Strokes and heart attacks kill. New drugs are coming to prevent them.

5 min read . 23 May 2025

A screen featuring US President Donald Trump holding cryptocurrency coins. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission still oversees Bitcoin and Ethereum, along with dollar-pegged stablecoins like Tether. (File Photo: AFP)

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Big changes are coming for crypto under Trump’s CFTC. What’s in store.

2 min read . 03 May 2025

Lilly is enrolling patients for a Phase 3 trial of its drug, while Amgen has recruited for its Phase 3 study of a rival treatment.

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This cholesterol type is a heart risk. New Lilly and Amgen drugs could treat it.

2 min read . 07 Apr 2025