by Kartik Donepudi | Dec 22, 2019 | Business + Economy, World
This week, several American pharmaceutical companies including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie, and Gilead struck a deal with the Chinese government, agreeing to cut prices on about 70 of their new drugs in exchange for coverage on the Chinese national...
by Kartik Donepudi | Sep 23, 2019 | Business + Economy
Walmart recently announced it will stop selling e-cigarettes in its U.S. stores because of “growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty.” The move comes alongside several similar decisions made by companies like Alibaba and JD.com, both of...
by Kartik Donepudi | May 13, 2019 | Culture + Arts, Opinion
Everywhere in the world, people exhibit certain common patterns of behavior. We dub these patterns inherently human, and we recognize them as the bond which ties us together. Even so, these patterns can often be divisive and work against human togetherness. Take the...
by Kartik Donepudi | Apr 8, 2019 | Health, Science + Tech
The past week brought a slew of both frightening and exciting advances in space technology around the world. India joined a list of only 4 countries to ever shoot down a satellite orbiting Earth. SpaceX successfully tested its Hopper rocket module and will launch the...
by Kartik Donepudi | Mar 4, 2019 | Climate + Environment, Health, Science + Tech
In 2013, the first lab-grown burger was cooked and eaten at a press conference for a hefty price of $330,000. The event marked the first use of cellular agriculture, a method of growing animal cells artificially in a lab to make meat from scratch. Since then the...
