Biogen slashed the price of its controversial new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm on Monday as the drug faces weak sales and mounting criticism. The price was reduced to $28,200 a year from $56,000 on the same day that a group of Alzheimer’s experts and health advocates called on the Food and Drug Administration to pull the…
It’s hard to tell where business ends and family begins for Alex Willcock, 57, and Felix Conran, 27, the British father-son founders of the furniture brand Maker & Son. Willcock was introduced to Conran’s mother, the interior designer Sophie Conran, in the early 1990s by his employer at the time, the design and restaurant impresario…
When Dr. Joshua Ishal got his 5- and 7-year-old daughters their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine last week in Queens, he joined millions of other parents in protecting their 5- to 11-year-old children since the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized for this age group in late October. Dr. Ishal, a dentist who lives in Great…
Edward BerthelotGetty Images Ah, the simplicity of bundling up in your finest knits when temps take a dip. While the art of layering can be a bit tricky to master for some, others know that taming the knit-wear-clad beast all comes down to a really, really good sweater as your base. From there, you can…
Emma Grede seems to have it all. The business mogul behind the Kardashians’ sprawling fashion empires (Grede is the co-founder and CEO of Good American alongside Khloe Kardashian and a founding partner of Kim Kardashian’s Skims), she has also used her platform to promote Black businesses as the chairwoman of the Fifteen Percent Pledge, an…
The Samovar’s most honored guest by far was Brodsky, another friend from Leningrad. It was he who bailed out the restaurant with money from his Nobel Prize for Literature and recruited Mr. Baryshnikov to help. Mr. Kaplan set aside a banquette for him: Table 16, in the back. The Samovar’s longtime pianist, Alexander Izbitser, a…
The European Commission on Monday authorized a Covid-19 vaccine made by Novavax, making it the fifth vaccine available in the 27 nations of the European Union. “At a time where the Omicron variant is rapidly spreading, and where we need to step up vaccination and the administration of boosters, I am particularly pleased with today’s…
When it comes to holiday gifting, Katie Sturino prefers to think outside the box, which really should come as no surprise to those familiar with her beauty brand, Megababe, which reimagines personal care products, and/or eponymous blog, known for changing perceptions around plus-size fashion. “I’ve always been a practical gift giver,” Sturino says. “I want…
Good morning. It’s getting quiet here in New York City, and I write that knowing it’s been quiet in a lot of precincts for going on two years. The proprietary business communication platform on which I spend my working days is not pinging quite so frantically as it has in past weeks. Video meetings are…
A new sideline for La Tourangelle, a company that specializes in fine nut oils, is a smooth almond butter made from nuts roasted, like the oils, in cast-iron kettles. It’s the technique used by the company, originally from the Loire Valley in France and with headquarters now in Woodland, Calif., near San Francisco. There are…