What I Read This Week...

Anduril's new autonomous fighter, Ozempic's payments to doctors, and China's semiconductor ambitions...

Listen to my X Spaces Watch All-In E155 Caught my eye… Defense-tech startup Anduril has unveiled a new mini fighter jet called “Roadrunner”, which can autonomously take off, land, and blow up enemy drones. Roadrunner is one of the first recoverable weapons to ever be fielded, and offers significant range, speed, cost, and payload advantages over legacy missile systems. Novo Nordisk, the drugmaker behind Ozempic, paid U.S. medical professionals at least $25.8mm over the past decade to promote its two obesity drugs, including $1.4mm for one doctor alone. Novo believes that its new class of…

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