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Iran launched drones and ballistic missiles at targets in Kuwait and Bahrain, killing one person at Kuwait Airport and injuring dozens more. The strike marks a significant escalation in regional tensions, and markets will be watching closely for any ripple effects through Gulf energy corridors and risk assets broadly.
Shifting to biotech, Nanobiotix reported its first quarter two thousand twenty six operational update, with the clinical-stage firm saying it expects its cash runway to extend through two thousand twenty nine. That kind of visibility is meaningful for a pre-revenue biotech — it buys time for pipeline development without the pressure of near-term dilution, and the market will weigh that against ongoing trial progress.
And on the corporate leadership front, Amgen CEO Bob Bradway is making a pointed case for what he calls the autodidact executive — the self-taught, curiosity-driven leader who embraces AI on their own terms. Bradway has mandated AI coursework across his senior team and spends his own weekends coding, signaling that at one of the largest biotechs in the world, AI fluency is no longer optional at the top.
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