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home</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sycamore Partners Is in Talks to Acquire Walgreens]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-10/walgreens-jumps-on-report-that-it-s-in-talks-to-go-private</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-10/walgreens-jumps-on-report-that-it-s-in-talks-to-go-private</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Koons]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:37:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqxYyN_kbwcw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqxYyN_kbwcw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Walgreens store in Brooklyn, New York. 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Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Scientists, Love Is Sometimes the Secret Ingredient to Breakthroughs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-14/valentine-s-day-3-science-couples-that-changed-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-14/valentine-s-day-3-science-couples-that-changed-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cynthia Koons]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:00:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHSHeI1.TXOA/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHSHeI1.TXOA/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Marie and Pierre Curie</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bayer Pharma Head Sees Brighter Future With Deals, New Drugs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-09/bayer-pharma-head-sees-brighter-days-ahead-with-deals-new-drugs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-09/bayer-pharma-head-sees-brighter-days-ahead-with-deals-new-drugs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Naomi Kresge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:18:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXSUn3jlY9pM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXSUn3jlY9pM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Light trails left by passing traffic outside the Bayer AG pharmaceutical campus in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. Bayer AG sees lower profit this year as it contends with falling prices for agriculture products in its crop science division, although the pharma division will probably see another year of about 1% sales growth and the consumer health unit could see sales rise by about 5%, it said.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obesity-Drug Success Allows Lilly CEO to Avoid Expensive Deals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-08/lilly-s-sweet-spot-is-early-bite-sized-deals-ceo-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-08/lilly-s-sweet-spot-is-early-bite-sized-deals-ceo-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Madison Muller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:08:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7w9p.0UQocI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7w9p.0UQocI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. 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