Approved

• Prekualifikasi WHO untuk Coartem Baby berarti bayi baru lahir dapat diobati dengan aman daripada menggunakan obat-obatan untuk anak yang lebih tua • Pengobatan malaria pertama untuk bayi telah disetujui oleh World Health Organization, membuka jalan bagi penggunaan luas di seluruh dunia • Di beberapa bagian Afrika, hingga 18% anak di bawah usia enam bulan akan terinfeksi malaria, namun secara historis belum ada pengobatan yang aman bagi bayi-bayi terkecil tersebut

• Elijah Dottery, diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a baby, became the first U-M patient to receive the newly FDA-approved stem cell therapy. • The treatment uses patient's own stem cells edited via CRISPR to produce functional hemoglobin, administered at Michigan Medicine. • This breakthrough matters for over 100,000 U.S. sickle cell patients, offering potential cure where prior therapies only managed symptoms.

• The Federal Communications Commission approved Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival broadcaster Tegna, creating the largest operator of local television stations in the United States. • FCC Chairman Brendan Carr waived a rule limiting single-company ownership of TV stations reaching more than 39% of U.S. households; the combined entity will cover at least 60%. • The mega-merger represents a significant consolidation in the broadcast media industry and demonstrates regulatory willingness to approve ownership concentration in the communications sector.