The ability to offer stock options is utterly essential to startups. They convince talented people to join when the startup is unlikely to be capable of matching the high salaries that larger, established tech firms can offer. However, it’s a complex business developing a competitive stock option plan. Luckily, London-based VC Index Ventures today launches […]
治療費1回5000万円のCAR-T細胞療法が高い理由
白血病やリンパ腫の新たな治療手段として注目されている「CAR-T細胞療法（キムリア)」。しかしこの治療法では治療費が1回5000万円という高額なものだそうだ（BUILT）。
その理由として、この療法に使用されるキムリア点滴静注の原材料は、院内で対象患者から採取されたものから作成される。その加工までの過程として院内で凍結処理を行い、製造メーカーであるノバルティスの指定製造施設へ発送し、加工処理されて再び病院に届くという流れが必要となっている。このうち凍結処理の前段階では、院内でバイオハザード対策用…
野生生物のデジタルアイデンティと「異種間通貨」が地球の生物多様性を守る
少なくとも人間以外の生物にとって、今後10年間は有史以来、最も絶滅の進む期間となる。その再生のため、動物や木やその他の野生生物が「自らの存在を代替する手段」として異種間通貨をもつ未来はどうだろう？ 生物種のデジタルツインからフィンテックまで、生物多様性を維持するインセンティヴ・システムを構築するためのテクノロジーはもう整っている。マルチスピーシーズの持続的な存続に根差したコモンズの繁栄を探る提言。
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As UK Gov reaches out to tech, investors threaten to ‘pull capital’ over M&A regulator over-reach
UK competition regulators are spooking tech investors in the country with an implied threat to clamp down on startup M&A, according to a new survey of the industry. As the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer engaged with the tech industry at a ‘Chatham House’ style event today, the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) think-tank […]
Politicians should take note: an energy crisis is quietly building | Nils Pratley
Over-reliance on gas as ‘transition’ source of energy and system’s lack of resilience is being exposedPrice spikes in the global energy market are meant to happen during the cold months of a northern hemisphere winter, which is why their arrival now is…
Walmart Says Report That It Will Be Accepting Litecoin as Payment is False
Major cryptocurrencies gave back their advances after Walmart denied having an agreement to use Litecoin for purchases. From a report: Litecoin — which rose as much as 33% at one point — erased all its gains. Bitcoin, the largest digital asset, was d…
Billogram, provider of a payments platform specifically for recurring billing, raises $45M
Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses; and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. Today a startup that has been focusing on one specific aspect of payments — recurring billing — is announcing a […]
国民年金の財源目減り対策のため、厚生年金の繰り入れを検討か
ugoo 曰く、田村憲久厚生労働相は、基礎年金（国民年金）の利回りが低下していることを受けて、厚生年金から財源を繰り入れることを検討していると表明した（共同） 現在基礎年金は、国民年金と厚生年金がともに財源を出し合って運営しているが、国民年金は確定給付型であり保険料支払いにおいて年778,500円（満額時）と給付額を約束しているため（年金機構）、運用水準が低下すれば年金が目減りする。そのため過去には消費税増税により財源を確保することで、その半分は国庫負担とする改定がなされていた（厚生労働省）。 しか…
Small beginnings: 10 ways to get your business off to a good start
From funding a startup to its name and tackling the red tape, experts and entrepreneurs give tipsMaybe the pandemic made you reassess your lifestyle and work, or maybe you already had considered going it alone and have been waiting to take the plunge. …
Why is this clean hybrid car taxed at almost the same rate as a Ferrari?
A retired bishop faces a bigger tax bill after swapping his old diesel VW for an environmentally friendly vehicleA retired bishop who replaced a polluting diesel car with a much greener plug-in hybrid model has described the government’s environmental …