•US military officials are weighing the deployment of a combat brigade from the 82nd Airborne Division, involving approximately 3,000 additional troops.
•Potential plans involve using Marines and the 82nd Airborne to seize Kharg Island, Iran's oil export hub, to repair and secure airfield infrastructure.
•The first group of Marines is expected to arrive in the Middle East on Friday, coinciding with the 48-hour deadline set by Trump.
•Japan's health ministry approved Dupixent (dupilumab) as the first targeted medicine for adults with bullous pemphigoid (BP).
•The approval was based on pivotal trial results showing Dupixent patients experienced over four times more sustained disease remission through Week 36 compared to placebo.
•The drug is developed under a global collaboration between Sanofi and Regeneron.
•Apollo-managed funds announced an agreement to acquire Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG) for an enterprise value of approximately $3.7 billion (JPY 590 billion).
•The transaction marks Apollo's largest private equity investment in Japan to date.
•NSG is a global leader in glass manufacturing for architectural, automotive, and solar sectors.
•Matricelf (TASE: MTLF) announced a strategic collaboration with Sheba Medical Center to support its first-in-human clinical trial for spinal cord injury.
•Sheba Medical Center is ranked 7th globally by Newsweek.
•The program focuses on developing autologous engineered neural tissue therapies in the field of regenerative medicine.
•Spire Global (SPIR) successfully demonstrated single-satellite radio frequency (RF) geolocation techniques on orbit.
•The technology includes the detection and geolocation of S-band and X-band radio frequency signals.
•Traditional RF geolocation relies on multiple satellites operating together, whereas Spire's innovation reduces this requirement to a single satellite.
•Datasea (DTSS) announced the initial commercial rollout of acoustic technology-enabled wellness care robots in the U.S. in collaboration with Yizhimei Technology.
•Early-stage deployments across multiple U.S. regions are expected to support initial service revenue generation and a scalable commercialization model.
•Gregory Daco, Chief Economist at EY-Parthenon, characterized the current oil market situation as a multidimensional disruption rather than a traditional textbook oil shock.
