23andMe receives new FDA green light
Wall Street Breakfast
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🗓️ 1 September 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning. |
| 0:07.0 | Good morning. Today is Friday, September 1st, and I'm your host Julie Morgan. |
| 0:12.0 | 23 and me is up double digits after a big decision from the FDA. |
| 0:17.0 | Bernstein says reclassifying cannabis is not the preferred outcome, |
| 0:22.0 | and UPS is offering some in early retirement. |
| 0:26.7 | The US FDA has given 23 and me clearance to report an additional 41 variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that are associated with |
| 0:37.1 | higher risk of certain cancers. |
| 0:39.6 | 23 and me is up nearly 16% in premarket trading. |
| 0:43.7 | The variants are linked to a higher risk of breast ovarian prostate |
| 0:48.0 | and pancreatic cancers. |
| 0:49.9 | The additional variants will be added to the company's genetic health risk report. The FDA also granted 23 and Mia predetermined change control plan. |
| 1:00.0 | This permits the company to add more BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants and other cancer risk information to its report without the need for a pre-market review. |
| 1:11.0 | UPS is reportedly looking to cut the number of pilots from its payroll through retirement |
| 1:17.4 | package offers. |
| 1:18.8 | In an email statement sent on Thursday, UPS confirmed that it is offering a voluntary separation benefit to eligible |
| 1:26.1 | pilots. |
| 1:27.1 | The retirement offer to pilots includes a comprehensive compensation package consisting of both |
| 1:32.4 | cash and health care benefits. |
| 1:34.7 | UPS has a goal to see 167 pilots take the compensation package. |
| 1:40.4 | The Atlanta-based company has not reduced its pilot workforce since 2010. |
| 1:47.0 | Cannabis stocks have been rallying on reports that the drug could be reclassified as less risky. But Bernstein said in a note that a reclassification |
| 1:56.0 | of cannabis by the US government from a Schedule I to a less risky Schedule 3 drug is not a preferred |
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