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Blackstone; Marianne Ayala/Insider

Meet 5 Blackstone life-sciences dealmakers powering a $4 billion investing spree in groundbreaking treatments

  • Blackstone has been ramping up life-sciences investing.
  • Its life sciences group raised $4.6 billion for its first fund in 2020, the largest of its kind.

Insider spoke to the group's head and four investors to hear how they think through deals>>


A woman smiling and sitting in a blue armchair holding an IUD to her left.
Tieesha Essex, a social service specialist and YouTuber in Georgia, said her provider wouldn't take out her IUD unless she agreed to go on another form of contraception.
YouTube/Tieesha Essex

Doctors are refusing to take out IUDs, so people are pulling them out at home – and posting how-to videos on TikTok and YouTube

Get the full story from Andréa Becker and Kathleen Broussard, who are sociology Ph.D. candidates studying at-home IUD removal>>


Theranos Elizabeth Holmes court
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves after a hearing at a federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., July 17, 2019.
Reuters/Stephen Lam

Embattled Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is about to go on trial for fraud. Here's everything you need to know.

Catch up here>>


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