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Wake-up haul: an Ozempic moment for the brain

Orexins are peptides involved in the body’s sleep-wake system—and are big pharma’s next big thing. Like multi-purpose GLPs, they may have far more uses than just regulating shuteye. We ask why Japan’s post-war innovation boom petered out, and what must be done to breed more unicorns. And why procrastination seems to be on the rise, and how to beat it.

Guests and host:

Shailesh Chitnis, global business correspondent

Ethan Wu, Asia business and finance editor

Benjamin Sutherland, science writer

Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

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