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Biotech Executive Apologizes for Superspreader Conference by Promoting His Unapproved Products

The webinar was supposed to offer infected attendees health information–but instead, Peter Diamandis plugged one of his own companies.

Peter Diamandis, a biotech executive who planned an in-person conference in January where more than two dozen attendees caught the coronavirus, apologized for his misstep with a misinformation-filled webinar. The webinar was supposed to offer infected attendees health information–but instead, Diamandis plugged one of his own companies and unproven COVID cures. The Singularity University-founder reportedly brought on a doctor to demonstrate a regimen involving peptide injections–a treatment his company Fountain Life sells. “We have good prices that we can get a lot of this to our members,” a Fountain Life business partner said on the call. Read it at Bloomberg.