Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

On 23 April 2026 the FDA granted accelerated approval to Regeneron's Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha, formerly DB-OTO), the first gene therapy for OTOF-related hearing loss, which Regeneron will supply free of charge in the US.

Wilmar's lead independent director defended the risk committee he chairs over the China and Indonesia cases and won 95.9% of votes; Kuok Khoon Hong said he would retire if a suitable successor emerged.

TerraPower began full construction of Kemmerer Unit 1, a 345 MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with molten-salt storage in Wyoming, on 23 April 2026, seven weeks after the NRC voted to grant its construction permit; the roughly $4 billion plant is due to be complete in 2030.

Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in the first quarter, led by coffee, even though its infant formula recall cut about 0.9 points off growth; reported sales fell 5.7% to CHF 21.3 billion on the strong franc. It kept its 2026 guidance.

The Chicago Transit Authority started building the $5.7 billion, 5.5-mile extension of the Red Line south from 95th/Dan Ryan, with a ceremony at the site of the future Michigan Avenue station. Four new accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street will bring rapid transit to the Far South Side for the first time.

Noah Kahan's fourth album, co-produced with Aaron Dessner and Gabe Simon, opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 389,000 units, the largest week for a rock album since Billboard began counting units in 2014.

Ferrero North America opened a $75 million Nutella Peanut production line at its Franklin Park, Illinois plant, creating 50 jobs and making the brand's first new flavor and its first product manufactured in the United States.

Construction begins on Stix Asia's 18,000-square-foot Las Vegas food hall in the former Sundry space at UnCommons, with a dozen restaurants planned and a fall 2026 opening. A sakura tree will anchor the centre of the room.

Taiwan's Intellectual Property and Commercial Court jailed Chen Li-ming for 10 years, three TSMC engineers for 2 to 6 years, and fined Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit NT$150 million - the first verdict under the National Security Act's core-technology clause.

Figure said its BotQ plant had gone from building one Figure 03 a day to one an hour in under 120 days - a 24x ramp that delivered more than 350 of its third-generation humanoids, with end-of-line first-pass yield above 80% and over 9,000 actuators built.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, and its section 241 took effect at once: no woman commits an offence under abortion law by acting in relation to her own pregnancy.

Revenue jumped 22% with India's AWL now consolidated, but unrealised hedging losses from the Iran war and weaker associates cut net profit to US$265.6 million.

Chef Tae Strain opens a 12-seat tasting-menu counter on a hilltop farm and vineyard in the Maryland countryside, serving farm produce on plates made from its own clay.

The Fed's main inflation gauge rose 0.7% in March and 3.5% from a year earlier, while core PCE, excluding food and energy, rose 0.3% and 3.2%.

Chef Nicholas Dixon opens a Spanish restaurant in South Boston that treats Spanish cooking as a starting point, cooking over Basque grills in a multi-room dining space.

Chef Csilla Thackray opens a bright Austro-Hungarian restaurant on Butler Street, named for her great-grandfather and inspired by her Hungarian grandmother.

Chef Ned Baldwin, a fisherman's son, opens an airy seafood restaurant in Brooklyn.