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Cell therapy company funding
Odyssey Therapeutics priced an upsized IPO and concurrent private placement to raise $304 million as it advances its lead Phase II program for ulcerative colitis and plans further development...
FDA/biopharma regulatory and access decisions
Regulatory timelines shifted for Alzheimer’s therapy lecanemab (Leqembi) as the FDA delayed a decision on the company’s proposed subcutaneous route. Biogen and Eisai said the decision date was...
Oncology molecule diagnostics and reimbursement momentum
Guardant Health beat expectations with a Q1 2026 revenue surge, raised full-year guidance, and pointed to continued momentum in oncology and screening. The company reported Q1 revenue of $301.7...
Biotech IPOs and early-stage market access
Mobia Medical began trading on Nasdaq after pricing its IPO at $15 per share, raising about $150 million. The company sold 10 million shares at the midpoint of its $14–$16 target range and ended...
Spatial biology platform expansion and guidance outlook
10x Genomics forecast dimmed spatial biology sales as it rolls out its Atera in situ spatial platform and reiterated full-year guidance. In a business update tied to the platform launch, the...
Spatial technology patent litigation
10x Genomics sued Element Biosciences over alleged patent infringement involving Element’s Aviti24 multiomic analysis platform. The complaint, filed in the District of Delaware, alleges Aviti24...
Therapeutic antibody development pipeline milestone
Arrivent Biopharma received FDA IND clearance for ARR-002 (AV-P138-ADC), an antibody-drug conjugate targeting MUC16 and NaPi2b. The IND clearance enables initiation of a Phase I trial expected to...
Biopharma diagnostics expansion
Amplified Sciences initiated patient enrollment for PanAMP, a multicenter clinical utility study designed to evaluate how its PanCystPro assay influences clinical decision-making for early...
FDA gene therapy approval
Regeneron won FDA accelerated approval for Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha), positioned as the first in vivo gene therapy to restore neurosensory hearing for children and adults with...
AI-enabled liquid biopsy demand surge
Natera raised its 2026 revenue guidance after Q1 results showed a sharp acceleration across oncology and women’s health testing. The company increased full-year guidance to $2.74 billion to $2.82...
Big pharma partnership and pipeline expansion in ophthalmology
Bayer moved to expand its ophthalmology portfolio by acquiring Perfuse Therapeutics for $2.45 billion, gaining full rights to PER-001, a Phase II endothelin receptor antagonist for glaucoma and...
Clinical trial update in cancer of unknown primary
Researchers reported promising Phase II data for cancer of unknown primary (CUP) using a second-line regimen combining an anti–PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor with nab-paclitaxel. The study, led...
Biotech platform launch and competitive spatial market
10x Genomics launched Atera, a new in situ spatial biology platform aimed at whole-transcriptome mapping with single-cell sensitivity at scale. The company said Atera is engineered to work across...
Genomic testing access expansion via state authorization
Caris Life Sciences submitted an application to the New York State Department of Health’s Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program for authorization to perform Caris Assure in-state. The review will...
New public equity raises for immunology and stroke
Odyssey Therapeutics completed an upsized IPO and concurrent private placement, raising $304 million to fund clinical-stage autoimmune and inflammatory pipeline development. The company priced...
IND clearance for next ADC programs
Arrivent Biopharma received FDA IND clearance for ARR-002 (AV-P138-ADC), marking a step toward initiating a Phase I trial focused first on ovarian and endometrial cancers and expanding across...
Funding: durable mRNA platform and in vivo CAR T
ParcelBio raised $13 million in seed financing to build its APEXm platform for durable protein expression and to advance an in vivo CAR T program for autoimmune disease. The round was led by...
Public finance and guidance for sequencing and diagnostics
Pacific Biosciences trimmed the high end of its 2026 revenue guidance after lower-than-anticipated instrument demand and continued softness in academic funding, particularly in the Americas. The...
FDA approvals and regulatory momentum in gene therapy
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Regeneron’s Otarmeni (lunsotogene parvec-cwha), positioning it as the first gene therapy designed to restore neurosensory function for OTOF-related...
Infectious disease vaccine pipeline signals: Moderna’s early hantavirus work
Reports say Moderna has begun early-stage research into a hantavirus vaccine, a development that immediately moved investor expectations and reignited interest in unmet infectious-disease...