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FDA authorization for wearable PTSD therapy

July 13, 2026

Neurovalens received FDA de novo approval for Modius Spero, a wearable neuromodulation device intended to treat PTSD in U.S. veterans, with access arranged through the Department of Veterans...

Phase 3 pivot in colorectal immunotherapy

July 13, 2026

Agenus scrapped its phase 3 colorectal study after only three months, shutting down the Battman trial of botensilimab plus balstilimab in unresectable MSS metastatic colorectal cancer. The company...

Oral GLP-1 funding and late-stage bet

July 13, 2026

MindRank raised $52 million in a Series B to advance MDR-001, its Phase III oral GLP-1 receptor agonist candidate in China. The company plans to scale its Molecule Arts Platform (MAP) and fund...

Insilico collaboration expansion for CNS

July 13, 2026

China Medical System Holdings renewed and expanded its collaboration with Insilico Medicine in a 1.2 billion yuan ($177 million) pact aimed at a mass-market central nervous system indication. The...

Insilico stock momentum on profitability outlook

July 13, 2026

Insilico Medicine projected record first-half revenue and a return to profitability outlook, driven by its partnership revenue and pipeline progress, as its lead program advanced late-stage...

Regulatory and device integration for obesity coverage pilots

July 13, 2026

CMS is rolling out a GLP-1 “Bridge” program under Medicare to expand access to obesity drugs, but the design has raised immediate questions about cost, supply, and implementation. The pilot seeks...

VC financing squeeze for smaller biotech

July 13, 2026

Biotech funding in the first half rebounded in aggregate, reaching the highest total since the start of 2022, but venture investors are leaving smaller startups behind, according to industry...

Oxford Nanopore revenue softness and geography pressure

July 13, 2026

Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ preliminary first-half 2026 revenue came in below management expectations, with weakness attributed to declines in China and the Middle East plus customer timing...

Deep learning framework for cell-type regulation from bulk

July 13, 2026

Researchers unveiled DeepDETAILS, a deep-learning framework designed to recover cell-type-specific gene regulation signals from bulk sequencing data. The approach targets a key limitation of bulk...

Virology platform maps viral immune-evasion mechanisms at scale

July 13, 2026

Harvard Medical School researchers published a virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery effort that maps diverse viral immune-evasion strategies by scaling up functional protein screens. Using...

Prostate cancer immuno-escape target in bone metastasis

July 13, 2026

Researchers reported in the British Journal of Cancer that blocking siglec-binding sialoglycans can interfere with prostate cancer’s ability to establish bone metastases. The study focuses on a...

CNS pipeline expansion via Insilico and China Medical System

July 13, 2026

Insilico Medicine’s existing partner China Medical System Holdings returned with a new collaboration to develop a “mass-market” central nervous system indication. The parties signed a 1.2 billion...

Insilico forecasts profitability as AI lead advances to Phase III

July 13, 2026

Insilico Medicine told investors it expects to be profitable in the first half of 2026, citing revenue momentum tied to collaborations and pipeline progress that includes an AI-developed lead...

AstraZeneca licensing a China molecule for COPD with dual mechanism

July 13, 2026

AstraZeneca secured rights to a Sino Biopharmaceutical COPD molecule featuring a dual mechanism of action, according to the latest licensing report. The approach mirrors the strategy behind an...

Tau-linked clinical and imaging biology at Alzheimer’s research frontier

July 13, 2026

A new JAMA case report described how amyloid clearance after amyloid-targeting therapy in Alzheimer’s disease correlates with reductions in subsequent neuropathologic changes. The analysis focuses...

Alzheimer’s disease biomarker modeling in Parkinson’s

July 13, 2026

Researchers identified plasma pTau217 and pTau231 as biomarkers that can forecast dementia progression in Parkinson’s disease. In a prospective longitudinal study, the plasma phosphorylated tau...

AI tools aimed at accelerating Alzheimer’s discovery

July 13, 2026

A global alliance, C-BRAIN (Consortium for Biomedical Research and Artificial Intelligence in Neurodegeneration), released three open-source AI tools designed to accelerate treatment discovery for...

IBD therapeutic delivery using engineered probiotic microcapsules

July 13, 2026

Scientists published in Nature Communications a bioinspired “microcapsule reactor” system using engineered probiotics designed to modulate gut inflammation for inflammatory bowel disease...

Clinical diagnosis update: YEARS algorithm for PE in cancer

July 13, 2026

A study in JAMA reported that the YEARS diagnostic algorithm can serve as a frontline approach for pulmonary embolism in cancer patients, achieving performance comparable to computed tomographic...

Sleep apnea approval pipeline: Apnimed lines up commercial launch funding via IPO

July 13, 2026

Apnimed is positioning an IPO to fund the commercial launch of an obstructive sleep apnea therapy that is awaiting an FDA decision. The update ties financing expectations directly to an FDA...