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FDA authorization for wearable PTSD therapy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...