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Tempus expands MRD diagnostics with Personalis buyout
Tempus AI agreed to acquire Personalis for about $1.5 billion, adding tumor-informed minimal residual disease (MRD) testing to its diagnostics platform. The deal values Personalis at $16.25 per...
Dimerix snaps up Mission kidney asset to deepen renal pipeline
Mission Therapeutics divested its kidney asset MTX652 to Dimerix in a deal worth up to $292 million, redirecting resources toward its USP30 inhibitor Parkinson’s program. Mission will receive $5...
Samsung Biologics expands into peptide manufacturing via PolyPeptide acquisition
Samsung Biologics agreed to acquire Swiss CDMO PolyPeptide for about $1.8 billion in cash, signaling a push deeper into peptide ingredient manufacturing. The transaction would extend Samsung...
New ketone-genomic signal for early praziquantel resistance in schistosomiasis
A multicenter genomics study published in Science Advances identified genetic variants in the molecular target of praziquantel—TRPM pzQ—associated with reduced drug sensitivity in Schistosoma...
Tempus signals AI push via $1.5B Personalis deal momentum in MRD
Tempus’ acquisition plan for Personalis doubles down on diagnostic data and automation in MRD testing, building directly on the existing NeXT Personal commercialization partnership. In a...
BMS adds Nvidia supercomputer infrastructure to expand pharma AI factory
Bristol Myers Squibb said it will build a supercomputer system with Nvidia intended to become the “most powerful” AI infrastructure in life sciences, deepening the companies’ R&D partnership. The...
Clinical AI adoption faces reimbursement-model scrutiny
A new report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute argues that current healthcare payment models are misaligned with clinical AI deployment and could increase costs if left unchanged. The...
FDA transparency on CRLs sparks legal uncertainty
The FDA’s policy of publishing complete response letters (CRLs) for rejections has encountered legal uncertainty, according to experts and session discussions tied to the BIO International...
Biotech governance spotlight as Immix CMO fugitive arrest hits shares
Immix Biopharma shares fell 14% after investors learned that its chief medical officer, Richard Graydon (alias), had been a fugitive from Rhode Island on sexual assault charges. The report states...
J&J shockwave for Carvykti rival logic—Legend shares slide despite record sales
Legend Biotech fell about 10% despite record second-quarter Carvykti sales after comments in a J&J earnings call drew investor attention. Johnson & Johnson reported Carvykti revenue of $657...
Precision oncology deals and consolidation in liquid biopsy
Tempus AI agreed to buy Personalis in a deal valued at about $1.5 billion, extending Tempus’ reach in minimal residual disease testing. Personalis shareholders will receive $16.25 per share in the...
Big Pharma builds compute platforms for R&D acceleration
Bristol Myers Squibb expanded its relationship with Nvidia, saying it will build a “most powerful” AI supercomputer factory in biopharma using Nvidia DGX SuperPOD infrastructure and AIDGX Vera...
Regulatory transparency debate: publishing FDA CRLs
The FDA’s push for greater transparency around complete response letters (CRLs) is facing mounting legal uncertainty, with experts warning the initiative may conflict with rules on the...
FDA pricing policy: rare-disease drugs seek exemptions from Medicare pilots
Rare disease drugmakers are lobbying the Trump administration to exclude their treatments from Medicare pilots aimed at cutting brand-drug prices. The Rare Disease Company Coalition met with the...
Oncology platform shift: pan-cancer tumor organoid models for actionable screening
Researchers published a pan-cancer patient-derived organoid (PDO) platform spanning 220 organoids from 191 patients across 15 cancer types, reporting high fidelity to parent tumors and...
Kidney disease asset acquisition to broaden renal pipelines
Mission Therapeutics divested its kidney drug asset MTX652 to Dimerix in a deal worth up to $292 million, aiming to sharpen each company’s development focus. Dimerix will pay $5 million upfront,...
Neurology biotech: early clinical readout for newborn brain injury therapy
Axiom Biosciences reported early-phase positive results for a mesenchymal stem cell therapy in newborns with severe brain injury, with plans to expand development into ischemic stroke. The news...
Pain innovation pipeline: Latigo outlines IPO path for Nav1.8 inhibitors
Latigo Biotherapeutics filed for an IPO as it prepares to advance non-opioid pain candidates targeting the Nav1.8 channel. The company’s oral small-molecule Nav1.8 inhibitor LTG-001 completed a...
Therapeutic development: Scribe targets PCSK9 via gene-silencing, moves into first-in-human
Scribe Therapeutics filed IPO paperwork to fund a clinical push for lipid-lowering genetic medicines, with proceeds earmarked for its lead PCSK9-targeting gene-silencing program STX-1150 and...
Preclinical translational biomarker discovery: plasma protein panels for dementia subtypes
Investigators identified blood plasma protein patterns linked to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and frontotemporal dementia, reporting a 21-protein panel. The work is described as...