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Function Health hits unicorn valuation: $298M Series B
Function Health raised $298 million in a Series B led by Redpoint Ventures, valuing the lab-testing startup at roughly $2.5 billion. The company sells subscription-based access to over 160 lab...
Tessera starts first-in-human gene-writing trial next month
Tessera Therapeutics confirmed it will begin the first human trial of its in vivo gene‑writing platform, testing an approach intended to install permanent genetic changes without double-strand...
Contineum’s J&J-backed MS candidate flops in Phase 2
Contineum Therapeutics reported topline results from its Phase 2 VISTA trial of PIPE‑307, an M1 receptor antagonist developed in partnership with Johnson & Johnson, and the study missed its...
Anaptys sues GSK unit — board greenlights $100M buyback
AnaptysBio filed a verified complaint in Delaware Chancery Court claiming Tesaro (a GSK subsidiary) materially breached a 2014 collaboration and exclusive license agreement related to Jemperli and...
UK Biobank releases 500K metabolomes: 249‑metabolite atlas
UK Biobank released the final tranche of metabolomics data covering 249 blood metabolites for roughly 500,000 participants, creating the largest public metabolomics resource to date. The dataset...
Hepta shows cfDNA methylation mirrors liver biology: cfDNA assay proof
Hepta, founded by former Grail veterans, published proof‑of‑concept data showing cell‑free DNA (cfDNA) methylation signatures reflect liver tissue biology, including fibrosis and pathway activity....
CDC updates vaccine guidance: agency reopens autism link question
Multiple outlets reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised language on a vaccine‑safety webpage to state that claims vaccines do not cause autism are not...
Moderna secures $1.5B financing to pivot toward oncology
Moderna disclosed a $1.5 billion financing package as part of a strategic plan to scale seasonal vaccine manufacturing and redeploy revenue into oncology and rare disease programs, aiming to reach...
Abbott to acquire Exact Sciences: $23B bet on cancer diagnostics
Abbott announced a definitive agreement to buy Exact Sciences for roughly $21–23 billion, moving the medical-device giant into multi-cancer screening and precision oncology diagnostics. The deal...
GSK picks Flagship partners — Profound and Quotient to mine new targets
GSK has selected two Flagship Pioneering portfolio companies — Profound (proteomics) and Quotient (somatic genomics) — as the first collaborators under a multi‑program discovery framework intended...
Contineum’s J&J‑partnered MS drug misses vision endpoints — program under review
Contineum Therapeutics reported topline results from its Phase 2 VISTA study of PIPE‑307 in relapsing‑remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS); the trial missed its primary visual acuity efficacy...
Prime editing breakthrough: single‑agent strategies aim to treat many diseases
Researchers led by David Liu at the Broad Institute unveiled PERT — prime editing‑installed suppressor tRNAs — a strategy to convert an endogenous tRNA into a suppressor that can restore protein...
Tessera launches first human test of in vivo gene‑writing platform
Tessera Therapeutics confirmed it will start the first‑in‑human trial of its in vivo gene‑writing platform next month, filing clinical steps to test the technology in adults with a rare genetic...
Profluent nets $106M — Bezos‑backed bet to scale AI protein design
Profluent closed a $106 million financing round led by Altimeter Capital and Bezos Expeditions to expand large‑scale AI models for protein design across therapeutics, agriculture and...
Function Health hits $2.5B valuation with $298M Series B
Function Health raised a $298 million Series B led by Redpoint Ventures, valuing the lab‑testing subscription startup at approximately $2.5 billion. The company offers consumers direct access to...
Bayer’s HER2 lung drug clears FDA — companion NGS test wins clearance
Bayer won accelerated FDA approval for Hyrnuo (sevabertinib) in adults with advanced HER2‑mutant non‑small‑cell lung cancer after prior systemic therapy. The decision positions Hyrnuo to compete...
Nurix trims staff as pivotal BTK degrader DAYBreak trial kicks off
Nurix Therapeutics announced a targeted workforce reduction while initiating a pivotal Phase 2 (DAYBreak) trial of bexobrutideg, an oral BTK degrader aimed at relapsed or refractory chronic...
CDC changes vaccine web language — experts and health groups push back
Multiple health organizations and scientific outlets flagged a revision to the CDC’s vaccine safety web content that introduced language suggesting uncertainty about whether vaccines can cause...
Abbott to buy Exact Sciences: $21B cash, enters cancer-diagnostics
Abbott announced a definitive agreement to acquire Exact Sciences, the maker of Cologuard and Oncotype DX, in a transaction that values Exact at roughly $21 billion in cash and about $23 billion...
Bayer’s HER2 lung pill clears FDA — companion CDx validated
The FDA granted approval to Bayer’s oral HER2‑directed drug Hyrnuo for adults with locally advanced or metastatic HER2‑mutant non‑small cell lung cancer, clearing a new targeted option for...