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Testing boom fuels Tempus and Guardant revenue leaps

January 12, 2026

Tempus reported preliminary Q4 revenue up ~83% year‑over‑year and full‑year 2025 revenue of about $1.27 billion, driven by diagnostics and data licensing deals. Guardant Health said preliminary Q4...

Eikon files for IPO — protein‑movement platform goes public push

January 12, 2026

Eikon Therapeutics, the high‑profile startup built around protein dynamics technology and led by former Merck executives, filed to go public as it looks to bankroll a clutch of clinical cancer and...

In vivo genome editing: delivery breakthroughs accelerate clinical translation

January 12, 2026

Researchers and commentators reported new advances in delivering genome editors directly to tissues in living organisms. Doudna and colleagues framed a rational design approach for targeted...

Novartis licenses SciNeuro amyloid program: $165 million upfront

January 12, 2026

Novartis agreed to license a preclinical amyloid-targeting Alzheimer’s program from SciNeuro with a $165 million upfront payment and a joint early-development plan. The deal gives Novartis rights...

FDA rejects Atara’s EBV cell therapy — regulator stalls approval again

January 12, 2026

The FDA issued another rejection of Atara Biotherapeutics’ tabelecleucel (tab-cel), a T cell therapy for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related complications after transplantation. The agency’s decision...

Parabilis raises $305M: funds Phase III push for desmoid tumor candidate

January 12, 2026

Parabilis Medicines closed a $305 million Series F financing led by RA Capital, Fidelity and Janus Henderson to advance zolucatetide (FOG-001) toward Phase III for desmoid tumors. The company said...

Kinaset bags $103M Series B to advance inhaled asthma program

January 12, 2026

Kinaset Therapeutics secured $103 million in a Series B round to progress its inhaled candidate for asthma toward late-stage testing. The financing comes five years after the company’s initial...

Mirador nets $250M — builds immunology platform and eyes IPO

January 12, 2026

Mirador Therapeutics closed a $250 million Series B to accelerate its precision-immunology pipeline and signaled plans to consider an IPO later in the year. The financing will support clinical...

Eikon eyes IPO: $1B-plus private backing and multiple clinical assets

January 12, 2026

Eikon Therapeutics, a protein-dynamics drug developer founded by former Merck executives, signaled plans to go public and to use proceeds to fund a clutch of oncology and neuroscience programs....

Teva secures up to $500M from Royalty Pharma for vitiligo program

January 12, 2026

Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed a financing arrangement with Royalty Pharma that could provide up to $500 million to support development of TEV-‘408, an anti–IL‑15 antibody being tested for vitiligo....

Tempus posts strong Q4: preliminary revenue jumps 83% on testing growth

January 12, 2026

Tempus reported preliminary fourth-quarter revenue of approximately $367 million, an 83% year-over-year increase driven by diagnostics volume growth in oncology and hereditary disease testing. The...

Guardant Health Q4 revenue climbs 39% as screening and oncology volumes rise

January 12, 2026

Guardant Health reported preliminary fourth-quarter revenue of roughly $280 million, a 39% increase year over year driven by higher volumes in oncology testing and rapid uptake of its Shield...

Parabilis closes $305M Series F: Rare-tumor drug moves toward Phase III

January 12, 2026

Parabilis Medicines closed a $305 million Series F financing led by RA Capital, Fidelity Management & Research, and Janus Henderson to advance zolucatetide (FOG-001) into Phase III for desmoid...

Eikon eyes IPO: Billion-dollar private backing, interim melanoma readout expected

January 12, 2026

Eikon Therapeutics outlined plans to go public after raising more than $1 billion in private funding since 2019 and building a drug portfolio from dealmaking and its protein-motion platform. Run...

Mirador raises $250M: Company positions itself as immunology contender, eyes IPO

January 12, 2026

Mirador Therapeutics closed a $250 million Series B to scale development of precision medicines for immune diseases and signaled consideration of an IPO later this year. The company told Endpoints...

Tempus posts massive Q4: Diagnostics fuels 83% revenue jump

January 12, 2026

Tempus reported preliminary fourth‑quarter revenue of roughly $367 million, an 83% increase year‑over‑year, citing testing growth as the primary driver and topping Wall Street estimates. The...

Guardant Health surges: Screening and oncology tests lift Q4 revenue 39%

January 12, 2026

Guardant Health reported preliminary Q4 revenue of about $280 million, a 39% year‑over‑year increase that beat estimates, driven by higher volumes in both oncology and screening tests. The company...

Veracyte posts double‑digit growth — guides to further 2026 revenue gains

January 12, 2026

Veracyte reported preliminary Q4 revenue between $138 million and $140 million (16–18% growth) and full‑year 2025 revenue of $515–517 million, driven by testing volume gains. The diagnostic firm...

10x Genomics: consumables buoy results as instrument sales decline

January 12, 2026

10x Genomics said preliminary Q4 revenue of $166 million — ahead of consensus — with consumables revenue rising about 6% to approximately $141.7 million while instrument revenue declined sharply...

Castle Biosciences tops guidance: Test‑report growth lifts full‑year revenue

January 12, 2026

Castle Biosciences expects preliminary full‑year 2025 revenue of $340 million, above prior guidance and consensus, driven by a 37% year‑over‑year increase in test reports. The company delivered...