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Diagnostics & med-tech earnings after Exact Sciences

April 16, 2026

Abbott reported that Diagnostics revenue rose 6% year over year to $2.18 billion in Q1 2026, marking the first quarter of results after completion of its Exact Sciences acquisition. Core...

Obesity drugs face new FDA safety scrutiny

April 16, 2026

New FDA documents show Eli Lilly has been asked to evaluate liver and cardiovascular risks for its recently approved obesity pill Foundayo as part of ongoing trials, following approval conditions....

Oncology: RAS-driven pancreatic cancer capitalizes on Phase 3 readout

April 16, 2026

Revolution Medicines priced a large concurrent offering—its follow-on stock and debt raise totaling $2 billion—just days after topline Phase 3 results for daraxonrasib in metastatic pancreatic...

Oncology therapeutics: dual-payload ADC acquisition accelerates pipeline

April 16, 2026

Eli Lilly agreed to acquire CrossBridge Bio for up to $300 million to expand its oncology antibody-drug conjugate pipeline, betting on dual-payload delivery to improve tumor killing and...

Regulatory: FDA’s gene-editing safety draft guidance

April 16, 2026

The FDA released draft guidance outlining how sponsors should use next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics in nonclinical studies to assess safety risks for genome-edited human gene...

Regulatory: next European path for Roche’s Elevidys

April 16, 2026

Roche said it will run another Phase 3 trial of Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys aimed at supporting European approval after the European regulators issued a negative review last...

Clinical trials: FIRMA entry of FDA-approved first-in-class in rare kidney disease

April 16, 2026

Travere Therapeutics’ Filspari (sparsentan) cleared a key regulatory milestone by becoming the first fully FDA-approved treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). The expanded label...

Autoimmune immunology: Bain-backed Beeline launches with BMS assets

April 16, 2026

Bain Capital backed Beeline Medicines emerged from stealth with a $300 million Series A and five immunology programs licensed from Bristol Myers Squibb. The startup’s pipeline includes afimetoran,...

CRO/CDMO infrastructure: Tempus to distribute WGS assay for multiple myeloma

April 16, 2026

Tempus announced it will distribute Predicta Biosciences’ whole-genome sequencing-based GenoPredicta assay for multiple myeloma, bringing the test into Tempus’ diagnostic ecosystem. GenoPredicta...

Ventures: Terremoto raises $108M for AKT inhibitor programs

April 16, 2026

Terremoto Biosciences raised $108 million in a Series C financing to advance small-molecule drugs targeting AKT, with the company describing its covalency technology approach to improve efficacy...

Oncology financing and late-stage readouts

April 16, 2026

Revolution Medicines priced a $1.5 billion follow-on offering, following top-line Phase 3 results for its RAS inhibitor daraxonrasib in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The transaction...

Tightening gene-editing safety expectations at FDA

April 16, 2026

The FDA released draft guidance focused on using next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics to evaluate safety for genome-edited gene therapy products. The document centers on nonclinical...

Transforming autologous cell manufacturing for CAR-T scale

April 16, 2026

Cabaletta Bio’s investigational CD19 CAR T therapy, rese-cel (resecabtagene autoleucel), was manufactured on Cellares’ automated Cell Shuttle system and infused into the first two patients....

Biotech goes big on R&D AI infrastructure

April 16, 2026

AWS launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an agentic AI platform designed to speed antibody discovery by combining a catalog of foundation models with an AI agent that selects models and evaluates...

Clinical trial success drives follow-through in precision oncology

April 16, 2026

In a prospective multicenter evaluation, researchers used genomics-guided off-label precision therapies under the Dutch Drug Rediscovery Protocol (DRUP) to identify molecular subgroups with...

New biotech emerges from BMS immune-drug licensing

April 16, 2026

Bain Capital seeded a new immunology platform that launched out of stealth as Beeline Medicines, built around five shelved Bristol Myers Squibb assets. The company surfaced with a Series A of $300...

Cancer test distribution expands whole-genome adoption in myeloma

April 16, 2026

Tempus secured a distribution agreement to roll out Predicta Biosciences’ GenoPredicta whole-genome sequencing assay for multiple myeloma. The lab-developed test is designed to identify high-risk...

Clinical and regulatory momentum in kidney disease

April 16, 2026

Travere Therapeutics’ Filspari (sparsentan) gained full FDA approval for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), expanding its rare kidney disease label after earlier approvals in IgA...

Partnering to expand radiopharmaceutical reach

April 16, 2026

Regeneron entered radiopharmaceutical development via a partnership with Telix Pharmaceuticals, a deal valued at up to $4.3 billion. The companies plan to co-develop and co-commercialize precision...

Oncology investment and clinical-test expansion via reverse merger

April 16, 2026

Obsidian Therapeutics moved toward public-market access through a reverse merger with Galera Therapeutics, with plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker OBX. The combined company also secured...