Deals and data in the offing for Oncimmune
Oncimmune is not the only company looking to use the immune system to diagnose cancer. But its growth plans are intense, and it intends to prove the economic benefits of…
AACR 2019 – Foundation Medicine sets the scene for liquid biopsy approval
A study of a liquid biopsy and another looking at tumour mutational burden testing give early indications of Foundation’s approval strategy.
AACR 2019 – Guardant looks to its other liquid biopsy
With one cancer blood test established on the market Guardant is starting down the road to validating another – this time as a screening assay.
Guardant’s liquid biopsy matches tissue testing in lung cancer
Guardant gets a liquid biopsy trial win, but if it wants to drive sales it must get cancer societies on board.
Auris acquisition could prompt more mega VC rounds
The J&J-Auris tie-up will yield a huge return for investors who went in big.
Medtech IPOs rocketed just as stock markets faltered
The value of listings hit a new quarterly high courtesy of Guardant and Axonics.
Esmo-IO 2018 – Astrazeneca plays its tumour mutation burden card
Full results of the Mystic study present a controversial path forward for Imfinzi, and set the stage for the upcoming Neptune trial to be overhauled.
Guardant seeks liquidity, and Grail might too
Guardant Health says its tests have a market opportunity of $35bn, and now has to justify investors’ faith.
Medtech funding ventures into the unknown
In a truly extraordinary year, the top 10 venture rounds made up more than half of the total invested.
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