Top news of the week: 22.12.2021.
Startups
Tasso, Maker Of Home Blood-Draw Kits, Raises $100 Million Led By RA Capital
Seattle-based Tasso, founded by two biomedical engineering Ph.D.s, raises $100 million to ramp up production of its home blood-draw kits.
Amazon And UPS Are Betting This Electric Aircraft Startup Will Change Shipping
A former pro hockey player, Harvard grad Kyle Clark’s startup Beta Technologies may be on the verge of bringing workhorse battery-powered cargo planes to America’s skies that take off and ...
Alarming Arctic Study, Accelerating The EV Transition, And The Top 10 Sustainability Stories Of 2021
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you a balanced view of sustainability news.
Physician-Scientist-Biotech VC: Vineeta Agarwala on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Vineeta Agarwala. Vineeta is a general partner with Andreesen Horowitz’s bio fund. Vineeta has spent a lot of time on the front lines of an explosion in ...
34 healthcare and biotech startups that are set to take off in 2022, according to top investors
We asked investors for the startups that are poised for success, from new ways of providing care to cutting-edge approaches to drug development.
Sanofi to buy cancer immunotherapy biotech for $1B
The French drugmaker is interested in Amunix Pharmaceuticals' technology, which could allow for more precise delivery of biologic drugs into cancerous tissue.
Flush with cash, large drugmakers turn to share buybacks, deals
Novartis is using funds gained from the recent sale of its stake in Roche to buy back $15 billion worth of its own shares, while Pfizer is signaling more dealmaking could follow its buyout ...
Spark expands in Philadelphia, with new facility meant to be Roche's gene therapy hub
The Luxturna developer, now owned by Roche, will invest $575 million to build a huge research and development center on Drexel University's campus.