At the recent Precision Med-Tri Con conference, laboratory experts traded views on the expansion of at-home testing for disease diagnosis and personalized health insights. While strong consumer demand spells opportunity, there are significant concerns about the accuracy and reliability of home-testing platforms, misuse, accessibility, and lack of health literacy.

Cash-limited Organovo has an FXR agonist showing competitive efficacy and tolerability in MASH, but may need a partner to move forward in that disease as it may be prioritizing its IBD program.

ArriVent launched the second biopharma initial public offering of 2024, closing above its IPO price on its first day and grossing $175m – and keeping the financial market mood optimistic.

Private Company Edition: Playground’s third fund has $410m for tech, including biotech, Pivotal Life Sciences closed its second fund with $389m and Chugai will invest $200m through its new fund. Also, Tome launched with $213m, Sudo raised a $116m series B and Odyssey closed a $101m in series C.