USANA also signals its turning outside nutritional products sector for potential growth driver. One of two firms it’s acquiring, Oola Life Inc., also provides life coach services directly to customers as well as nutritional supplements.

The test, which is the first for the condition to win an EUA using actual patient samples, provides results in about three and a half hours. 

Japan-UK firm is looking to build on a combination of internal and external assets to pursue a more independent business development path in Japan and beyond, in parallel with ongoing discovery and development collaborations.

During Q3, biopharmas brought in an aggregate $18.1bn in financing and device company fundraising totaled $5.1bn; while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players raised $771m.