Precision Medicine Firm Caris Breaks Bio IPO Drought, Raising $494M for Cancer Analysis Tools

Caris Life Sciences applies AI and machine learning to patient samples to detect cancer and as a companion diagnostic guiding the use of targeted cancer therapies. As a commercial-stage company, Caris’s upsized public markets debut is an outlier amid the continuing IPO freeze for clinical-stage biotechs developing new drugs. The post Precision Medicine Firm Caris…

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An empirical test for the Fair Innings hypothesis

Suppose you have a single pill at your disposal and that pill will extend any person’s life by 10 years. You have to choose to give it to one of the following tow individuals: a 20‐year‐old patient, who will live for 10 more years if she gets the drug, and then she dies;a 70‐year‐old patient,…

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Bluebird Kids Health to Expand By Opening New Pediatric Clinics

Just a year after its launch, Bluebird Kids Health is already announcing plans to double its number of pediatric clinics. The startup seeks to improve pediatric care access in underserved areas by building practices in these neighborhoods and accepting all insurance types. The post Bluebird Kids Health to Expand By Opening New Pediatric Clinics appeared…

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