Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

Plus: Japan’s latest drug approvals and updates from Junshi, Adela, AbbVie, I-Mab, Novo, Valo, BridgeBio, GSK, Scynexis  

University seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from Merck

Plus 5AM adds Arthur Tzianabos, June Lee as venture partners, and updates from Woebot, Flagship Biosciences and Radionetics

Plus venture rounds for BridGene, Ozette and updates from argenx, Elevation-CSPC and more 

BioCentury’s roundup of translational news

Mammen, Narasimhan and colleagues detail priorities for lawmakers, White House

The former FDA commissioner works for Verily, serves on the boards of Cytokinetics, Centessa, Clinetic

Approval for COVID-19 vaccines from Zydus Cadila, Medigen-Dynavax; plus Sabatini fired, Clover’s U.S. beachhead and more

Datavant Inc. and Ciox Health believe their merger will create a health data network that will improve patient outcomes and reduce costs, overcoming data fragmentation by building a unified ecosystem.

Singapore-based Temasek will supply $200 million to G2 Management Co. Inc. to foster the development of therapies from the University of Pennsylvania's Gene Therapy Program, led by James Wilson.