Interesting story from @forbes.com @amyfeldman7.bsky.social on IPO of a biotech company doing non-invasive prenatal tests. up next: new diagnostic products including those that could be used in early detection of cancer, one of the holy grails of testing.

Today’s hot IPO: a medical diagnostics company that hit $5.8B market cap after share soared 80%+ @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter w/ @thealexknapp.bsky.social —the multibillion dollar battle for Metsera’s obesity drugs —SNAP benefit cuts are harmful to health —the FDA’s top drug regulator is out www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

New edition of our healthcare newsletter, InnovationRx, is here. In it, @amyfeldman7.bsky.social and I take a look at: 🧠 What to know about President Trump's cognitive test. 💻 New Nvidia collaborations in healthcare. 🤖 How robots can save time and manpower at hospitals And more!

@bsky.app If you get your coverage through an ACA Marketplace--or just want to why tax subsidies are such a big issue in the government shutdown--a great explainer. Particularly scary for early retirees. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

At least 420 state bills attacking public health protections like vaccination, fluoridation and milk safety apnews.com/article/vacc...

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In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at: —new drugs for tough-to-treat cancers —AI chatbots for the elderly —a high-tech chair for cancer radiation therapy —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

👀 endpoints.news/top-drugmake...

“A Silicon Valley pitchdeck version of Christian nationalism” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Older adults across the country are turning to AI companions to help deal with loneliness. We visited a senior care facility in the Bronx and spoke with residents about their experience speaking to AI bots. With @richardnieva.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

OpenEvidence’s Daniel Nadler, now worth $3.6B after raising new funds $6B valuation, says the company’s ultimate goal isn’t just to help doctors find existing medical research, but to create medical superintelligence. New from me & @rashis.bsky.social at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

With OpenEvidence reportedly raising at $6B valuation, re-upping our profile from July @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

🚨SCOOP🚨 DHS ordered OpenAI to identify a user who'd made 2 specific prompts. User was anonymous and accused of helping run 15 child abuse sites. They'd disclosed the prompts to an undercover agent. First example of what I'm calling a reverse AI prompt search. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

Startup Sage Care — with founders from rideOS and Carbon Health — is coming out of stealth with $20 million in funding to build an air-traffic control system for healthcare. New from me @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

Could a high-tech treatment chair and scanner help increase access to an important cancer therapy? “We are just not getting the proton therapy to patients. The reason is 100% cost.”

❤️ The Oatmeal theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

The FT commissioned a poll of Trump voters, finding that most thought that the president had made less than $100 million while in office, and a third thought he hadn't made anything from the presidency. His net worth has, in fact, gone up by billions. www.ft.com/content/2ea2...

My latest @forbes.com daily cover profiles startup Leo Cancer Care, which is transforming cancer radiation treatment with a simple idea: having patients sit up instead of lying down. Now hospitals are buying dozens of its chairs. www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

“It certainly costs a lot less money to partner with Cleveland Clinic than to buy a hospital, and it comes with less strings attached and less brain damage.”

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/pent...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at —the Cleveland Clinic-Khosla partnership on healthtech —Town Hall Ventures’ new fund —CDC’s ‘Friday night massacre’ —Boehringer’s new drug for pulmonary fibrosis —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

Andy Slavitt’s Town Hall Ventures has been investing in healthcare innovations focused on low-income and vulnerable communities. With $440M new funding from investors that include John Doerr, it now has total assets of $1.4 billion. New from me @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

🚨NEW🚨 Feds have been raiding the data of 3D printed gun communities on Facebook and Discord, which have tens of thousands of members. A "slippery slope," says one privacy activist. '3D2A' leaders say neither social media nor the government can "stop the signal." www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

In light of obesity drug startup Kailera Therapeutics $600M fundraise today — one of largest biotech hauls of the year — resharing my @forbes.com magazine profile of the company www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

My dad had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Good to finally, finally see a new drug for this miserable disease www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/boehr...

Online Rx drug startup BlinkRx — which counts Donald Trump Jr. as a board member — stands to benefit from the President’s effort to overhaul drug sales www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Amazon self-serve kiosks for…prescription meds www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ama...

UC Berkeley's Dr. Omar Yaghi is one of three scientists awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize for chemistry today🏅 @forbes.com interviewed him last year about an application of his work in organic compounds to capture CO2 for #CurrentClimate www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx newsletter, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I look at: —how the shutdown will impact healthcare —the 3 immunology researchers who won the Nobel Prize in medicine —Amgen’s new d2c effort starting with Repatha —and more! www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

Six former surgeons general appointed by every President since George HW Bush warn that RFK Jr. is endangering the health of the nation, calling his policies/positions a “profound, immediate + unprecedented threat” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

🚨NEW🚨 Amazon has been developing drone surveillance tech for American cops, from gun detection to repurposing Twitch's streaming code. It's also pushing all manner of surveillance tools, including Flock car tracking and AI that constantly monitors all prison calls. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

In this week’s @forbes.com InnovationRx, @thealexknapp.bsky.social and I delve intoTrumpRx. Because drug pricing is a rabbit hole of listed Ps, negot Ps + rebates, what it means for you depends what insur (if any) you’ve got: “Really just one more cash pay option.” www.forbes.com/sites/innova...

My latest @forbes.com feature profiles Herriot Tabuteau, a Haitian immigrant, Yale-educated doctor + longtime investor, who started Axsome to tackle brain disorders. Now $AXSM has 3 drugs on the mkt + 5 more in the pipeline: “We’re not a small co in terms of ambition.” www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

This is absolutely a lie. There is no reason shutdowns trigger layoffs. They never have before. Trump is simply using the shutdown as an excuse to take federal employees hostages and to further gut the government. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

This is a truly remarkable finding: 17 years after introduction of the HPV vaccine, there was a decreased prevalence of HPV infection (and therefore decreased cancer risk) in both vaccinated AND unvaccinated individuals. Cancer prevention through herd immunity!!!

TrumpRx coming soon. Not yet clear how discounted cash pay will work or whether it will benefit the majority of Americans who are already covered by private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Looking forward to reading @ebakerwhite.bsky.social’s TikTok book!

👀 The plane of deportees to Iran includes men, women and couples, some of whom hold US residency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

1/ Shares in Moderna and BioNTech have imploded since their 2021 peaks, shaving billions of dollars from their founders’ fortunes. Growing anti-vax hysteria and RFK Jr.’s FDA will likely make the situation even worse. Read at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

Recently finished reading David de Jong’s Nazi Billionaires. Highly recommend the book, even if you think you know the history.

New from me and @amyfeldman7.bsky.social : after HHS's actions against Tylenol and mifepristone this week, what other drugs might be in RFK Jr.'s crosshairs? www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...

Mizuho analyst to @statnews.com re: Trump’s pronouncement on drug tariffs: “The actual comment from the President is direct but its impact may be between nebulous and negligible.” www.statnews.com/2025/09/25/t...

With thanks to @thealexknapp.bsky.social for getting the newsletter out while I was off for the holiday

My look at Judi Health (formerly Capital Rx) as it hit $3.25B valuation and starts expansion to medical claims. @forbes.com “Once you see the medical and pharmacy claims coming in at the same time, you never want to go back,” says cofounder/CEO AJ Loiacono www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

“Prior restraint on publication…is considered the most serious of 1st Amendment violations. The gov’t cannot prohibit journalists from public information merely by claiming it’s a secret or even a nat’l security threat.” -Seth Stern, Freedom of the Press Foundation www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

"President Trump added $3 billion to his wealth over the last year, leveraging the presidency for profit" www.forbes.com/sites/danale...