How salad became a major source of food poisoning in the U.S., a deep dive into how scientists can repurpose a bacterial immune system to alter DNA and other interesting reads from the past week.

Noteworthy 📰

China reverses course on cancer drug import tax. Link

Bill Gates to donate $12 million to develop a universal flu vaccine. Link

Takeda inches closer to scooping up Shire. Link

U.S. biotech startups may IPO in Hong Kong. Link

East Africa unveils a plan to bridge drugs manufacturing gap. Link

Digital Health 💻

FDA expands its AI, digital health push. Link

Novartis keeps the focus on digital with eye disease app. Link

Research 🔬

44 genetic risk factors for depression. Link

Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease. Link

Perspective and Opinions 📢

How high drug prices and big lobbying budgets go together for big pharma. Link

Even clinical trials can be fake now — here’s how to spot one. Link

Why it’s so hard for doctors to understand your pain. Link

Interesting 🤔

How salad became a major source of food poisoning in the US. Link

Drinking alcohol may change the bacteria in your mouth. Link

Mosquitoes kill more people in a day than sharks do in a century. Link

Startups of the Week 💰

Corvidia Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering the next generation of cardiovascular and cardio-renal therapies. Closed a $60m Series B funding round.

Rallybio develops innovative drug candidates against mechanisms that have biological rationales focusing on antibodies, small molecules and engineered proteins. Secured $37m in Series A funding.

EryDel develops an innovative red-blood-cell-based drug delivery device for the treatment of rare neurodegenerative diseases. Raised €26.5M in financing.

NuProbe is advancing an ultra-sensitive, non-invasive blood test for the early detection of cancer and infectious diseases. Raised $11m in Series A funding.

Deep Dive 👓

What is CRISPR Gene Editing? — www.wired.com

How scientists can repurpose a bacterial immune system to alter DNA, making everything from cheap insulin to extra starchy corn.

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