Medtech Insight spoke with Stephen Hahn, ex-FDA commissioner and CEO of Harbinger Health, who attended SXSW, about the firm’s blood-based cancer test in development.

As the first CRISPR-based therapies draw closer to approval, the Flagship-backed biotech believes its gene writing tech is the ‘definitive’ genetic medicine platform.

During Q2, biopharmas brought in an aggregate $12.5bn in financing and device company fundraising totaled $3.7bn; while in vitro diagnostic firms and research tools players raised $720m.

Private Company Edition: The amount of venture capital raised by biopharma firms fell but individual companies grabbed a lot of cash, making for a remarkable Q2 relative to pre-pandemic times. Recent Q3 rounds includes Frontera’s $160m series B. Also, Oxford Science Enterprises added €250m to its fund.