Drug developers & other life sciences companies traded on US exchanges raised $13B+ from issuing new stock in the fourth quarter, the most for any quarter since Q2 of 2021. Waltham-based Apogee Therapeutics was among them, raising $345M. wsj.com/tech/biotech/f… via The Wall Street Journal

Patrice Bergeron. Andrew Ference. David Krejci. Mark Recchi. Tuukka Rask. Dennis Seidenberg. Adam McQuaid. Gregory Campbell. Tim Thomas. Shawn Thornton. Daniel Paille. Johnny Boychuk. Milan Lucic. Brad Marchand. Nathan Horton. Michael Ryder. Rich Peverley. Tyler Seguin. Shane

This ocean effect/enhancement being modeled is very impressive. Leads me to believe we will be on the high end of ranges in some areas that avoid any mixing

"FINALLY! A Super Bowl without the Chiefs!"

“It was a very important inflection point,” said Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, CEO and president of MassBio, of the Bhattacharya’s visit to Massachusetts. “It was a sign that the NIH director wanted to work collaboratively — and the messages were heard and resonated.”

.Boston Globe Opinion: "If there are reductions in doctoral programs that support vital research projects or in-demand fields, it could take America years to recover..." Last year, UMass Chan Medical School's school of biomed sciences admitted 73 PhD students. This year: 13. bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/opi…

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NEW: The F.D.A. refused to accept an application from Moderna for its mRNA flu vaccine. Its reason: The agency did not think Moderna compared the new vaccine to one of the best flu shots available. The company spent $750M+ on a 41,000 person study. nytimes.com/2026/02/10/hea…

Via The Wall Street Journal: At least 9 companies, many of them focused on rare or hard-to-treat diseases, have said Prasad’s team has surprised them in recent months with rapid shifts in its decisions, in some cases rejecting products after previously blessing approaches. wsj.com/health/healthc…

"the strategy demonstrates a sophisticated grasp of how to try to unravel more than 100 years of progress in protecting children from deadly pathogens" Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren nytimes.com/2026/02/13/hea…

"If we want to preserve America’s leadership in biotech, the government should fund discovery and protect intellectual property, then let the private sector do what it does best: take the risk of development and deliver results at scale." linkedin.com/redir/redirect…

“We’re hitting the brakes [on vaccine innovation] at the same time as China is hitting the gas pedal.” An unacceptable and self-inflicted loss of our global biomedical leadership and a recipe for a national security disaster in the U.S.

Hard to recall a more startling escalation a couple days away from a storm arriving. It's been years, for sure. Looking like the signature storm of this season late Sunday night into Monday. Updates at 11 #wbz

2/22/26 MAJOR NOR'EASTER PEAKS MONDAY AM-EARLY AFTERNOON So many details in this video (how much snow, snow consistency, hour by hour wind gusts, etc.): 1do.us/noreasterupdate

Circling back on this.

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Barack Obama reached a deal that prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Trump ripped up that deal. Now we are at war with Iran to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon.

OMG BOSTON U AT THE BUZZER 😱 ARE YOU KIDDING!!! (via CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀)

Behind every breakthrough is a life waiting to be changed. That's why we're here. #StateofPossible26 #PatientDriven

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