FDA clears Attune Medical device for prevention of ablation-related oesophageal injury buff.ly/3EEvcP1

‘A Great Formula for Success’: Booth Alum Jennifer Fried Named CEO of Another UChicago Startup - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation buff.ly/3sUmDNv

Saros Therapeutics, a SmartHealth Catalyzer Portfolio Company, Receives $2 Million Direct-to-Phase 2 SBIR Grant from the National Cancer Institute to Advance STING Agonist Program buff.ly/3ZtX2XU

A multi-institutional team of researchers, including Northwestern University scientists, received $45 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fast-track development of a first-of-its-kind implant to sense and treat cancer buff.ly/3RCuXM1

Evozyne Announces $81 Million Financing Round to Advance Generative AI for Therapeutic Discovery and Drug Development buff.ly/3LEmqEG

Chicago AI drug discovery shop Evozyne nabs $81M in bid to make new proteins buff.ly/3PWw5sU

Announcing the Close of 7wireVentures’ Newest Investment Vehicle: A $217M + Growth & Opportunity Fund - 7wireVentures buff.ly/45eaPmF

Why Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are spending $250M on science in Chicago buff.ly/3ZKrsFu

After short FTC fight, Amgen wraps up $27.8B Horizon buyout buff.ly/3POeHW1

Rhaeos, Inc. Receives $1.5 Million Blueprint MedTech Grant from the NIH to Transform Hydrocephalus Management buff.ly/48KjwrU

Clarix Imaging raises $10M for surgical oncology imaging tech buff.ly/3RSu16A

Inflammation gets its own research center, thanks to Chan Zuckerberg Initiative buff.ly/48OUyHZ

What investors look for in early-stage companies buff.ly/496lFOS

We are proud to announce our 3rd speaker of the day: Dr. Anil Vasudevan, Executive Director of AbbVie, who will discuss developing early-stage assets. Register for our afternoon session (2pm – 6pm): cbc-venture-capital.eventbrite.com Tickets will be released to waitlist on Mon, Oct 30

Chicago Biomedical Consortium Secures $13.5 Million to Scale Work, Support for Life Sciences Industry - Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation buff.ly/3FyMP3f

Illinois Institute of Technology is opening a life-sciences lab in Fulton Market buff.ly/47lISLn

Illini Angels reaches goal of 50 founding members — Illini Angels buff.ly/3QrnZaA

Steubenville, Manchester and democracy A 🧵 Last night, PBS and the iconic Judy Woodruff aired a story about the plight of Steubenville, Ohio. You should watch it. All of Ohio should. (Link below): It’s the story of Ohio that state leaders don’t want told. 1/

Lincoln Park life sciences hub adds 4 biotech research firms buff.ly/3QJaUJL

Donald Trump reportedly has not been seen in days, with no public appearances scheduled this weekend.