Teal Health®, a women’s health company on a mission to eliminate cervical cancer, today announced the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the Teal Wand™, the first and only at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening in the United States.

Castle Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTL), a company improving health through innovative tests that guide patient care, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Capsulomics, Inc., d/b/a Previse. Previse is a gastrointestinal health company with a primary focus on chronic acid reflux related diseases, including esophageal cancer. The terms of the agreement are undisclosed.

GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the initial phase of a program to improve provider access to GRAIL’s Galleri® multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test. Providers can now order the Galleri test directly from GRAIL through the Quest Diagnostics connectivity system. The Quest Diagnostics connectivity system enables providers in the United States to order and receive reports of laboratory tests electronically through Quest’s Quanum laboratory portal and more than 900 electronic health record (EHR) systems. More than 500,000 providers used the Quest connectivity system last year.

Diatech Pharmacogenetics announced an expansion of its collaboration with Merck Serono Middle East Ltd., affiliates of Merck KGaA (“Merck”). The collaboration aims to improve patient access to RAS biomarker testing in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) regions.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and ConcertAI, a leading oncology real-world evidence data and AI SaaS technology company, today announced a collaboration agreement that allows biopharmaceutical companies to access the first multi-modal real-world data (RWD) that integrates comprehensive patient electronic medical record (EMR) data with both genomic and epigenomic tumor profiling information across the continuum of cancer care.

Roche (ROG.S), opens new tab on Wednesday said it planned to complete its purchase of U.S. biopharmaceutical company Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX.O), opens new tab, a specialist in complex immune cell therapies to treat several types of blood cancer.

Gastric cancer is a common gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor, with the sixth highest incidence and second highest mortality rate among tumors.

Castle Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTL), a company improving health through innovative tests that guide patient care, today announced that it has received assay approval from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) for its TissueCypher Barrett’s Esophagus test. TissueCypher is the first AI-driven precision medicine test designed to predict a patient’s individual risk of progression from Barrett’s esophagus (BE) to esophageal cancer.

Real-world data firm Cota said Thursday that it has teamed up with Guardant Health to provide biopharmaceutical researchers access to a combined database that will include its own electronic health record data and Guardant’s genomic testing results from cancer patients.

Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, and Meaningful Insights Biotech Analytics (MiBA), an innovative healthcare technology company, today announced a unique partnership aimed at optimizing the use of biomarker testing and data analytics to advance precision medicine in patient care throughout the MiBA Network.