Katherine Davis

📣 Today is my first day as a Biotech Deals Reporter for @axios! I’m covering VC, PE and M&A activity across the biotech sector. I’m still based in Chicago but will be covering news across the U.S. Please send tips and pitches (or just say hi) to katherine.davis@axios.com

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NEW: AWS launched a new application that it says will help scientists design & test novel drugs more quickly and precisely. It marks Amazon's entrance into the crowded AI drug discovery race, intensifying competition for faster, cheaper drug development: axios.com/pro/biotech-de…

what i do on the calculator app is between me And God

Exclusive: AbbVie sues to narrow drug discount patient definition trib.al/lk4WXG5

Top pharmaceutical lobbyist stepping down trib.al/xltYlt1

Neurocrine Biosciences to buy Soleno Therapeutics in $2.9B deal trib.al/W2GqrYF

So many tech execs and investors complain about the media. But boy do they all wanna be a part of it in some way...

Scoop: The Trump administration is set to announce tariffs as soon as Thursday on drugmakers that haven’t struck deals guaranteeing low prices in the US, according to sources bloomberg.com/news/articles/…?

“you handled that so well” no i didn’t, my friend listened to me rant about it for 4 months straight

i can play the sims for 13+ hours, my attention span is just fine

💸 Blackstone closes $6.3B life sciences fund to back late-stage clinical development for drugs and technologies from pharma, medtech and biotech companies: axios.com/pro/biotech-de…

Hmm. This was dispiriting. I had a haircut from a young woman, and after she established that I write for a newspaper, she gushed: "That's so interesting! I've never actually read a newspaper."

West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, Illinois suspended service of its Emergency Department today and plans to suspend all hospital services by the end of the week. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 or go to a hospital nearby.

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How AI therapies are changing health care trib.al/iTMiaIg

The study is investigating the safety and tolerability of LX9851, how it moves through the body and its physiological and biological impacts. on.wsj.com/3NVwFsv

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and French vaccine maker Valneva reported positive topline results from their phase three study of a vaccine candidate for Lyme disease. on.wsj.com/41mqsJb

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shackled their hands and feet, refusing to believe that they were pregnant until a bump appeared." nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/…

FDA looks to boost biosimilars to lower drug costs trib.al/AWLmc4k