Monday: Some rain in the morning, with a high of 65 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Matchpoint Therapeutics raises $150m Series B (bioxconomy.com) — A Watertown-based biotech, Matchpoint Therapeutics, has raised a major $150 million Series B round to advance its lead autoimmune drug candidate, MPT-062, into clinical trials. The funding, led by Nextech Invest and Norwest with several other investors, will also support Matchpoint's broader pipeline and its existing research partnership with Novartis on novel inflammatory disease treatments.
• Rehabilitation Robots Market Forecast to Accelerate Toward 2035, Driven by Global Therapist Shortage (indexbox.io) — Watertown residents may be intrigued that Bionik Laboratories, based right in town, is highlighted as a key global player in the fast-growing rehabilitation robotics market projected to surge through 2035. A new IndexBox report outlines how aging populations, therapist shortages, and advances in exoskeleton and neuro-robotic technology are driving demand for devices like Bionik's InMotion rehab systems worldwide.
Uncharted territory: This CT man is looking to be a front-runner at the Hartford Marathon (courant.com)
Cambridge
Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90 (nbcnewyork.com)
The Friday Brief for October 9, 2026: A Banner Week for Acquisitions (contractpharma.com)
Somerville
Free Vaccine Clinics Scheduled Across Somerville (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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