Daily Briefing · Issue №131 · 2026-09-24

Pharmacy

'The growth driver of our organization'; Genentech CMO Zoë Lazarre on experimental marketing, AI and the ‘last

• Genentech's chief marketing officer Zoë Lazarre, Ph.D., likens AI to a “armor, or a digital backpack” that her teams can use for better, faster insights, she said during an interview at Fierce Pharma Week.

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Pharmacy

Boehringer, Envisagenics sign $1B multi-target oncology collaboration

• Boehringer Ingelheim and AI drug discovery company Envisagenics have agreed to a potential $1 billion multi-year pact that will task Boehringer with validating tumor-specific targets.

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Health OS

Heidi lands $340M to build 'AI care partner' for clinicians

• Healthcare startup Heidi landed $340 million to fuel its push beyond clinical documentation into AI-powered workflow automation and agentic capabilities for clinicians.

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