Medicxi-funded Impact Biomedicines gave Sanofi a stake in the start-up to acquire fedratinib and bring the JAK2 inhibitor, which was placed on a clinical hold in 2013, to patients who are out of options.

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The onetime Celera CEO says his new attempt to centralize biological information into a massive database could lead to breakthroughs that extend the human life span. Behind that bold goal is a more mundane data-licensing strategy that, although not splashy, could still improve medicine.