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title: Blog | Arun
description: Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.
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# Blog

#### Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

# MATTER Blog

Stay up to date on healthcare news, stories and insights from across the MATTER community.

- matter news
  
  ## [MATTER announces programs focused on innovation in the life sciences](https://blog.matter.health/matter-announces-programs-focused-on-innovation-in-the-life-sciences)
  
  Sep 14, 2018
  
  [![MATTER announces programs focused on innovation in the life sciences](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/genericbanner_large-Jun-18-2025-11-45-21-0757-PM.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/matter-announces-programs-focused-on-innovation-in-the-life-sciences)
  
  [Chicago’s life sciences ecosystem is taking off: In the first half of this year, AveXis sold for $8.7 billion, the largest acquisition of a Chicago-area biotechnology company to date. Iterum Therapeutics, Xeris Pharmaceuticals and Aptinyx all went public, as did Exicure (whose CEO, David Giljo...](https://blog.matter.health/matter-announces-programs-focused-on-innovation-in-the-life-sciences)
  
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- insights
  
  ## [Reaching across the value chain: how novel collaborations can accelerate healthcare innovation](https://blog.matter.health/reaching-across-the-value-chain)
  
  Apr 18, 2018
  
  [![Reaching across the value chain: how novel collaborations can accelerate healthcare innovation](https://blog.matter.health/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/matter-office-conv-2.jpg) ](https://blog.matter.health/reaching-across-the-value-chain)
  
  [The business of healthcare is changing.](https://blog.matter.health/reaching-across-the-value-chain)
  
  [![](https://matter.health/assets/images/ic_right_arrow_blue.svg)Read more](https://blog.matter.health/reaching-across-the-value-chain)