Biogen agreed to buy San Diego‑based RayThera for up to $1 billion, adding early‑stage immunology candidates and a lead program heading into Phase 1.

UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center won a five‑year NCI core grant renewal — roughly $25M — to speed trials, hire physicians and expand infusion capacity across San Diego.

A Parkfield study using machine learning found short slow‑slip events that boost low‑frequency quakes, prompting scientists to rethink how California's hazard models account for transient stress.