Volume 4, Issue 10 | October 2026

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Business Development’s impact in focus: Eight years of innovation at Mayo Clinic  
Economic Club of Minnesota

In a recent address to the Economic Club of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic President and CEO Gianrico Farrugia, MD, reflected on major accomplishments that have shaped Mayo Clinic during his tenure, including several where Mayo Clinic Business Development played a key role. From incubating Mayo Clinic Platform and digital pathology to advancing AI-enabled ECGs, StateViewer and Precure, and helping establish the Microsoft partnership, the presentation offers a powerful look at how this work has helped turn bold ideas into solutions with the potential to transform patient care. Watch the presentation.
Rochester’s biomedical economy is growing, and so is its need for talent 
MPR News 

As Rochester’s bioscience ecosystem expands around Mayo Clinic, startups are creating new opportunities and demand for specialized talent. Mayo Clinic spin-offs Cytotheryx and Vyriad illustrate both the advantages of building companies near Mayo Clinic’s clinical and research expertise and the challenge of recruiting the diverse scientific, business and leadership talent needed to fuel continued growth. Read more...
Penske Foundation gift supports transformation of the patient arrival experience  
PR Newswire 

The new Penske Arrival Building will bring transportation, navigation, hospitality and personal support together in a welcoming gateway to Mayo Clinic’s downtown Rochester campus. Part of the $10 billion Bold. Forward. Unbound. investment, the space is designed to make arriving and departing easier so patients and families can focus on what matters most: their care. Read more...
Portfolio company and collaboration updates 

Mayo Clinic and Thermo Fisher Scientific launch Precure, LLC to identify signs of disease before symptoms appear

The new company will build one of the world’s leading biomedical datasets, integrating genomic, proteomic and longitudinal clinical data from one million biospecimens. Using AI and advanced analytics, the effort aims to uncover the earliest biological signals of disease and accelerate new opportunities for prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Read more...

➜ Also announced: Precure selects Helix as lab and AI tools provider
Helix will provide genomic, multi-omics and AI capabilities to help build and analyze Precure’s population-scale biomedical dataset. Read more…
Renew Biotechnologies to evaluate NeuroLens in MS and related diseases 
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Vyriad begins Phase 1 trial of in vivo CAR T-cell therapy 
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Mayo Clinic and Nemours collaborate to advance pediatric innovation 
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Trusted Health brings CareCast workforce forecasting to health systems 
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Mayo Clinic research advancements

Building ethical AI for better patient care 
Mayo Clinic Magazine

Sonya Makhni, MD, MS, is helping develop AI systems that clinicians can understand and trust, with safeguards to monitor accuracy, reduce bias and protect health equity. Her work includes Synapse, a clinical decision support tool designed to connect complex patient information and surface more personalized insights at the point of care. Read more...
Blood test detects 17 cancer types in large prospective study
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Five distinct subtypes of common liver disease identified 
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AI analysis may help predict pancreatic cancer recurrence 
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Immune cell discovery could improve glioblastoma treatment
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Reprogramming thyroid tumors may improve CAR-T cell therapy
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New radiosurgery approach reduces brain metastasis recurrence 
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CONNECT WITH US
Find Mayo Clinic Business Development staff at:
  • Meeting on the Mesa | Oct. 5-7 | Phoenix, AZ
  • Sierra Summit | Oct. 6 | San Francisco, CA 
  • The MedTech Conference | Oct. 18-21 | Boston, MA 
  • AAHKS | Nov. 5-8 | Dallas, TX
  • HLTH | Nov. 15-18 | Las Vegas, NV
  • Beahrs Surgical Innovation Summit | Nov. 17 | Rochester, MN
  • R.A.V.E. | Nov. 18 | Rochester, MN 
  • RSNA | Nov. 31 – Dec. 3 | Chicago, IL 
  • JP Morgan Healthcare Conference | January 11-14 | San Francisco, CA
BioLabs is currently accepting applications for their first golden ticket to the BioLabs Rochester space. The selected applicant wins complimentary lab space (paid for by BioLabs), mentorship and more.
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About Business Development
Business Development is Mayo Clinic’s front door to business – from technology commercialization to strategic collaborations – catalyzing innovation to shape the future of healthcare for the benefit of patients.

The department bridges the gaps between industry and commercial groups to produce meaningful, effective changes in transforming health and medicine.
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