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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-346846"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SERA"
cik: "0001534969"
company_name: "SERA PROGNOSTICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-12T20:08:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-12T20:09:15.910605+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sera Q2 2026 net loss $9.1M; Illinois Medicaid mandates PreTRM coverage for 50K births

## Summary
- Q2 2026 revenue $30K vs $17K YoY; net loss $9.1M vs $8.0M; operating expenses $10.0M vs $9.3M.
- Illinois enacted law requiring Medicaid coverage for PreTRM test; covers ~50,000 annual Medicaid births.
- PRIME subgroup analysis: PreTRM cut NICU admissions 22% and severe neonatal morbidity 30% in first-time mothers.
- Launched fourth partnership program; payer discussions active in 20+ states; CE marking submission planned Q4 2026.
- Cash $80.3M; funds operations through 2029; Mark Capone added to board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-346846
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SERA
- cik: 0001534969
- company_name: SERA PROGNOSTICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-12T20:08:26+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534969/000119312526346846/0001193125-26-346846-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1534969/000119312526346846/sera-20260812.htm

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