17
Jun
2021
Novavax Nails Vaccine Trial, CureVac Fails, & Flagship Sails on With $3.4B
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17
Jun
2021
On Juneteenth, Honoring 22 Black Biotech Leaders
A few Black people have risen to prominence in biopharma. Ken Frazier, Tony Coles, Rob Perez and Ted Love are among the most visible. But there are many other Black leaders in the industry who are making important contributions to the science and business of human health. Today, let’s recognize the Juneteenth holiday coming up June 19. It’s a celebration... Read More
15
Jun
2021
Mentoring Young Scientists: Jay Bradner and Andy Plump on The Long Run
This episode of The Long Run is a little different. I invited a couple previous guests on The Long Run to discuss a specific issue: How the industry can do a better job of mentoring young scientists, and creating on-ramps to careers in the biopharma industry for people from underrepresented groups. Jay Bradner, the president of the Novartis Institutes for... Read More
14
Jun
2021
Biotech Pride: 19 Industry Leaders Who Identify as LGBTQ
Scientists have created mRNA vaccines that are saving millions of lives. Better cancer drugs are in the works. Gene editing technologies, and gene therapies, offer potential cures. Teams of dedicated people are making these things happen, and many of the people on these teams identify as LGBTQ. As part of Pride Month, I asked TR readers to nominate members of... Read More
10
Jun
2021
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Controversy, Cytokine Startups Reload, and Vaccines Beat Variants
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3
Jun
2021
Amgen’s KRAS Triumph, Eric Lander in the Saddle, and EQRx Takes Aim at PD-L1
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2
Jun
2021
Spatial Biology Coming Into Focus: Brad Gray on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Brad Gray. Brad is the CEO of Seattle-based NanoString Technologies. NanoString started out in the early 2000s by making digital “bar codes” that allowed it to do multi-plex gene expression – the analysis of multiple genes at once, and the extent to which they were dialled on or off in a given sample.... Read More
27
May
2021
GSK, Vir Win Antibody OK, Sanofi-GSK Moves to Phase III, & a Day One IPO
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20
May
2021
GSK Persists with Vaccines, ASCO Abstracts, & Biogen Gene Therapy Fizzles
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13
May
2021
Pfizer Advances to Adolescents, Xontogeny’s New Fund & Rekindling Curiosity
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6
May
2021
Biden Threatens Patents, Vaccines Shine, & Biogen’s Pricing Predicament
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5
May
2021
Startup Profiles: Perlmutter Bets on Super Microscopy; Foresite’s Precision Immunology
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4
May
2021
Spotting Trends and Starting Edgy Companies: Daphne Zohar on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Daphne Zohar. Daphne is the founder and CEO of Boston-based Puretech Health. Puretech has been around since 2005, seeking to capitalize on some of the big trends in biotech. It started out seeking to test concepts from academic labs that could be the basis for new biotech companies – what’s now commonly called... Read More
29
Apr
2021
J&J Back After Pause, Sanofi Aids Moderna, and a Flood of Women Join Biotech Boards
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21
Apr
2021
Versant Ventures, Sticking With its Knitting, Raises $950M for Early Stage Biotechs
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19
Apr
2021
Partnering in a World of Scientific Abundance: James Sabry on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is James Sabry. James is the Global Head of Pharma Partnering for Roche. He’s based in Basel, Switzerland. He did his PhD in neuroscience at UCSF, and spent the bulk of his career in biotech in California. After leading a couple of startups, he joined Genentech in 2010 as vice president of partnering. It... Read More
9
Apr
2021
Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares: A Biotech Community Drive to Fight Poverty
Like many people, I’m itching to get outside. Today, I’m excited to announce a new outdoor experience for a good cause: The Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares. It’s a Presidential Traverse hike scheduled for Sept. 13-15, 2021. A fantastic group of 20 biotech leaders — 10 women and 10 men — will hit the trails. We’ll cover the iconic... Read More
1
Apr
2021
Pfizer’s Vaccine Passes Kid Test, J&J’s Costly Error, and FTC Challenges Illumina
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30
Mar
2021
Amgen Acquires Rodeo, Lean Startup With Dual Mechanism for Crohn’s, Colitis
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29
Mar
2021
Writing with DNA at Scale: Emily Leproust on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Emily Leproust. Emily is the co-founder and CEO of South San Francisco-based Twist Bioscience. It’s a DNA synthesis company. It uses a silicon-based system to “write” in the language of DNA – that is, make synthetic genes to test ideas in a lab, or to perform some basic biomedical or industrial workhorse function.... Read More