By

Luke Timmerman

25
Mar
2021

A Glimpse Into a Price-Controlled Future

Imagine if H.R. 3 — the drug price-control bill that has significant support in the House of Representatives — were to become law. What would it look like if some of the bill’s provisions, like indexing US prices to 120 percent of prices in Europe, were enacted? How would entrepreneurs adapt? What types of drug discovery programs might be prioritized,...
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15
Mar
2021

Software for the Cell & Gene Therapy Wave: Vineti’s Amy DuRoss on The Long Run

Today’s guest on The Long Run is Amy DuRoss. Amy is the co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Vineti. The company provides software to manage the delicate logistical dance for cell and gene therapies. Vineti has raised about $115 million in three venture rounds of financing. Its backers include Cardinal Health, the big medical distributor, as well as traditional venture...
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4
Mar
2021

Mental Health: A New Frontier for Biotech

Mental health problems were mounting heading into this pandemic. Now, the challenges are bigger and coming in waves. There’s the grief. Think about all the family and friends of the more than 520,000 people who have died. There’s anxiety about getting infected. There’s depression, and loneliness, that stems from social distancing. Addictions to alcohol and drugs are on the rise...
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25
Feb
2021

Pfizer/BioNTech Ace Real-World Test, J&J Faces FDA Scrutiny, & Merck Pays Up

Vaccine news keeps getting better by the day. The number of new people being diagnosed with COVID-19 has been plummeting for weeks. That’s the good news. Read on and synthesize the most important financings, deals, and scientific developments of the week in biotech. Vaccines Let’s start with the best news of the week. Researchers from Israel reported on the Pfizer...
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18
Feb
2021

Biotech as a Beacon for Youth

Biotech has always depended on the ideas and energy of young people. But it’s time to think more broadly about how biotech and young people relate. Let’s start with young people. Recall the column from two weeks ago, which cited a 2017 Pentagon study. That study found that a full 71 percent of Americans between the ages of 18-24 aren’t...
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