26
Aug
2024
Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares Hits $1M Goal to Fight Poverty
We did it! The Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares wrapped up last week. This team of biotech executives and investors hit its goal of raising $1 million to fight poverty in the United States. We hiked about 20 miles together, gaining between 6,000 and 8,000 vertical feet of elevation in the North Cascades of Washington state. This trip had... Read More
14
Aug
2024
RNA Medicines to Treat Muscle Diseases: Sarah Boyce on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Sarah Boyce. She is the CEO of San Diego-based Avidity Biosciences. Avidity is a developer of RNA medicines. It uses what it calls “antibody oligonucleotide conjugates”. These are molecules that connect an antibody — which hits a specific target on the surface of cells – with an RNA-silencing molecule. That RNA molecule can... Read More
8
Aug
2024
Recursion Scoops up Rival, Servier’s Brain Cancer Win, & Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors
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25
Jul
2024
PBMs Feel the Heat, Megarounds Abound, and the XBI Tops 100
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16
Jul
2024
Biologic Drug Discovery With AI: Sean McClain on The Long Run
Sean McClain is today’s guest on The Long Run. He’s the founder and CEO of Vancouver, Washington-based Absci. Sean started the company on his own in his early 20s, straight out of the University of Arizona, with the encouragement of his Dad. You could call it a scrappy garage biotech, with no traditional VC backers at first. He found a... Read More
11
Jul
2024
Lilly Buys Morphic, Flagship Dreams Big, and Element Challenges Illumina
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30
Jun
2024
A Long-Lasting Drug Against Flu: Jeff Stein on The Long Run
Jeff Stein is today’s guest on The Long Run. He’s the CEO of San Diego-based Cidara Therapeutics. Jeff has led teams that have successfully developed a novel antibiotic, and a novel antifungal, all the way through FDA approval. This latest project with an antiviral could be the most important of his career. Cidara has a platform for making drug-Fc conjugate... Read More
25
Jun
2024
Exsilio Gets $82M to Make mRNA Therapies That Integrate and Endure
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19
Jun
2024
On Juneteenth, Recognizing 18 Black Biopharma Industry Leaders
Ken Frazier, Tony Coles, Rob Perez and Ted Love are among the biggest names in the biopharma industry. They also happen to be Black. But there are many other Black people making significant contributions, and who aren’t so widely known. Let’s recognize some of these folks today on the Juneteenth holiday. On June 19, 1865 — long after the Emancipation... Read More
18
Jun
2024
Marea, Incubated by Third Rock, Gets $190M to Take Aim at Remnant Cholesterol
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17
Jun
2024
Precision Neuroscience for Epilepsy and More: Abe Ceesay on The Long Run
Abe Ceesay is today’s guest on The Long Run. He’s the CEO of Boston-based Rapport Therapeutics. Rapport started with a $100 million Series A financing in March 2023 from Third Rock Ventures, Arch Venture Partners and Johnson & Johnson Innovation. As the company name subtly suggests, it’s based on biology of R A Ps, or receptor-associated proteins. The idea is... Read More
13
Jun
2024
Avidity Delivers, Foresite Raises $900M, & Lilly Alzheimer’s Drug Passes Scrutiny
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13
Jun
2024
Santa Ana Bio Debuts with $168M to Develop Precision Inflammatory Medicines
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6
Jun
2024
AstraZeneca’s Big ASCO, Summit Breaks Out, & Structure’s Oral GLP-1 Advance
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3
Jun
2024
A New Outlook on Life With Sickle Cell Disease: Jimi Olaghere on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Jimi Olaghere. His story will take your breath away. Jimi was born with sickle cell disease. He suffered from severe pain episodes, fatigue and shortness of breath through much of his life. Then in September 2020, he enrolled in a clinical trial when he got the CRISPR-gene edited therapy known as exa-cel, or... Read More
30
May
2024
Merck Bets on the Eye, Merus Raises a Fortune, & Roche Leadership Change
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23
May
2024
Biogen Buys HI-Bio, Endeavor Reverses Lung Scarring, & Pfizer’s Latest Cuts
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22
May
2024
SixPeaks Snags $110M from Versant, AZ for Drugs to Preserve Muscle and Shed Fat
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20
May
2024
SynBio and AI for Discovery: David Younger and Randolph Lopez on The Long Run
Today’s guests on The Long Run are the co-founders of Seattle-based A-Alpha Bio — David Younger and Randolph Lopez. David is the CEO and Randolph is the chief technology officer. The company was founded in 2017 as a spinout from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. The company has built a platform for doing high-volume synthetic biology to... Read More
20
May
2024
Timmerman Traverse Eclipses $10M for Cancer, Poverty, and Sickle Cell Disease
The Timmerman Traverse campaigns have now catalyzed the biotech community to give back more than $10 million to tackle cancer, poverty, and sickle cell disease. It’s a moment to celebrate. These biotech community drives have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. They’ve raised awareness, corralled funds, and stitched together a network of meaningful relationships. More than 120 people have become... Read More