14
Oct
2025
Creating a New Class of Medicines: Eric Fischer on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Eric Fischer. Eric is a professor at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. His structural biology and chemical biology expertise has led him down a path to become one of the world’s experts in an emerging category of medicine that includes targeted protein degraders and molecular glues. These novel chemical entities can be... Read More
6
Oct
2025
An Outstanding ‘Mini’ Traverse of Katahdin for Damon Runyon Cancer Research
The Timmerman Traverse for Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation had a spectacular experience on Mt. Katahdin in Maine on Saturday. Weather was glorious. Fall colors were vibrant. The team was fit and mentally ready for rocky, rugged terrain. They got a rich outdoor experience with a steep rock scramble on Cathedral Path, then crossing Katahdin’s famous Knife Edge ridge. This... Read More
6
Oct
2025
Arbor Takes Next-Gen Gene Editing into the Clinic, Secures Chiesi Partnership
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2
Oct
2025
Pfizer Buys Metsera GLP-1s, Genmab Nabs Merus for $8B, & Sanofi Commits to VC
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2
Oct
2025
Cartography Secures $67M for T-cell Engager for Colorectal Cancer (and a Platform, Too)
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29
Sep
2025
A Song of Science and Hope: Bruce Levine & Mags McCarthy on The Long Run
Today’s guests on The Long Run are Bruce Levine and Mags McCarthy. Bruce is a scientist at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He’s one of the world leaders in engineering CAR-T cell therapies for cancer. Mags McCarthy is a country music star. What do these two have in common? A shared desire to sing from the rooftops... Read More
18
Sep
2025
Roche Buys 89Bio, Novartis Doubles Down on Monte Rosa, & aTyr Flames Out
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17
Sep
2025
Predicting Leukemia Risk At Scale: Dr. Lachelle Weeks on The Long Run
Dr. Lachelle Weeks is today’s guest on The Long Run. Lachelle is a physician-scientist in the adult leukemia program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She treats patients who have precursors to myeloid cancers such as acute myeloid leukemia. Her research is looking at ways to detect the early warning signs of blood cancer early, when these malignancies are most... Read More
17
Sep
2025
Arch-Backed Ollin Secures $100M For Bispecific Antibodies for Eye Diseases
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16
Sep
2025
First CinCor, Now AllRock: Versant, Westlake Pump $50M Into PAH Startup
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11
Sep
2025
An IPO Revival, Novartis Buys Tourmaline, & Tribute to a Biology Pioneer
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9
Sep
2025
Next Stop: Kilimanjaro 2026 for Damon Runyon Cancer Research
The biotech industry can do amazing things when focused on an audacious goal. Like curing cancer. I’m fired up to announce the next Timmerman Traverse for Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. This group of 23 biotech executives and investors are training to hike up to the summit of Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa (elev. 19,341 feet), in February 2026.... Read More
4
Sep
2025
Atlas Adds $400M, Kite Buys In Vivo CAR-T Company, & AbbVie Bets on Psychedelics
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2
Sep
2025
Corsera Health, Led by Maraganore and Meanwell, Aims to Prevent Heart Disease
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28
Aug
2025
Creating Lower Cost, Accessible Cell & Gene Therapies: Jen Adair on The Long Run
Jen Adair is today’s guest on The Long Run. Jen is a professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Genetic and Cellular Medicine, and Associate Director of the Horae Gene Therapy Center at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Her laboratory develops tools and methods for safe and effective delivery of gene therapy. In this conversation, you’ll hear... Read More
24
Aug
2025
Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares Raises Another $1.1M to Fight Poverty in 2025
Another Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares is in the books. This year, we raised $1.15 million from more than 1,000 donors to fight poverty in biotech hubs around the US. We raised awareness of worthy nonprofits close to home, through Life Science Cares. Perhaps most importantly, we had an unforgettable life experience, making friends amid some of the most... Read More
14
Aug
2025
OrbiMed’s Royalty Fund, Strand Advances IL-12 mRNA, & Melinta’s Turnaround
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6
Aug
2025
CAR-T Cells Against Solid Tumors: Sabah Oney on The Long Run
Sabah Oney is today’s guest on The Long Run. Sabah is the CEO of Philadelphia and San Francisco-based Dispatch Biotherapeutics. This startup is developing engineered CAR-T cell therapies for solid tumors. The goal is to bring the power of CAR-T cell cures to a wider group of patients, beyond those with blood cancers. Dispatch was founded by some of the... Read More
5
Aug
2025
VIDEO: Phil Sharp and Bill Haney on ‘Cracking the Code’
Science and society have always had an uneasy relationship. Yet there are always people out there seeking to build bridges of understanding. I recently moderated a conversation at MIT with Phil Sharp, the Nobel Prize-winning biologist, and Bill Haney, a filmmaker and biotech entrepreneur with Dragonfly Therapeutics and Skyhawk Therapeutics. They collaborated on a documentary film called “Cracking the Code.”... Read More
31
Jul
2025
GSK Doubles Down on China, Sarepta Rebounds, and Frazier’s $1.3B Fund
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