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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24
Jul
2025
Sarepta Crashes, Abivax Soars, & Sanofi Buys Another Vaccine Platform
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23
Jul
2025
Creative Ways to Back Young Scientists: Andy Rachleff and Yung Lie on The Long Run
Yung Lie and Andy Rachleff are today’s guests on The Long Run. Yung is the president and CEO of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, based in New York. Andy is the board chair. Andy was one of the founding partners of Benchmark Capital, the prominent Silicon Valley VC firm, and today is the chairman of Wealthfront. This is a... Read More
22
Jul
2025
Avalyn Pharma Gets $100M to Deliver Inhalable Pulmonary Fibrosis Drugs
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21
Jul
2025
Omega Funds, Delivering New Products and Returns, Secures $647M New Fund
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10
Jul
2025
Merck Bets $10B on COPD, AbbVie Buys In Vivo CAR-T, & FDA Transparency
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10
Jul
2025
5AM-Founded Renasant Bio Secures $54.5M Seed for ADPKD Discovery
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1
Jul
2025
A Two-Pronged Attack on Cancer: Claire Mazumdar on The Long Run
Claire Mazumdar is today’s guest on The Long Run. She is the founding CEO of Boston-based Bicara Therapeutics. Bicara is developing a bifunctional antibody for head and neck cancer. It’s called ficerafusp alfa, and it’s designed to bind with a couple of well-known biological targets, EGFR and TGF-beta. The idea is to block a well-known cancer driver in EGFR, while... Read More
25
Jun
2025
The Unsung Community Heroes Who Make Biotech Thrive
Every thriving biotech hub can trace its origins to one or two outstanding scientific institutions. But every thriving region can also trace some of its success back to community leaders. These are people who attend boring night meetings. They aren’t household names. They’re fine with that. These people were especially common in America after World War II. They laid down... Read More
18
Jun
2025
Actio Bio, Running Fast and Lean, Pockets $66M for Precision Neuro Drug R&D
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12
Jun
2025
Avidity Advances in FSHD, Insmed Passes PAH Test, Merck Delivers with Oral PCSK9
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11
Jun
2025
Finding Therapies in Long Non-Coding RNA: John Rinn on The Long Run
John Rinn is today’s guest on The Long Run. John is the Leslie Orgel and Marvin Caruthers professor of RNA science at the University of Colorado in Boulder. His research is focused on long non-coding RNAs. This is the vast expanse of the genome that doesn’t contain genes with code for making proteins. Researchers once dismissed this area of the... Read More
5
Jun
2025
Sanofi Buys Blueprint, BMS Antes for BioNTech Bispecific, & Kymera Degrader Delivers
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4
Jun
2025
Request an Invitation to the Timmerman Traverse
Timmerman Traverse is looking for a few good men and women. Opportunities are here for people who are physically fit, enjoy nature, thrive in community, and who want to roll up the sleeves for worthy causes — including cancer research, sickle cell disease and fighting poverty. Here’s how to get involved. Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares This 2-day expedition... Read More
29
May
2025
GSK Antibiotic Hits, ORIC Prostate Cancer Drug Shines, & Taysha Goes 10-for-10
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