By

Luke Timmerman

10
Jul
2023

Detecting Cancer Early When It’s Most Treatable: Kevin Conroy on The Long Run

Today’s guest on The Long Run is Kevin Conroy. Kevin is the chairman and CEO of Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences. Exact Sciences has grown over the past decade into a success story for cancer screening and diagnosis. It’s best known for marketing the noninvasive Cologuard test that screens people for colorectal cancer. It also markets the Oncotype DX test that’s...
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27
Jun
2023

Becoming a Biotech CEO: Jodie Morrison on The Long Run

Today’s guest on The Long Run is Jodie Morrison. Jodie is the acting CEO at Waltham, Mass.-based Q32 Bio. It’s a company developing treatments for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. It has an antibody in development with Horizon Therapeutics aimed at IL-7 receptor alpha, in Phase II for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. It also has wholly-owned programs aimed at the...
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30
May
2023

From Structural Biology to Structuring Companies: Deb Palestrant on The Long Run

Today’s guest on The Long Run is Deb Palestrant. Deb is a partner with 5AM Ventures and the executive chair of the 4:59 Initiative. 5AM invests in early-stage startups working on a variety of novel biological targets and some of the emerging new treatment modalities – gene therapy, gene editing, oligonucleotides. As the name suggests, it’s not afraid to get...
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