27
Jul
2023
Alnylam’s Big Roche Deal, Biogen Cuts 1,000 Jobs, & Pneumococcal Vaccine Competition
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26
Jul
2023
Versant-Backed Nexo Gets $60M to Pursue Tough Cancer Targets
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25
Jul
2023
A-Alpha Bio Raises $22.4M to Further Build SynBio and AI Drug Discovery Platform
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24
Jul
2023
Betting on Bold and Brave Ideas for Cancer: Yung Lie on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Yung Lie. Yung is the president and CEO of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. The New York-based foundation supports some of the best young scientists around the US and gives them funds to pursue their bold and brave ideas. To give just one example, it bet on cancer immunotherapy research when it... Read More
20
Jul
2023
FTC Scrutinizes M&A, Tessier-Lavigne Steps Down, and BridgeBio’s Comeback
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18
Jul
2023
Neumora Advances to Phase III with Depression Drug, Hires AbbVie Vet as CEO
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17
Jul
2023
Westlake Village Raises $450M for Biotech Startups in LA and Beyond
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13
Jul
2023
Recursion’s Big Day, FDA OKs OTC Birth Control & a Midsummer IPO
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12
Jul
2023
Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares Hits $1M Goal to Fight Poverty
I’m delighted to share some good news. The Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares has hit its goal in 2023. Together, we have raised more than $1 million to fight poverty in five biotech hubs around the US. The funds will help fulfill basic human needs like food and shelter. They will also go toward education and job training to... Read More
11
Jul
2023
Septerna, Backed by Third Rock and RA, Gets $150M for GPCR Drug Discovery
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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... Read More
10
Jul
2023
Lessons Learned from the Intense Back-and-Forth Over a $1B Acquisition
Since 2018, about 90 biotech companies have been acquired for more than $500 million. That’s only about 15 to 20 companies per year, a tiny fraction of the approximately 10,000 biotechnology companies around the world. I was privileged to be part of one of those transactions, the sale of Albireo Pharma to Ipsen in January for $952 million upfront, plus... Read More
29
Jun
2023
Vertex Gears Up for T1D, GSK TB Vaccine Gets Boost, & Regeneron Stumbles
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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... Read More
27
Jun
2023
Biopharma Has a Primary Care Problem
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22
Jun
2023
Lilly Buys Dice, Sarepta Wins FDA Approval, & PhRMA Fights the IRA
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22
Jun
2023
AltPep, Backed by Section32 and Lilly, Gets $53M to Catch and Treat Early Alzheimer’s
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21
Jun
2023
ARTBIO, Backed by F-Prime and Omega, Gets $23M for Targeted Radiotherapies for Cancer
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17
Jun
2023
Learning From History How to Think About the Technology of the Moment
Generative AI, the transformative technology of the moment, exploded onto the scene with the arrival in late 2022 of chatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot developed by the company OpenAI. After only five days, a million users had tried the app; after two months: 100 million, the fastest growth ever seen for a consumer application. TikTok, the previous record holder, took nine... Read More
14
Jun
2023
Immunotherapies for Cancer and More: Aaron Ring on The Long Run
Aaron Ring is today’s guest on The Long Run. Aaron is an associate professor of immunobiology at Yale University for a little while longer. He’s moving his lab to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle in the summer of 2023. Early in his scientific career, Aaron has done some fascinating work in protein engineering and immunology. He has founded... Read More