1
Jul
2020
Cygnal Therapeutics Zeroes in on Unorthodox, Peripheral Nervous System Approach to Cancer
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21
May
2020
Day One, Taking a Page from Rare Disease Playbook, Raises $60M for Kids With Cancer
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11
Feb
2020
The Cell Therapy Puzzle: Jane Grogan on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Jane Grogan. Jane is the chief scientific officer of South San Francisco-based Arsenal Bio. Like the name suggests, Arsenal is pulling together a stockpile of potent tools of modern biology. As the company describes itself: Arsenal will integrate technologies such as CRISPR-based genome engineering, scaled and high throughput target identification, synthetic biology, and...Read More
19
Nov
2019
Running the KRAS Marathon with Wellspring, and Visualizing a Second-Half Kick
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28
Oct
2019
Early Cancer Screening is Maturing. What Will It Mean for Drug Developers?
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21
Oct
2019
Biotech’s film making exec behind ‘Jim Allison: Breakthrough’
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8
Oct
2019
Join Me and a Biotech Team on the Trek of a Lifetime for Cancer Research
Earlier this year, I led a team of 27 biotech professionals to Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Each of us committed to raise $50,000 for cancer research at Fred Hutch. We ended up raising $1.6 million. We had an amazing time together. We all made it to the top. I want to do it again. This time we’re...Read More
21
Aug
2019
An Unforgettable Experience: The Kilimanjaro Climb to Fight Cancer Yearbook
The Kilimanjaro Climb to Fight Cancer was a marvelous experience. In every way. Weeks later, I’m still absorbing what it means to scientists at Fred Hutch, and to the biotech community. To start, consider the numbers: Our team of 27 climbers raised $1,587,475 for cancer research More than 2,200 donors contributed from around the country 33 sponsors supported the cause...Read More
20
Aug
2019
As CAR-T Ranks Expand, Industry Scrambles to Solve Long-Standing Manufacturing Challenges
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16
Jul
2019
As Cancer Immunotherapy Booms, Biomarkers Re-Emerge to Guide Treatment
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11
Jul
2019
Better Cancer Treatment Through Better Information: Cindy Perettie on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Cindy Perettie. Cindy is the CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Foundation Medicine. This company does genomic analysis on tumors. If you know more of this molecular nitty-gritty information – things like the underlying gene mutations that send cancer cells into out-of-control growth sprees – then you ought to occasionally come up with more effective...Read More
30
May
2019
Third Rock and Friends Bet $110M On Thrive, a Hopkins-Inspired Cancer Screening Startup
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8
May
2019
Thank You, Biotech: Kili Climb to Fight Has Crushed Its $1m Goal for Cancer Research
Today, I want to say thank you. Thank you to the biotech community for your Incredibly Generous support of the Kilimanjaro Climb to Fight Cancer. You have enabled us to reach our goal of raising $1 million this year for lifesaving cancer research at Fred Hutch. Who are we? We are a team of 28 biotech executives and investors. 14...Read More
23
Apr
2019
3 Lessons for Success in Research: Reflections from AACR 2019
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22
Apr
2019
The Gut Microbiome Modifies Immuno-Oncology Response, Suggesting Ways to Accelerate Activity
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9
Apr
2019
The Road Less Traveled in Glycoscience: Carolyn Bertozzi on The Long Run
Today’s guest on The Long Run is Carolyn Bertozzi. She is a professor of chemistry at Stanford University, and an entrepreneur. Her research is focused on glycans – the beautiful and bewilderingly complicated sugar molecule structures attached to proteins. These carbohydrates are often underappreciated by biologists, and “orthogonal” to the way many think. But glycans are known to play a...Read More
27
Feb
2019
Staying Resilient, Finding a Way Forward: Julia Owens on The Long Run
Julia Owens is today’s guest on The Long Run. Owens is the CEO of Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Millendo Therapeutics. This company develops drugs for rare endocrine disorders. Prader-Willi syndrome, a terrible genetic disorder that causes young people to develop voracious appetites and which leads to severe obesity, is the focus of the company’s lead drug candidate. It’s entering a pivotal...Read More
20
Feb
2019
The Boston Cancer Summit and SF Cancer Summit. See the Agenda & Get Your Tickets
The Boston Cancer Summit is loaded with a stellar lineup of speakers on Apr. 16. Same deal with the San Francisco Cancer Summit on Apr. 18. I’m excited to announce the agendas for these special idea-and-networking forums. Hal Barron of GSK, David Schenkein of GV, Cindy Perettie of Foundation Medicine, and Ira Mellman of Genentech are a few of the...Read More
6
Feb
2019
Get Tickets Now: The Cancer Summit Series is Coming to Boston, SF, Seattle
We live in a time of tremendous possibility for cancer R&D. Checkpoint inhibitors, cell therapies, molecular diagnostics that catch cancer early and can guide effective custom treatment – these fields are brimming with progress. All were considered speculative at best a decade ago. The science has never been more promising. Yet pricing and access to this new world of cancer...Read More
20
Dec
2018
Relay Therapeutics Hauls in $400M to Push Frontier in Computational Drug Discovery
Computers have been overhyped as tools of drug discovery for 15-20 years. But things have started turning in the right direction the past couple years, judging from recent bets by a few perspicacious investors. The latest example: Relay Therapeutics. Cambridge, Mass.-based Relay is announcing today it has raised a $400 million Series C financing heavy on private-public crossover investors. SoftBank...Read More