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Kyverna sets plans for IPO in test of biotech enthusiasm
The offering is the fifth outlined by a biotech startup this month, suggesting companies are becoming more willing to gauge investors’ appetite for new stock offerings.
By Kristin Jensen • Jan. 17, 2024 -
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Tr1x, a new biotech, joins ‘Treg’ chase with $75M fundraise
The startup is focusing on immune cells called Tr1 cells, which it claims could be important in treating autoimmune conditions like graft-versus-host disease.
By Ben Fidler • Jan. 17, 2024 -
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Looming patent expiries this decade and intensifying competition from China are forcing drugmakers to adapt, while new opportunities open up in oncology and in neuroscience.
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Sponsored by ClinicalMindSimplifying speaker engagement in Pharma: A holistic approach
Relationships with Speaker Bureau faculty are among the most important that a biopharmaceutical company nurtures.
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The biopharma industry outlook on 2024: Guarded optimism for a rebound
A stock market run and a flurry of dealmaking have buoyed a sector that spent much of 2023 in a downturn. Can the momentum last?
By Ned Pagliarulo • Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Allakos to lay off half of staff, scrap drug after study setback
The restructuring adds to a wave of industry layoffs. The Californian biotech is at least the third this year to plan a workforce reduction of 50% or more.
By Ben Fidler • Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Deep DiveWomen’s health companies, battling under-investment in research, see growing opportunity
While investment remains lower than in other areas of drug R&D, executives and VCs speak of progress for a field that’s been overlooked in the past.
By Delilah Alvarado • Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Backed by billionaires, a new biomedical institute tests an unorthodox approach
Arena BioWorks, which will be led by Harvard University scientist Stuart Schreiber, seeks to blend academic and venture capital drug research models.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Jan. 12, 2024 -
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Q&ARecursion’s Chris Gibson on AI in biotech and ‘virtuous cycles’
The AI specialist caught the attention of many attendees to last week’s J.P. Morgan conference, where advanced computing’s impact on biotech was a much-discussed topic.
By Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 12, 2024 -
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Venture funding, dealmaking slowed in biotech last year: Pitchbook
Though the number of financings from private investors is down year over year, the size of those rounds has remained high, especially for drugmakers with human data in hand.
By Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 11, 2024 -
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EU regulators to consult advisers in review of Eisai Alzheimer’s drug
As a result of the planned consultation, Eisai now expects an approval decision on Leqembi in Europe by the end of June, rather than March.
By Kristin Jensen • Jan. 11, 2024 -
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Newly optimistic, biotech investors weigh lessons of sector’s downturn
Investors and executives interviewed by BioPharma Dive at J.P. Morgan say new companies have to be leaner, hire more conservatively and focus on their first medicines quickly.
By Ben Fidler • Jan. 11, 2024 -
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JPM24: Novartis’ head start, FTC fallout and Bluebird’s price defense
Radiopharma drugmakers spoke with BioPharma Dive about chasing Novartis in the hot field, while Bluebird’s CEO explained the company’s sickle cell therapy pricing.
By Ben Fidler , Ned Pagliarulo , Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 10, 2024 -
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JPM24: Pfizer’s tough sell, the next Karuna and building a biotech platform
Albert Bourla acknowledged Pfizer’s difficult 2023, while PureTech’s Daphne Zohar spoke with BioPharma Dive about building neuroscience startups.
By Ben Fidler , Delilah Alvarado • Jan. 9, 2024 -
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JPM24: Nvidia’s AI dreams, Sarepta’s rosy outlook and Jeff Jonas’ new job
The chip maker struck a new deal with Amgen last Monday, while Sarepta brought news of strong sales to the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.
By Gwendolyn Wu , Delilah Alvarado , Ben Fidler • Jan. 8, 2024 -
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Year of biotech layoffs leaves industry looking for spark
Small and mid-sized drugmakers shed at least 10,000 jobs in 2023, according to data compiled by BioPharma Dive. However, recent deal and stock market momentum have brought some optimism.
By Delilah Alvarado , Ned Pagliarulo • Jan. 8, 2024 -
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5 questions facing emerging biotech in 2024
An unusual FTC challenge could have implications for startups, while industry watchers gauge whether the sector’s recent momentum will end a lengthy funding crunch.
By Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 8, 2024 -
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Gene editing startup Metagenomi files for an IPO
The Emeryville, California-based gene therapy developer has several preclinical programs in development with Moderna, Ionis and Affini-T.
By Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 6, 2024 -
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An unusual drugmaker raises north of $100M for ecstasy-based PTSD therapy
Lykos Therapeutics, formerly known as MAPS Public Benefit Corp., recently submitted its MDMA capsules for FDA approval, following two positive studies.
By Jacob Bell • Jan. 5, 2024 -
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Intellia to lay off staff, cut some early research
The CRISPR specialist joins some of its genetic medicine peers in trimming staff, announcing an “organizational streamlining” to focus resources on prioritiy drug programs.
By Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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Allogene to shift strategy in bid to reposition CAR-T
The company plans to restructure and will start a new late-stage study testing whether its “off-the-shelf” therapy can boost cure rates when used early on.
By Ben Fidler • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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Novo taps Flagship startups to develop drugs for obesity, MASH
The research deals with Omega Therapeutics and Cellarity are the first under a broad alliance Novo struck with Flagship last spring.
By Kristin Jensen • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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A new startup from Feng Zhang and an ex-Illumina executive zeroes in on the epigenome
Moonwalk Biosciences, the latest biotech co-founded by Zhang, joins other startups aiming to alter gene expression without changing DNA.
By Gwendolyn Wu • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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Goldman Sachs gets into biotech investing with new venture fund
The $650 million fund exceeded Goldman’s target and comes amid cautious optimism that biotech could rebound from a lengthy downturn.
By Kristin Jensen • Jan. 3, 2024 -
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Roche joins startup Remix in bet on another way to drug RNA
The deal is the third Roche has formed with startups developing pills that target RNA, following similar pacts with Arrakis and Ribometrix.
By Ben Fidler • Jan. 3, 2024 -
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Tome acquires startup Replace, gaining new genome editing tools
The deal is the second startup sale engineered by University of California, Berkeley scientist Shakked Halperin, and gives Tome a way to insert or delete small DNA sequences into the genome.
By Ben Fidler • Jan. 2, 2024
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