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BiotechTV - News
This is the primary news channel of BiotechTV where you will find on the ground reporting by our journalists from biotech hubs throughout the world.
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BiotechTV - NewsMount Sinai has embraced AI as a drug discovery tool by launching this month its new AI Small Molecule Drug Discovery Center - Professor Avner Schlessinger tells us why
Dr. Schlessinger descrbies how the new center is meant to speed up drug discovery work and enable Mount Sinai researchers to develop molecules that are more…
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Jones Research analysts Soumit Roy and Justin Walsh share their take on biotech and comment on companies they cover
They discusses takeaways from the conference, and comment on Beam, Korro, Wave, Intellia, Prime, Janux, Alto Nuero, Rapport, and YmAbs.
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Pharvaris is developing oral bradykinin B2 receptor inhibitors for HEA - with a first pivotal scheduled to read in less than a year
CFO David Nassif describes the unmet need that still exists today in HAE, and updates us on programs in both the acute and prophylactic settings.
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Biotech veteran David Hung on his company Nuvation Bio, which has an FDA decision for its ROS1 scheduled for June
He describes where this fits into the ROS1 space, and the data that has been derived for the filing. Plus, mIDH1, drug-drug-conjugates, and his take on the…
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Wave CEO Paul Bolno discusses recent DMD data and regulatory feedback, and shares updates on alpha-1 antitrypsin, obesity, and Huntington's
He describes the 48 week data for the exon 53 DMD program, and discusses the company's plan to seek accelerated approval. Plus, guidance on when to expect…
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: The CIO of XOMA Royalty describes the inner workings of the royalty business, and also how to help with biotech's negative enterprise problem
Brad Sitko describes how XOMA is able to do smaller deals than other larger investors in this space, and he gives examples of investments they have made. Plus…
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Trevi Therapeutics CEO Jennifer Good describes recent positive data in refractory chronic cough and previews upcoming IPF data
She describes how the mechanism of Haduvio differs from other programs in chronic cough, and covers the recent phase 2a RIVER data.
BiotechTV - NewsJones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Jones Research analysts Catherine Novack and Debanjana Chatterjee share their take on biotech and comment on companies they cover
They discusses the macro and regulatory factors that have affected the sector so strongly, and comment on Wave, Korro, ProQr, Capricor, Trevi, and Kalvista.
BiotechTV - NewsAnalyst Thursdays: Stifel's Alex Thompson updates us on the latest news and upcoming catalysts in the I&I space
He shares his take on biotech and discusses argenx, Immunovant, AnaptysBio, Apogee, Dianthus, and Viridian.
BiotechTV - NewsAnglo Nordic Life Science Conference: The CEO of Cure Parkinson's talks about their work, and participating in the International Linked Clinical Trials Initiative
CEO Helen Matthews describes the types of medicines they are supporting for clinical trials (including Ambroxol and GLP-1s), and folding a few programs into a…
BiotechTV - NewsAnglo Nordic Life Science Conference: Denmark based Synklino is developing a fusion protein that targets US28 for CMV infections from transplants
Co-Founder and CEO Thomas Kledal describes the science behind this platform and program. Plus, how having access to donated kidneys is helping the company with…
BiotechTV - NewsOn the heels of raising a $65M series B, the CEO of Flagship's Ampersand Biomedicines describes the company's precision medicine platform, and gives updates on partnering and R&D progress
CEO Jason Gardner describes Ampersand's platform that is designed to make medicines act at the site of disease. He also shares updates on partnerships with…
BiotechTV - NewsBioTrinity 2025: With a novel E3 ubiquitin ligase (TRIM21) for protein degradation, Cambridge, UK based TRIMTECH Therapeutics recently raised a $31 million seed round
CEO Nicki Thompson describes why she believes the company is differentied in the field, and how TRIMTECH's construct is designed to selectively degrade…
BiotechTV - NewsVida Ventures named Matt Cohen and Brian Goodman new Managing Directors today. BiotechTV caught up with Brian in Vida's Boston office
He describes his background in life sciences investing and shares his take on the current state of the sector.
BiotechTV - NewsAfter a $93M series B, Character Bio's CEO Cheng Zhang describes how the company has built a proprietary database to reclassify AMD patients into genetic subgroups to optimize trial patient selection
He describes why a 'one-size-fits-all' approach has caused numerous ophthalmology trials to fail in the past, and why Character believes a precision medicine…
BiotechTV - NewsBioTrinity 2025: AlveoGene Executive Chair David Hipkiss describes the company's unique inhaled gene therapy platform that fuses a Sendai virus and Lentivirus, and can be redosed
He describes the science behind the platform, which is already being used by Boehringer Ingelheim for cystic fibrosis. AlveoGene has plans to use it for…
BiotechTV - NewsMiami based Galatea Bio raised $25M today to expand its 'Galatea Global Biobank', an initiative to sequence 10 million participants worldwide, with a focus on individuals of non-European ancestry
Founder and CEO Carlos Bustamante tells BiotechTV's AI Correspondent, Ryan Flinn, about the biobank and why it is important to better understand how diseases…
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Winner of the MassBioDrive Startup of the Year Award last year, the Co-Founder and CEO of Eascra Biotech describes developing nanoparticles as a delivery vehicle for therapies
Mari Anne Snow describes the advantages she sees nanoparticles having over current modalities like viral vectors, LNPs, and others.
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Atlas Venture's Bruce Booth shares his take on the current state of biotech and what it takes to get through difficult times for the industry as an investor and for companies
He describes the 14th fund that Atlas raised at the end of last year, which was $450 million. Plus, his take on the environment, regulatory changes, China's…
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: On the one-year anniversary of the spin-out of Seaport Therapeutics, Daphne Zohar describes the Glyph platform that powers it, and her thoughts on running depression trials
She describes the idea of leveraging Glyph to achieve oral dosing of medicines in cases where it would not be possible or tolerable. Plus, the lead clinical…
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Beam Therapeutics' CEO John Evans discusses the company's recent alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency data, what's ahead for sickle cell disease, and the current environment for biotech
He describes the nine patient dose ascending data in AAT deficiency that was historic for being the industry's first in-vivo proof of concept of a gene editor…
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Cigall Kadoch discusses her pioneering work in chromatin regulation that has led to Foghorn Therapeutics
She describes the science behind chromatin and gene regulation, previews upcoming preclinical data the company will have at AACR for its lead SMARCA2 program…
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Kymera Therapeutics Founder and CEO Nello Mainolfi talks protein degradation, his take on recent industry data, and updates on the company's programs, including a new one to come
He gives a brief overview of this approach, comments on recent competitor data in cancer, and highlights Kymera's STAT6 and TYK2 programs.
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey discusses keeping the state on top in life sciences, global competition, and more
She describes the efforts that government is making to support medical research in the area, shares her thoughts on competition in science and for jobs from…
BiotechTV - NewsState of Possible: Strand Therapeutics' Co-Founder & CEO Jake Becraft talks mRNA and getting into the clinic with the company's first program
He describes the intratumoral IL-12 program that is in the clinic today, and the preclinical progress Strand is making on its other programs. Plus, his…
BiotechTV - NewsAt an R&D event hosted by the company in Kendall Square today, Alloy Therapeutics' CEO Errik Anderson talked the latest in science regarding bispecifics, TCR mimics, genetic medicines, and more
He described the discovery work that Alloy does with its client partners, and highlighted emerging areas of science. Plus, the importance of good murine…
BiotechTV - NewsOxford, UK based Greywolf Therapeutics is pursuing cancer and autoimmune indications by attempting to target T-cells at their first signal of activation - an approach the company leads the field on
Co-Founder and CEO Peter Joyce describes the science behind this, including how the company's lead programs inhibit Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Proteases…
BiotechTV - NewsBrainomix, an Oxford, UK based company that uses AI to help front line physicians analyze CT scans for stroke damage and interstitial lung disease, announced an $18M series C raise today
Co-Founder and CEO Michalis Papadakis describes the unmet need for a quick, accurate assessment of stroke damage by front line physicians, who otherwise might…
BiotechTV - NewsAnaptysBio's CEO discusses recent 12 week RA data from the company's PD-1 depleter and agonist, rosnilimab, and previews other upcoming catalysts
Daniel Faga goes over the recently released rosnilimab RA data and previews a longer-term follow-up that will be out in the second quarter. Plus, ulcerative…
BiotechTV - NewsAnalyst Tuesdays: Mizuho Senior Analyst Graig Suvannavejh shares his take on the difficult biotech environment and discusses upcoming clinical trail catalysts for companies he covers
He sets the table for upcoming readouts from Axsome, Vigil Neuro, Verastem, Corvus, and Harmony Biosciences.
BiotechTV - NewsThe co-founders of Vevo Therapeutics describe the Arc Virtual Cell Atlas, a large single cell atlas made publicly available with Arc Institute that now includes Vevo's Tahoe-100M database
CEO Nima Alidoust and CSO Johnny Yu describe Vevo's contribution of 100M cells, plus a 60,000 drug-patient interaction map, that has been combined with Arc's…
BiotechTV - NewsFrom struggling with sickle cell disease to climbing mountains - a firsthand account of how gene therapy has been life changing
Jimi Olaghere describes how his life has changed after participating in a clinical trial for the CRISPR based gene therapy for sickle cell disease that is now…
BiotechTV - NewsBonum Therapeutics aims to lower the toxicity of medicines such as cytokines by regulating them via a unique sensor domain that is designed to activate a therapeutic at its target
Founder & CEO John Mulligan describes how he and his team sold an asset using the same science to Roche in 2022 for $250 million when they were Good…
BiotechTV - NewsAlta Partners' Managing Director Bob More shares his take on biotech and his philosophy of investing in people - from the Timmerman Report 10th Anniversary Celebration in Seattle
He discusses the current downturn, they key of being focused, and his preference of investing in people first. Plus, comments on portfolio companies eGenesis…
BiotechTV - NewsCongratulations to Luke Timmerman on 10 years of Timmerman Report. We salute you!
Celebrating with the Seattle (and beyond) biotech community.
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Glasgow based EnteroBiotix is developing microbiome based treatments using a 'full ecosystem' of strains you would expect to see in a healthy microbiome
CEO Jame Mcllroy describes the scientific platform and how it contrasts to other microbiome approaches. A trial in IBS is scheduled to read out immanently.
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Scotland's Chief Scientist (Health) describes how new technologies are being embraced in the NHS, and why Scotland is a good place for global companies to run clinical trials
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak describes how new technologies are being rolled out in the community equitably, such as digital dermatology, and invites…
BiotechTV - NewsHumanX: Generate Biomedicines' CEO Mike Nally describes how he sees AI going from improvements in optimization to drugging the undruggable
From the big HumanX AI conference in Las Vegas, he describes the overall path he sees AI taking in its contributions to drug development, and gives an update…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: St. Andrews based Pneumagen aims to prevent viral respiratory infections with an intra-nasally delivered platform that harnesses glycan targeted Carbohydrate Binding Module domains
Co-Founder & CEO Douglas Thomson describes how the company was founded, and walks us through the science. Plus, a recap of recently presented phase 2 data, and…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Dundee based Glen Clova Scientific is using virus like particles to lower levels of cytokines in patients experiencing chronic inflammatory conditions
CEO Steven Powell joins BiotechTV from Scotland's Life Sciences Conference and Awards in Glasgow, and explains Glen Clova's expertise in making next generation…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Mark Cook, Co-Chair of Life Sciences Scotland describes the importance of life sciences to the area and what the government and industry are doing to support it
He describes the assets that Scotland has to offer the industry such as excellent universities that derive innovation and a diverse population that makes it a…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Glasgow based Mironid is developing a small molecule to directly target aberrantly high cAMP that causes Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)
Co-Founder & CEO Neil Wilkie walks us through the biology of ADPKD and explains how Mironid is trying to uniquely directly target it. Plus, the growth of the…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Vicki Hazley, Associate Director of The Scottish National Investment Bank, discusses how The Bank invests in life sciences
She describes The Bank's goal of supporting life sciences in Scotland and making a societal impact, how it aims to co-invest with likeminded investors. Plus…
BiotechTV - NewsProfessor Pieter Cullis and Jay Kulkarni, co-founders of NanoVation Therapeutics, discusses the next generation of lipid nanoparticle delivery
Professor Cullis, one of the original pioneers of LNPs and co-founder of 11 biotechnology companies, describes the challenge of successfully using lipid…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Edinburgh based Trogenix is developing an AAV based gene therapy platform for cancer that is designed to deliver combination immune payloads to the tumor
CEO Ken Macnamara describes the science behind this idea and discusses recently presented preclinical data. He highlights the lead program for glioblastoma and…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: A leading investor who is focused on life sciences in Scotland shares his thoughts on the innovation happening in the area
Andrew McNeill, Managing Partner of St. Andrews based Eos Advisory, introduces us to the firm and some portfolio companies including Dxcover and Laverock…
BiotechTV - NewsAcuitas Therapeutics is a pioneer in developing lipid nanoparticals, and already has seen two approved products: ONPATTRO and the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine
Co-Founder & CEO Thomas Madden describes the science and history behind LNPs, and discusses what is currently in development, including trying to use them to…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Edinburgh based Cumulus Oncology has built a hub and spoke model of creating multiple spin-out companies - it already has three disclosed assets
Founder & CEO Clare Wareing describes the company's design, with an eye towards being capital efficient and investing over and again for the long-term. She…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Outrun Therapeutics is aiming to create a new category of therapeutics by stabilizing proteins via drugging E3 ligases
CEO Carolyn Porter describes the beginning of the company, which spun out of University of Dundee's MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (PPU)…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Tay Therapeutics is a product of University of Dundee's Drug Discovery Unit, and is working on small molecules - including a topical pan-BET that is in phase 2
Founder and CEO Andrew Woodland describes how they made the decision to focus on inflammation for the pan-BET, which is partnered with VYNE Therapeutics. VYNE…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: University of Dundee has established a world-class Centre for Protein Degradation, one of the hottest emerging modalities in biotech
Founder and Director Alessio Ciulli explains the science behind protein degradation. He then describes the facilities that have been built and the work that…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: The Head of Business Development at University of Dundee's Drug Discovery Unit talks about how the university helps biopharma companies translate science into medicines
Charlotte Green describes the work that the unit does in tropical diseases, CNS, women's health, and oncology. She also highlights their pharma partnerships…
BiotechTV - NewsTour of Scotland: Sir Michael Ferguson introduces the work in life sciences that has built up at The University of Dundee and the specialized centers that have come from it
He discusses speciality work relating to molecular cell biology / signal transduction, and translational science. Plus, the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and…
BiotechTV - NewsA study published in JMIR today showed that Limbic's GenAI-powered chatbot elevated the standard of care for mental health patients in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS)
Limbic CEO Ross Harper describes how patients who interacted with Limbic Care attended 42% more therapy sessions and achieved a 25% higher recovery rate…
BiotechTV - NewsAnalyst Thursdays: William Blair Senior Analyst Andy Hsieh talks about his new obesity sector report and the companies he initiated
He discusses what to look for in safety and efficacy, new targets, and his thoughts on the potential role of oral therapies. Plus, comments on Structure…
BiotechTV - NewsOn Rare Disease Day, Ultragenyx's Head of Gene Therapy Research explains the company's Rare Disease Bootcamp that helps families navigate drug development, and he also talks gene therapy science
Matthew Fuller describes the course that Ultragenyx will be holding both in the Bay Area and Massachusetts. He also explains the improvements in vector…
BiotechTV - NewsCambridge, UK based Amphista Therapeutics is developing a new generation of targeted protein degradation therapies that do not rely on cereblon or VHL
CEO Antony Mattessich describes the company's approach and the advantages he believes it has over other TPD. Plus, the lead program targeting BRD9, and how the…
BiotechTV - NewsCambridge, UK based Ignota Labs raised a $6.9M seed funding today and will use AI to understand why otherwise promising therapies have failed on tox by surprise and then to reengineer them
Co-Founder and CEO Sam Windsor describes the rationale for using AI to focus more on tox, not efficacy, and gives and example of a drug the company has already…
BiotechTV - NewsWith unique license agreements in place with local universities and an additional $260M recently raised, Cambridge, UK based Apollo Therapeutics is building out a substantial pipeline
CEO Richard Mason describes the company's philosophy, and covers programs such as a FGF21/GLP-1 that was recently licensed from a Chinese partner, an IL18…
BiotechTV - NewsFrom Boston: Stifel Senior Analyst Paul Matteis talks about the orexin class of wakefulness medicines in development, and comments on recent news from companies he covers
He shares his take on biotech and discusses Alkermes, Tekada, Centessa, Jazz, Biogen, Stoke, Alnylam, BridgeBio, Xenon, and more.