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The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London has already been at the cutting edge of new technologies since it opened in 2019
Aofie Regan, Director of Charitable Programmes and Impact at GOSH's Children's Charity, describes the research that happens there, which is transparently on display for the public to see from the street. In addition to do work directly there that might not be driven forward on its own, they also recently initiated a clinical trials funding programme.
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C-Further is a UK based consortium designed to advance new therapies for childhood cancers - researchers and biotech companies should know that it is an option to move programs forward
As Steering Committee Member Tony Hickson describes, C-Further was created by core partners Cancer Research Horizons, LifeArc and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity, to fill a gap where development for pediatric cancers is often lacking. See their website to submit a proposal.
3 days ago


Novartis agreed to acquire London based Myricx Bio today for $1.1B up front and up to $400M in milestones. As Myricx's CEO tells us today at the company's HQ, this is all about novel ADC payloads
CEO Mohit Rawat discusses the deal and the scientific rationale for N-myristoyltransferase inhibitor (NMTi) payloads.
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Biotech's movers for the week of June 29th and a preview of the week ahead
The XBI reached another all-time high on the back of positive data from Abivax, and generally overall positive data and dealmaking in the I&I space. On the downside, Evommune's MRGPRX2 antagonist failed a phase 2b in CSU, and Unicycive fell after receiving another CRL for its hyperphosphatemia application due to CMC issues.
Jul 3


Abivax CEO Marc de Garidel discusses freshly released maintenance part 2 results for obefazimod in UC and describes how he believes it builds on initial data announced earlier this month
He discusses learnings from the company's previous data release in early June and how he believes the new data presented gives investors a fuller picture of the efficacy and safety profile of the therapy. He discusses next steps from a regulatory and business standpoint, clarifies a key point of investor confusion, and also provides an update on the company's Crohn's trial.
Jun 30


Biotech's movers for the week of June 22nd and a preview of the week ahead
The XBI closed at an all time high and biotech once again saw major M&A with AbbVie's $11B acquisition of Apogee. Watch for numerous key FDA decisions over the week ahead.
Jun 27


San Diego based Replicate Bioscience believes that self-replicating RNA (srRNA) has key advantages over linear or circular RNA. Last year Novo signed on as a partner in obesity and diabetes
Co-Founder and CEO Nathaniel Wang describes the biology, which is designed to be more durable, tolerable, and offer less frequent dosing. The lead internal program is a rabies vaccine, and there is early work on mono, RSV/hMPV/PIV, gout, and a cancer vaccine platform. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 26


Recludix will have initial clinical data for its SH2 STAT6 soon (2H 2026) - while it already made waves via a big partnership, a positive profile in humans could signal that SH2's time has arrived
CEO Nancy Whiting walks us through the biology of SH2 and the potential breadth of it as a therapeutics approach (there are 120 SH2 domains). The lead STAT6 program is in healthy volunters, and the company is also working on a BTK. Plus, her thoughts on HHS's new initiative to speed up clinical trials in the United States. Chapters Her thoughts on HHS's new trials initiative - 2:39 Recludix's work on SH2 - 6:51 Coverage brought to you by
Jun 26


While inhibiting the Hedgehog signaling pathway has typically been used in oncology, San Diego based Endeavor BioMedicines has one they believe is well suited for fibrotic diseases like IPF
John Hood, the successful biotech entrepreneur and Co-Founder and CEO of Endeavor, describes the biological hypothesis for Hedgehog inhibition in IPF and why he thinks ENV-101 is the right asset for it. It is currently in a phase 2b that will read towards the end of the year, and he believes the trial can show more than just a slowing of the disease. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 26


San Diego based Origami Therapeutics is developing next-generation protein degraders and correctors for CNS conditions - the lead program is focused on Huntington's disease
Founder & CEO Beth Hoffman describes how Origami's platform is different than other degrades like PROTACs, and how it specifically is designed to clear the mutant huntingtin protein. Plus, details on a global collaboration announced earlier this year with Ipsen. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 26


BIO 2026: Texas based Nanoscope Therapeutics is using optogenetics, or light to turn cells on or off, to try to restore vision for retinal conditions
CEO Sulagna Bhattacharya describes the science behind this, which is gene agnostic, and the work the company is going to develop it and seek approvals both in Japan and the United States.
Jun 26


Actio Biosciences has a precision medicine approach to rare diseases - promising preclinical data in a genetically defined epilepsy has them eagerly awaiting forthcoming clinical results
CEO David Goldstein, a geneticist, describes his frustration with patient care when medicines were lacking rare genetic diseases, and how it motivated him to embark on drug development. Actio's lead program targets KCNT-1 and is in the clinic - preclinical animal work showed that inhibiting the target worked well, and that it may be less of a developmental condition. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 25


Artiva's cell therapy approach to autoimmune conditions is unique because it is NK cell based, donor derived, and there is no engineering of the cells - they believe the benefit is already in the data
CEO Fred Aslan walks us through this unique program and its potential advantages, which include that it can be administered in the community setting and can also be redosed if necessary. A 350 patient randomized registration trial in rheumatoid arthritis will be underway this year. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 25


BIO 2026: AltruBio believes that its PSGL-1, a T-cell checkpoint targeting antibody, could be a "ceiling raiser" in the I&I space
Chair and CEO Judy Chou describes the science behind the target (this is the company's second generation molecule), and discusses the current clinical program in UC. She believes they have a "best in disease outcome" medicine and says they have talked to all the key players in I&I regarding a potential collaboration. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 25


BIO 2026: Kivu Bioscience exited stealth late last year to develop "kinder and gentler" antibody-drug conjugates with a lower antibody to payload ratio to improve precision and tolerability
CEO Mohit Trikha describes the idea behind this approach, which in many ways is the opposite of what many ADC developers have been working on. The lead programs target PTK7 and CEACAM5. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 25


Off-Target Effects Episode 7: Perceptive Advisors' Joe Edelman discusses how biotech investing has changed over his extensive career, and his philosophy on running an investment firm
He describes to Matt how the market has become more efficient since he started in the 1990's. He shares his perspective on single-asset vs pipeline companies, and today's M&A dynamic. Plus, his goal of being unbiased as an investor and how he tries to create an environment at Perceptive where that style is instilled in his analysts.
Jun 25


BIO 2026: Nkarta will have key data by the end of the year from its NK cell therapy approach in a host of autoimmune conditions
CEO Paul Hastings describes his opinion of the benefits of an NK cell approach over T-cells, and discusses the work Nkarta has done to get to a high dose that should tell a clear story of the profile of this by year end. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 24


BIO 2026: COUR Pharma last week raised a $50M series B to progress its nanoparticle approach to reprogramming the immune system to treat type 1 diabetes
CEO Dannielle Appelhans describes how the platform works and how the company chose to focus on type 1 diabetes at this time. COUR also has partnerships with Takeda and Genentech. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 24


BIO 2026: Enveda's AI discovery platform leans heavy on chemistry and learnings from Mother Nature - the lead clinical program to come out of it is focused on atopic derm
Founder & CEO Viswa Colluru describes the platform and how he believes it is differentiated from other AI discovery platforms Plus, discussing the lead program and why he believes there is ample room to meet unmet need in the large atopic dermatitis population even with big medicines on the market. Coverage brought to you by
Jun 24


BIO 2026: Vir is scheduled to have its first phase 3 readout in Hepatitis Delta before the end of the year - they believe that their dual mechanism is the difference maker here
President & CEO Marianne De Backer describes the unmet need in Hepatitis Delta and why she believes the dual antibody + siRNA is the right approach in this case. Plus, how investors thing about infectious disease vs oncology. Coverage brought to you by
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