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BioVenture VoiCes Episode 42: Nextech's Thilo Schroeder
An early investor in recent mega successes such as Revolution Medicines, Peloton, Blueprint Medicines, and Parabilis, he describes his investment philosophy and focus on precision oncology companies. Plus, his early life, getting hands on experience in biotech at Micromet, and learning from some of the top investors and scientific advisors in the industry. Chapters Early life and university - 0:58 Micromet - 11:18 PhD & SiROP - 13:50 Joining Nextech - 19:48 "Character forming
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EHA 2026: Legend Biotech CEO Ying Huang discusses the company's late-breaking in vivo CAR-T presentation showing a 6/6 overall response and 5/6 complete response at the highest dose level in NHL
LB2501 is a CD19/CD20 dual targeting CAR-T. He discusses the EHA data, and next steps for the program. Plus, a review of last week's DLL3 data from ASCO and how he thinks about partnering and the competitive landscape.
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Biotech's movers for the week of June 8th and a preview of the week ahead
With M&A news like GSK's $10.6B acquisition of Nuvalent and more positive clinical trial data in the pancreatic cancer space, biotech mostly outperformed the broader market this week.
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EHA 2026: Karyopharm is hoping to add two new indications for selinexor over the near term - they just presented the phase 3 for the first one, myelofibrosis, at ASCO with an encore at EHA
CEO Richard Paulson walks us through the unmet need in myelofibrosis and the phase three data, which almost doubled the percent of patients achieving SVR35 (a measure of spleen volume reduction) at Week 24, one of the trial's co-primary endpoints. The company will also have a key pivotal trial readout in endometrial cancer sometime in the middle of this year.
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EHA 2026: Nurix Therapeutics' CEO Arthur Sands discusses this week's big collaboration deal with Roche, and highlights the company's EHA data and broader platform
He says he believes the Roche deal is an important transaction for the entire field of degraders. Plus, discussing antibody-degrader conjugates and an update on the company's immunology programs as well.
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EHA 2026: Caribou Biosciences CEO Rachel Haurwitz shares an EHA update on her company's CD19 and BCMA allogeneic CAR-T programs
She shares a data update for both, which she believes are as strong as autologous CAR-T, and discusses recent FDA feedback Caribou has received from FDA on the pivotal trial design for the CD19 program in 2L LBCL.
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London based Alceus Bio is working on an in vivo CAR-T platform for solid tumors and recently was a recipient of a golden ticket award from AbbVie
Co-Founders Alex Evans and Alberto Conti talk about winning the golden ticket and how it has already been helping them, and share advice for others who might be interested in applying one day. Plus, general advice for new bio entrepreneurs.
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London based Anomer Bio has a small molecule platform that aims to change how cells make and process glycans
Inspired by the Nobel Prize winning work of Carolyn Bertozzi, Co-Founder and CEO Sophie James describes the science that underlies the company. Plus, moving into Victoria House in London and her advice for other entrepreneurs.
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EHA 2026: H.C. Wainwright Senior Biotech Analyst Mitchell Kapoor previews key EHA data from Legend and Incyte, and shares catalysts he is watching for after the conference
He discusses in vivo CAR-T data from Legend, and how Incyte is planning for the loss of exclusivity on Jakafi. Plus, his take on last week's summit data, and watching out for future catalysts from Ionis and Tyra.
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From Cambridge, UK: PlaqueTec has a unique liquid biopsy system and multi omic analysis approach that aims to profile the underlying biology of atherosclerosis
General Manager Simon Williams describes how the liquid biopsy works and what PlaqueTec is doing in its analysis of the samples. The company is current in an approximately 300 person clinical trial that will finish up towards the end of next year.
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Lund based Asgard Therapeutics aims to turn tumor cells into a type of dendritic cell inside the body so that the immune system can learn the tumor's signature and fight it systemically
Co-Founder and CEO Cristiana Pires describes this unique approach, which is in late stage pre-IND work and recently was presented at AACR and ASGCT. The company already has an impressive roster of investors backing it.
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Lund based BioInvent has had a busy week with a presentation of one program in ovarian cancer at ASCO, and two more coming up in hematological cancers at the upcoming EHA Congress
Chief Scientific Officer Björn Frendéus walks us through the companies antibody discovery platform, and the two lead clinical assets, which target TNFR2 and FcγRIIB.
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Cambridge, UK based Cyclana Bio aims to find a cure for endometriosis through a deep understanding of human biology and the extracellular matrix
Co-Founder and CEO Léa Wenger, who has personally had this condition, describes the company's work and her strong belief that the company must better understand the human biology involved. In that regard, they have a unique program to collect and study menstral blood from donors. Cyclana was recently accepted into Eli Lilly's Virtual Gateway accelerator program.
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GSK and London based Engitix Therapeutics announced today they will collaborate on first in class targets for liver fibrosis regression using Engitix's extracellular matrix (ECM) discovery platform
GSK will pay Engitix approximately $59M up front and up to approximately $157M more in potential milestones. Engitix Co-Founder and CEO Giuseppe Mazza discusses the deal and the company's platform.
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Biotech's movers for the week of June 1st and a preview of the week ahead
With clinical trial disappointments from ADC Therapeutics, Oculis, Celcuity, and Praxis, and a regulatory blowup from Fulcrum, most of the action in biotech this past week was on the downside.
Jun 7


At Nucleate UK's The Forum in London, former Novo Nordisk CSO Marcus Schindler reflects on the success of the GLPs and shares advice for biotech entrepreneurs in Europe
He believes that GLPs will always be the backbone of weight loss therapies and points out that they are the only weight loss medicines that have shown a cardiovascular benefit. Plus, why he thinks entrepreneurs in Europe should take a nod from other areas and be more nimble and take more risks in the future.
Jun 7


From the New York Stock Exchange, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot shares his take on M&A, oncology, Baxfendy for hypertension, the obesity market, and more
In New York to ring the open bell in celebration of the listing of the AstraZeneca's ordinary shares on the NYSE earlier this year, he discusses M&A, PD-1 x VEGF, PD-1 x TIGIT, Baxfendy, and the company's efforts in obesity ahead of this weekend's American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.
Jun 5


At Nucleate UK's The Forum, early stage biotech investor Nirmesh Patel of Amino Collective says there is currently a bifurcation in fundraising between biotech co's with an AI angle and those without
He says the mood overall in biotech is dramatically better than it has been during the previous 2-3 years, and he is unsure about whether the AI factor will continue to attract investors like generalists who have been revisiting the sector.
Jun 4


Protuoso Biosciences exited stealth this past week with the goal of developing multifunctional MUXBODY biologics, fusion proteins that integrate diverse modalities into a single therapy
Co-Founder & CEO Willie Xiang discusses the platform and the company's progress to getting them into the clinic. Current programs target cardiometabolic diseases and solid tumors.
Jun 4


At Nucleate UK's The Forum 2026, Oxford Nanopore Founder Gordon Sanghera shares his take on the next generation of biotech leaders and the innovation ecosystem in the UK
He describes how new technologies will revolutionize biotech, and his hope that more UK companies grow for the long-term rather than being sold to foreign multi-nationals.
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