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Zag Bio launched today with $80M, and aims to tackle autoimmune disease by using antibodies to reprogram how Tregs and Teffs are created in the thymus. The lead indication will be Type 1 diabetes.
CEO Jason Cole walks us through this unique science, which is based on work that co-founder Diane Mathis and colleagues published in Cell in 2022. The T1D program is scheduled to be in the clinic by late 2026.
Oct 28


Hemab Therapeutics, a company specializing in developing treatments for bleeding disorders, announced a $157 million series C raise today. CEO Benny Sorensen describes the work and unmet need.
The company's lead program, a bi-specific called Sutacimig, has already reported phase 2 data for Glanzmann Thrombasthenia, and will start a pivotal in 2026. Hemab also has a monovalent antibody (HMB-022) in the clinic for the world's most common bleeding disorder, Von Willebrand Disease, and will be announcing an additional candidate next year.
Oct 27


Weave Bio, which raised a $20M series A this month, is aiming to use software and LLMs to automate and streamline regulatory submissions for drug development
Co-Founder & CEO Brandon Rice says that in one project it worked on with a pharma, Weave's technology took only 3 hours to draft regulatory documents what would have taken humans to 100 hours.
Oct 23


Ahead of a year of increased clinical activity, Entrada Therapeutics' CEO Dipal Doshi discusses the company's EEV platform, DMD programs, and a Vertex partnership in DM1
He walks us through exon 44 and 45 programs, which will both likely have clinical readouts in 2026. Meanwhile, a $350M cash position gives Entrada the ability to think beyond neuromuscular conditions in the future as well.
Oct 22


Disc Medicine CEO John Quisel describes the process of becoming among the first companies to receive FDA's new Commissioner's National Priority Voucher (CNPV)
He describes how Disc applied for and was awarded a CNPV for Bitopertin, which treats a rare disease that causes extreme sensitivity to sunlight. Plus, quickly ramping up a commercial team, and discussing Disc's two other development programs.
Oct 22


Flagship Pioneering announced its newest company to emerge out of stealth mode today: Expedition Medicines. It is leveraging generative design for small molecule covalent chemistry
Co-Founder and CEO Molly Gibson explains the science behind the new company and the technology and equipment it uses for the work. Expedition has been funded with $50 million, and is also announcing a multi-target deal with Pfizer for prostate cancer.
Oct 22


Biotech entrepreneurs share advice on navigating through today's uncertain times: "It's going to be okay"
MassBio CEO Kendalle Burlin O'Connell moderates a discussion with Normunity CEO Rachel Humphrey and Gallop Oncology CEO Luba Greenwood about how they are rising to today's challenges. Topics include the funding environment, motivating your team, storytelling, FDA engagement, and perseverance. Chapters Intro's – 0:52 The funding environment - 2:51 Motivating your team – 17:20 Storytelling – 28:17 Engagement with FDA – 39:51 Perseverance – 42:23 Advice for new entrepreneurs – 4
Oct 21


Biotech veteran Oz Azam has become the CEO of Cue Biopharma. He walks us through the science behind the company's new focus in autoimmune that has him excited about the opportunity
He describes CUE-401, which combines a TGF-beta breathing-mask moiety with an interleukin (IL-2) mutein, and CUE-501, a Boehringer Ingelheim partnered program which is designed to deplete B-cells by painting them and engaging with virus-specific memory T-cells.
Oct 21


Get to know Women In Bio, and how this organization helps women at all stages of their careers in biotech
During a meeting in Boston at Portal Innovations where Women in Bio (WIB) was working on its 'Boardroom Ready' initiative, Dianne Keen-Kim (National President and Board Chair), Gina Ford (CEO), and Katherine Andersen (Board Member) discuss how WIB helps women in our industry today and its goals for the future.
Oct 21


BioVenture VoiCes Episode 27: Avalon Bioventures' Jay Lichter
Jay Lichter describes his roots growing up in Chicago, Yale, and an early career role at DuPont Merck before getting a call from Kevin Kinsella to try the world of venture at Avalon. Since that pivotal move, he describes numerous companies he either operated or funded, leading to his work today at Avalon Bioventures. Chapters Early life – Chicago, Yale, DuPont Merck – 1:40 Joining Kevin Kinsella and moving to the west coast - 7:16 Sequana – 10:46 French company and Pfizer – 1
Oct 19


Emeryville, CA based Profusa is developing an injectable biosensor that aims to generate biochemistry information for users in real time
Chairman & CEO Ben Hwang describes the idea behind Profusa's approach, and how he believes it delivers more robust and actionable information than purely surface based tools such as the Apple Watch.
Oct 16


PepGen's CEO James McArthur gives an overview of the company's recent data in myotonic dystrophy type 1, which showed a mean splicing correction of 53.7% at the 15 mg/kg dose
He describes the science behind PepGen's "Enhanced Delivery Oligonucleotide (EDO)" platform, and explains how he believes it gives the company a differentiated advantage in this condition by focusing on the pathogenic repeat that causes DM1 and restoring normal function.
Oct 15


Benchtalk 2025: Kate Haviland discusses the $9B+ acquisition of Blueprint by Sanofi, being chair of Fulcrum, her thoughts on M&A, and what is interesting in biotech today
The CEO of Blueprint (up to the acquisition) discusses the company's success factors, and being led to immunology by the science. Plus, why she believes an oral pill that is disease modifying, like Fulcrum is trying to develop, is strongly needed for the sickle cell patient community. Coverage brought to you by
Oct 14


Benchtalk 2025: Generate:Biomedicines' VP of Informatics Stephen Kottmann describes the investments in technology that ensures only the highest quality data returns back into its models
He walks us through the design, build, test, learn model that is the foundation of Generate's approach to drug development. Coverage brought to you by
Oct 14


Benchtalk 2025: Benchling Co-Founder & CEO Sajith Wickramasekara describes why he believes science and Benchling are entering a new era of speed and cost of R&D
He welcomes us to Benchtalk 2025, which had more than 800 scientists register this year, and describes how AI and other computational advances are allowing scientists to focus on increasing the speed and reducing the cost of R&D. Coverage brought to you by
Oct 14


Benchtalk 2025: Dyne Therapeutics' CSO Ron Batra describes the company's FORCE platform, and previews big trial readouts scheduled in DMD and DM1 over the next year
He describes the science behind FORCE, which combines an antigen-binding fragment, a linker and, a payload. The company's DMD program will have a key trial readout before the end of this year, and DM1 will follow in 2026. Both programs could be filed for AA in 2026 with positive data. Coverage brought to you by
Oct 14


Sunrise Group, which has designed a mandibular sensor for at-home diagnosis of sleep apnea, recently raised $29M to expand its digital sleep clinic that patients can access remotely
Co-Founder & CEO Laurent Martinot discusses the raise, and the need for more accessible sleep health care. Plus, previewing a clinical...
Oct 10


Oxford's OrganOx became one of the UK's biggest news stories when it was announced it would be acquired by Japan's Terumo for approximately $1.5 billion - here's the revolutionary technology behind it
CEO Craig Marshall describes how the company's "metra" device pumps blood through donor organs (currently livers) in order to extend the...
Oct 10


Savills has published a new report - U.S. Life Sciences State of the Market 2025
We spoke with Brianna Friedman from the research team to go behind the numbers and learn how today's environment for life sciences is...
Oct 10


Oxford, UK based OMass Therapeutics, experts in the use of mass spectrometry in drug development, recently landed a $20M up front licensing deal with Roche on one of its preclinical candidates for IBD
CEO Ros Deegan discusses the deal and the path to getting there, and she highlights some of OMass' other programs the company is driving...
Oct 9








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