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Co-Founder and CEO Simon Kerry discusses being in Southampton, and why he belives the 'Microcycle' platform beats screening in traditional well plates for discovery work. Curve currently has cash on hand to take at least one program into the clinic.

Jorge Santos da Silva walks us through the scientific design of the molecule, which is a nanobody that binds to IL-17A, IL-17F, and albumin. He compares and contrasts it to key competitor BIMZELX and describes what the company is hoping to see in the trial readout. Plus, commercial plans, pipeline, and more.

Ben Palleiko is asked about the company's take on headlines that were in the news during the FDA review of the drug, and he describes the need for an oral therapy and the company's commercial strategy now that the approval is in hand.

Co-Founder & CEO Peter Fedichev describes why he believes reading the amino acid sequences that have been written into the human genome over time is a more realistic way of discovering small molecules that will work rather than via protein-target structure models. He also discovers how the company is leveraging this for its focus on aging conditions and longevity.

She gives a scenario analysis in the event that FDA asked Capricor for more data rather than approving the therapy by its August 31st decision date. Plus, commentary on ProQR, Korro Bio, Wave, Crinetics, Dyne, Rezolute, Larimar, and Aldeyra.

He describes the ArsenalBio's "CITE" platform, which allows it to make heterogenous cells by inserting modifications all in the same place. Plus, writing in logic gating, harnessing shRNA, and more. The company recently raised a $325M series C.

He describes how some front and center issues for biotech either do or don't affect the M&A environment such as China, negative enterprise values, the FTC, valuations, the patent cliff, and more.

He discusses data presented at #ADA25 including Eli Lillys Orforglipron and Bimagrumab, Novo Nordisk's CagriSema, and Amgen's MariTide. Plus, thoughts on Viking's program as it enters phase 3.

Josh Cohen and Justin Klee walk us through the lead program, avexitide, which is a GLP-1 antagonist and is currently in a pivotal study that will read out in 1H26. Plus, updates on AMX0035 in Wolfram Syndrome and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and an ALS program targeting calpain-2 that will have initial data later this year.

CEO Paul Higham describes the biology of GPR65 inhibition, something that pharma companies have previously tried to do, and explains how cancer patients who genetically have low signaling are seen to have better outcomes in than other genotypes.

Co-Founder Linda Goodman describes the product and the numerous components that go into the scoring.

Simon Ward, Co-Director along with John Atack, describes the founding of the institue and why Cardiff University was a good fit. He describes the goal, to get science through biotech's "valley of death" and to help turn more discoveries from the university into medicines, and how they partner with industry.

Kate Bingham describes the type of investments SV makes, which was in the news this week for being the founding investor of the neuropsych company Draig Therapeutics that exited stealth with $140M. Plus, having previously served as the chair of the government's Vaccine Taskforce during COVID, she also shares her thoughts on the evironment in the UK and the MHRA.

Co-Founder and CEO Wyatt McDonnell describes why Infinimmune believes that learning directly from the human adaptive immune system is an ideal way to engineer antibodies, and he describes why he believes the model will be successful for drug development both inside and outside of autoimmune conditions.

An Operating Partner at SV Health Investors, she describes how the company came together after reaching out to Cardiff University Professors John Atack and Simon Ward. She highlights how unusual it is to have clinical proof of concept data already while raising a series A, and why she believes Draig will make a difference for patients.

CEO Søren Bregenholt describes Alligators phase 2 data, as well as regulatory feedback it has received regarding the phase three trial design. He desribes looking for a partner, and what other cancers the therapy could have utility in. Plus, a next-generation bi-specific targeting CD40 and CEACAM5.

Renée Aguiar-Lucander describes the kidney transplant population that the therapy currently has conditional approval with the EMA for, and how Hansa it trying to expand on it. Plus, development work in Guillain-Barré syndrome and gene therapy.

He describes how sentiment and the M&A environment have been improving, as well as some areas of the financing market. However, he cautions that it is very difficult to get early-stage development funded and that companies need to be creative to get phase 1 studies done.

He describes why he likes the strong and quick elements of alpha-particles, and how Perspective's have been designed to have a short half-life. Plus, background on programs targeting MC1R, SSTR2, and FAP-α.

He describes why he believes NK cells are better suited thank T-cells for autoimmune, and updates us on the company's clinical programs. Nkarta will share a data on everything before the end of the year.

CEO Larry Edwards describes the unmet need in the immunocompromised space, and highlights Aicuris' commercial CMV product (PREVYMIS), partnered with Merck/MSD, and R&D products targeting HSV and BKV.

She describes the unmet need for a new therapy in this setting, and compares and contrasts ZUSDURI to going through multiple transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) surgeries. Plus, the potential addressable market, and what she believes the approval means for UroGen as a company.

He describes the successful transplant of Tim Andrews, who threw out the first pitch at a Red Socks game last week, and discusses what is next for this program. Plus, the status of liver and heart programs.

He explains how M&A and fundraising have been improving, and he describes what types of companies have been most appealing to investors. Plus, his take on the potential most favored nation policy, companies with negative enterprise values, and China competition.

He discusses the company's gene therapy approach to retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease (which just had a pivotal cleared by FDA today), and geographic atrophy.