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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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May 31, 2026
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With a phase 3 trial for its PRAME cell therapy underway and a data update coming up at ASCO, Immatics is pushing to be a leader in TCR based cell therapies and T-cell engagers 09.05.2025 13:18
CEO Harpreet Singh joins us from the company's office in Munich, Germany, where he describes the founding of the company and previews catalysts to watch for over the year ahead.
Mosaic Therapeutics, which uses advanced computational methods and next-generation cancer models to design novel combination therapies, licensed an ERK1/2 and MDM2 inhibitor from Astex Pharmaceuticals 09.05.2025 6:59
Interim CEO Magda Jonikas describes Mosaic's platform and the rationale behind these two targets the company has licensed in.
Cambridge, UK based Epitopia is helping Merck (MSD) discover tumor associated antigens from the non-coding regions of the genome using its CryptoMap platform 09.05.2025 9:44
CEO Alan Rigby talks about the work Epitopia does finding "Crypotgen" antigens for its own off-the-shelf cancer vaccines, and discusses what was appealing to Merck about the partnership.
Munich based Tubulis is working on ADCs that it believes are more durable, potent, and homogenous than others on the market currently - it has signed partnerships with Gilead and Bristol 08.05.2025 16:49
Co-Founder and CEO Dominik Schumacher describes what he thinks can be improved on from the current generation of antibody-drug conjugates, and the science behind how Tubilis is designing its ADCs differently. He highlights the company's clinical Napi2b and 5T4 programs.
As the field builds on the initial success of PARP inhibitors, Artios Pharma is working on the next generation of DNA Damage Response (DDR)-based therapies - it just had clinical data on one at AACR 08.05.2025 19:33
CEO Niall Martin walks us through the current state of this corner of drug development, and then highlights data presented at AACR last week for its ATR kinase inhibitor. As he describes, patient selection for these therapies can make a big difference.
Munich based ITM Radiopharma is progressing towards a first NDA in the U.S. with a robust pipeline behind it - all the while making investments in isotope manufacturing that has slowed others 08.05.2025 20:34
CEO Andrew Cavey describes how ITM has been investing to avoid the shortages others have experienced, and explains how the supply chain works for radiopharmaceuticals. He walks us through the science behind these medicines before highlighting ITM's pipeline.
Munich based Ethris is developing a proprietary mRNA and lipid nanoparticle combination that is stable and allows for nasal administration or to be inhaled via nebulization 07.05.2025 15:43
CEO Carsten Rudolph and CMO Thomas Langenickel describe the technology, which can be spray dried and shipped in a dry powder formulation, and also the clinical experience so far on the lead program in asthma.
Swiss Biotech Day: Geneva based Light Chain Bioscience is developing bi-specifics that integrate two light chains into its structure with the goal of having a more native format 06.05.2025 7:45
CEO Nicolas Fischer describes the rationale of designing bi-specifics this way, and walks us through the company's programs, which mostly have a CD47 or CD28 backbone.
Swiss Biotech Day: Milan based Genenta Science recently raised €20 million from a government investment fund as it takes its cell therapy into the clinic in renal cell carcinoma 06.05.2025 8:56
Co-Founder and CEO Pierluigi Paracchi describes the terms of the convertible bond raise, which gives the investor, ENEA Tech and Biomedical, the opporutnity to convert to equity in three years. He also provides an update on the progress of dosing renal cell carcinoma patients in the clinic, and what we can expect from the trial throughout the rest of the year.
Swiss Biotech Day: Lausanne based Tigen Pharma is building out decentralized CAR-T manufacturing capabilities with global partners - it already has a program with Memorial Sloan Kettering 06.05.2025 9:38
Chairman & CEO Emmanuel Savioz describes the benefits of decentralized manufacturing that is at or near the site of treatment. He highlights an armored-CAR AML program the company has with MSK in New York, and discusses Tigen's non-viral platform for NHL and multiple myeloma.
Swiss Biotech Day: Lausanne based Vandria is focused on rejuvenating cells in age-related and chronic disease by inducing the removal of damaged mitochondria 06.05.2025 10:29
CEO Klaus Dugi describes why the company is focused on mitochondria and how it using small molecules to fix them. He covers the three main disease areas Vandria is focused on, including a clinical program in mild cognitive impairment.
Swiss Biotech Day: Basel based BioVersys successfully completed an approximately CHF 80 million IPO in February to advance its work in antimicrobial resistance 06.05.2025 10:32
Co-Founder & CEO Marc Gitzinger describes the success factors behind the IPO and walks us through the company's two lead programs. Plus, his thoughts on the evolving business model for this field.
Swiss Biotech Day: Zurich based LimmaTech Biologics is developing vaccines against antimicrobial resistant pathogens 05.05.2025 7:35
CEO Franz-Werner Haas describes the rationale for developing vaccines for the antimicrobial space, he explains the company's E. coli based platform, and he walks us through the pipeline.
Swiss Biotech Day: Basel based Nouscom presented data at AACR last week on its cancer vaccine that is meant to lower the risk of Lynch Syndrome carriers from having future cancers 05.05.2025 8:59
CEO Marina Udier describes the vaccine's design, what was presented at AACR, and discussions the company has had with U.S. FDA about running a registrational study. Plus, previewing upcoming data later this year in metastatic colorectal cancer.
Swiss Biotech Day: Molecular Partners' CEO and Swiss Biotech Association president Patrick Amstutz shares his take on biotech and previews what to expect from his U.S. listed company in 2025 05.05.2025 13:21
He describes the clinical multi-specific T-cell engager program that will have data this year, and highlights the idea behind a next-generation logic-gating platform. Plus, entering the clinic with a DLL3 radio-DARPin and choosing mesothelin as a second target.
At a reception on the eve of Swiss Biotech Day, Swiss Biotech Association CEO Michael Altorfer introduces us to the conference and shares his thoughts on the state of biotech and global collaboration 04.05.2025 7:55
He describes the goals of Swiss Biotech Day, explains how the Swiss biotech sector is funded more by private investment than perhaps other geographies, and discusses current events.
Biotech investor Thilo Schroeder of Nextech Invest shares his take on biotech and discusses portfolio companies Revolution Medicines, Tubulis, and Circle Pharma 02.05.2025 23:52
He describes the history of Nextech, including being an early investor in Blueprint Medicines and Peloton, and discusses the importance of investing in companies that have a wide moat to protect from today's fierce global competition.
VERAXA Biotech, which is part of Switzerland's Xlife Sciences incubator, will be going public in the U.S. via a SPAC in Q4 of this year. The company uses an AND-gating technology for TCEs and ADCs. 02.05.2025 12:28
Xlife Sciences CEO Oliver Baumann introduces us to the fund, which is publicly traded in Switzerland, while VERAXA CEO Christoph Antz describes the BiTAC AND-gating platform the company uses to improve on the precision of T-cell engagers and antibody-drug conjugates.
Zurich based CUTISS is developing a personalized tissue therapy that enables on-demand production of living skin for surgeries 01.05.2025 14:57
Co-Founder & CEO Daniela Marino describes why CUTISS believes denovoSKIN is superior to autografting. She describes how they make it, walks us through the company's on-site GMP facility, and she discusses the clinical experience to date. The therapy is already in a phase 3 study in Europe.
London based Baseimmune shows BiotechTV the new space it moved into in LBIC's Apex Building in Kings Cross where it will use its AI platform to discover and develop new vaccines 29.04.2025 12:20
Co-founder & CEO Joshua Blight talks about Baseimmune's platform, which was inspired by the work that happened during COVID both in the UK and abroad. The company's current focus is on COVID and malaria.
Creyon Bio today announced a collaboration to help Lilly use its AI-powered oligo engineering platform and aptamer-based delivery approach to discover and develop therapies in a range of diseases 29.04.2025 10:51
Recently named CEO Serge Messerlian, who was previously CEO of Teon Therapeutics and President of Janssen Oncology, describes the platform behind this deal, which came with an upfront payment/investment of $13 million.
London based Laverock shows BiotechTV the new space it moved into in LBIC's Apex Building in Kings Cross where it will be doing its work on programmable gene silencing 29.04.2025 12:14
CEO David Venables describes Laverock's platform that repurposed miRNA to reprogram cells in a highly specific way. It's own lead programs will be in oncology and regenerative medicine.
The London BioScience Innovation Centre (LBIC) today launched its new Apex Building lab space facility for biotech companies in the heart of the Kings Cross Knowledge Quarter 29.04.2025 9:47
Dr. Rich Ferrie gives BiotechTV a preview of the new facilities and describes how it is aimed for growing companies that have already achieved a series A or B. It has started at 37% occupancy on launch day.
Talking chromatin regulation at Foghorn Therapeutics - whose partner Lilly will have preclinical data at AACR highlighting how the lead SMARCA2 program could do in combinations with other therapies 25.04.2025 19:04
CEO Adrian Gottschalk describes chromatin regulation at a high level, and walks us through the Lilly partnership targeting SMARCA2, and Foghorn's independent programs targeting CBP, EP300, and ARID1B.
Epicrispr Biotechnologies' CEO Amber Salzman describes how her company will be utilizing AI muscle analysis in its clinical study for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 25.04.2025 28:48
She describes why such an analysis would be beneficial in analyzing clinical benefit for this type of condition - where the patient population is heterogenous in how they are affected by the disease. Plus, a description of Epicrispr's epigenome approach to science, and her personal relationship to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
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