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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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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 14.10.2025 7:37
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.
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 14.10.2025 7:54
He walks us through the design, build, test, learn model that is the foundation of Generate's approach to drug development.
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 14.10.2025 5:15
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.
Benchtalk 2025: Dyne Therapeutics' CSO Ron Batra describes the company's FORCE platform, and previews big trial scheduled in DMD and DM1 over the next year 14.10.2025 10:04
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.
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 10.10.2025 13:24
Co-Founder & CEO Laurent Martinot discusses the raise, and the need for more accessible sleep health care. Plus, previewing a clinical trial of its device that will read out shortly.
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 10.10.2025 16:54
CEO Craig Marshall describes how the company's "metra" device pumps blood through donor organs (currently livers) in order to extend the amount of time they can be transplanted safely.
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 IBF 09.10.2025 12:40
CEO Ros Deegan discusses the deal and the path to getting there, and she highlights some of OMass' other programs the company is driving forward alone, including an MC2 antagonist. Plus, the company's unique expertise in the use of mass spec.
NYSE Market Strategist Eric Criscuolo discusses biotech's newfound momentum and whether it might attract generalists to take a look at the sector 09.10.2025 7:04
He discusses the rally biotech has had of late, and that was boosted by Pfizer's deal with the White House. Plus, how interest rates, employment, and other factors are affecting the broader economy, and might impact biotech.
Immuneering's CEO walks us through the company's MEK data in pancreatic cancer, and explains the science behind 'deep cyclic inhibition' 09.10.2025 23:20
Ben Zeskind describes the company's 9 month follow-up for atebimetinib + mGnP, which showed 86% overall survival and 53% progression free survival.
R.W. Baird Managing Director & Senior Biotech Analyst Brian Skorney discusses numerous battleground companies in biotech 08.10.2025 41:11
He shares his thoughts on Soleno, Sarepta, Lexeo, Enanta, Crinetics, Vertex, Xenon, and more.
Biotech veteran David Hung talks about the launch of IBTROZI in ROS1 positive non-small cell lung cancer, and what's next for Nuvation Bio 08.10.2025 15:58
He discusses the clinical profile of IBTROZI, how the launch is going, and describes other work the company is doing in precision medicine. Plus, his take on the biotech environment currently.
Complement Therapeutics received IND clearance from U.S. FDA today to start a trial of its AAV gene therapy for geographic atrophy that delivers a truncated version of Complement Receptor 1 to the eye 08.10.2025 20:34
CEO Rafiq Hasan describes to BiotechTV's Amy Brown during an interivew in London how this program works, and he compares and contrasts it to more traditional therapies that are on the market currently. Plus, and overview of Complement's other programs and operations.
Align Summit: Cambridge based Quiver Bioscience is developing ASOs for CNS conditions, including having programs in the red hot Nav1.7/1.8 pain space 07.10.2025 6:38
Co-Founder & CEO Graham Dempsey describes the different between Nav1.7 and 1.8, and why he thinks having an ASO approach will succeed in 1.7 where small molecules have not. Plus, an epilepsy program, and what it is like being an earlier stage company today.
Align Summit: Toronto based HDAX Therapeutics believes there are many indications to tackle with its dual binding approach to HDAC6 07.10.2025 5:20
Co-Founder & CEO Nabanita Nawar describes the need for tackle HDAC6 with better chemistry. Plus, what it is like being a biotech startup in Canada today.
Align Summit: Allston based KiraGen Bio is aiming to program CAR-T cells to tune out the suppressive nature of the tumor micro environment. The first program will be for GBM. 07.10.2025 8:30
Co-Founder and CEO Aaron Edwards describes the rational behind this approach, as opposed charging the cells with cytokines or removing their brakes. He also explains why KiraGen is looking abroad to do its first clinical trials.
Soufflé Therapeutics exited stealth today with the goal of developing nucleic acid therapies, like siRNAs and ASOs, delivered to any cell in the body by targeting internalizing receptors 07.10.2025 16:51
CEO Amir Nashat, who has decades of experience in biotech at Polaris Partners, describes the work Soufflé has been doing to catalogue often rare targets and design ligands that carry payloads to them such as siRNAs and ASOs. The company plans to be in the clinic next year and is starting out with muscle conditions.
Brian Alexander, former CEO of Foundation Medicine, describes how Valo Health is using its AI expertise to partner with companies and foundations on discovery and development projects 03.10.2025 13:07
The company recently received a grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation to work on Parkinson's, and has existing partnerships with companies such as Novo and Charles River.
Aerska launched in the UK today with $21M in financing to develop RNAi medicines for neurological conditions that are delivered to the brain via 'brain shuttle' technologies across the BBB 01.10.2025 13:22
Chief Executive Officer Jack O'Meara, who previously founded Ochre Bio in the RNA space, describes the potential benefits of using brain shuttles and why the time is right for this approach. Plus, the company's business model and what to expect next.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals' CEO and CMO discuss data announced today on the company's RSV treatment, Zelicapavir, and describe the road ahead for this program and the company 29.09.2025 22:29
CEO Jay Luly and CMO Scott Rottinghaus describe today's data, which was focused on high risk adults. They explain how safety and efficacy were measured, and what the learnings were from a handful of endpoints. Plus, Enanta's earlier stage I&I programs targeting KIT and STAT6.
Sunny Kumar, a partner at Informed Ventures, and an active investor in the AI space, talks about current and future implications of AI's impact on healthcare 26.09.2025 15:21
He discussed how current technologies are making healthcare more effecient today, how new technologies are opening new markets, and how the practice of medicine might be changed in the process.
Eko Health's Co-Founder & CEO shows BiotechTV the company's digital stethoscope and explains how having both an electric and sound component can help physicians catch heart disease (and more) earlier 19.09.2025 9:59
Connor Landgraf shows us the product and describes recent data the company compiled in the UK showing the benefits of using this digital and AI enhanced device over a traditional stethoscope.
Sweden's Annoca announced a $46M raise last month to help move its first TCR-T program into the clinic for KRAS-driven pancreatic cancer. CEO Reagan Jarvis tells us about that work and more. 18.09.2025 13:04
He describes the raise and the trial, which is an umbrella study that will test products against three different mutations. Plus, work on vaccines and a non-oncology cell therapy program, and partnership opportunities.
Xspray Pharma makes protein kinase inhibitors that are amorphous, and therefore more soluble than current products. Dasynoc, its version of dasatinib (Sprycel), is in front of FDA with an Oct 7 PDUFA 17.09.2025 16:12
CEO Per Andersson walks us through the benefits of designing kinase inhibitors this way, which should not be affected by the pH of the stomach. He shows us the unique manufacturing equipment, and walks us through a pipeline that includes dasatinib, nilotinib, axitinib, and cabozantinib.
Pareto Securities Healthcare Conference: Egetis Therapeutics has a therapy for a rare disease called MCT8 deficiency that is approved by the EMA and has breakthrough therapy designation in the U.S. 16.09.2025 9:01
CEO Nicklas Westerholm walks us through the condition, which is an X-chromosome linked rare disease that affects men, and he describes how the launch is going in Europe, and plans for an FDA meeting.
Pareto Securities' Healthcare Conference: Cinclus Pharma is trying to user in the next generation of acid reflux medicines with, linaprazan glurate, a potassium-competitive acid blocker (P-CAB) 16.09.2025 9:16
CEO Christer Ahlberg describes the shortcomings of today's medicines, and why he believes a P-CAB is the answer. This therapy originated at AstraZeneca, though Cinclus owns it outright today, and is in a phase 3 that just started.
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