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BioCentury This Week

BioCentury"s streaming commentary on biotech industry trends, plus interviews with KOLs.For three decades, BioCentury has helped biopharma executives and investors make business-critical decisions and build larger networks with peers across the innovation ecosystem.

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Ep. 319 - David Baltimore’s Legacy, Atlas Fund, MASH...

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2025/09/09

Molecular biologist and Nobel Prize winner David Baltimore made foundational contributions to the biopharma industry and was the essential figure behind such research institutions as the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Broad Institute. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the legacy of Baltimore, who passed away this past weekend at 87. The analysts also discuss Atlas Venture’s new $400 million opportunity fund, the clinical development...

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32:04

Ep. 318 - Newco Takes on CV Risk. Plus: Disrupting...

BioCentury This Week ·

2025/09/03

Two veteran biotech leaders are launching a new company with ambitions in the cardiovascular disease space. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the debut of Corsera Health, a biotech led by John Maraganore and Clive Meanwell that is developing an AI-guided early risk assessment tool alongside dual-acting therapy that could stave off heart disease. The team then discusses how FDA has been quietly positioning itself to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule...

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Ep. 317 - Biotech IPOs, FDA-Stealth & Patent Threat

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2025/08/26

There’s been a rare IPO filing on NASDAQ as LB Pharma looks to test the market during a year that has seen little activity among U.S. biotechs even as green shoots continue to appear on the Hong Kong stock exchange. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the market for biotech IPOs on NASDAQ and in Hong Kong. The analysts then assess FDA’s about-face on Stealth BioTherapeutics' Barth syndrome therapy, putting the decision in the context of a changing regulat...

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Ep. 316 - Trends in Pharma Deals

BioCentury This Week ·

2025/08/19

BioCentury’s third annual analysis of pharma company deals finds that bispecifics and degraders are in, cell and gene therapies are out, and China is bringing much more than me-too assets to cross-border deals. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess a year’s worth of deals between pharmas and biotechs to tease out emerging trends. The analysts also discuss last week’s FDA approval of a vector-based immunotherapy from Precigen to treat a rare respiratory disea...

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Ep. 315 - China Speed: Data, Deals, First in Class

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2025/08/14

Dealmaking between Western and Chinese biopharmas has been one of the year’s bright spots, as a maturing biotech landscape in China converges with Western demand for innovative assets, driving record deal flow. At the same time, the Hong Kong stock exchange has emerged as the hottest market for biotech IPOs, at a time when the NASDAQ window remains shut. These themes will be in the spotlight at the 12th BioCentury-BayHelix China Healthcare Summit Oct. 22-24 in Shanghai. On this special editio...

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Ep. 314 - Prasad, Lilly Obesity, Acadia & Biosecure

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2025/08/12

Phase III data from Lilly’s orforglipron in obesity fell short of investor expectations, but they appear to be enough to obtain approval and wide use. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss why the first-in-class oral small molecule GLP-1R agonist’s clean safety profile and clear manufacturing advantage over oral peptides give the product a leg-up in the market. They then discuss Vinay Prasad’s return to FDA after a brief hiatus, the revamped strategy of 32-...

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Ep. 313 - Lessons from FDA's Prasad. Plus: What's...

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2025/08/05

The ouster of Vinay Prasad after three months running FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research could signal a reset is ahead for CBER. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss what the latest shakeup at the regulatory agency says about what’s next for FDA. The analysts also assess two leading European pharmas: obesity and diabetes company Novo Nordisk, which named a new CEO last week while cutting its 2025 forecast, and Bayer, which is gearing up for...

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Ep. 312 - Biotech Progress Report

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2025/07/30

A handful of encouraging signals is cause for cautious optimism for biotech headed into the second half of the year — companies have been able to parlay strong data into follow-on capital and M&A activity is picking up. That said, the IPO market continues to be closed and concerns about U.S. drug pricing and FDA stability continue to weigh on expectations for a robust near-term sector recovery. Special guest Megan Hooton from IQVIA Biotech joins BioCentury’s analysts on a special edition ...

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Ep. 311 - The Asia Deals Landscape, U.K. Biotech & More

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2025/07/29

This week’s deal between GSK and Jiangsu Hengrui is a prime example of how Western biopharmas have begun to recognize the innovation and opportunities being fostered in China — and how it’s no longer all about fast followers. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts put the collaboration between GSK and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, two of the most active cross-border dealmakers, into the context of East-West dealmaking over the past 30 months, assessing the innova...

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Ep. 310 - Sarepta & What's Next for Gene Therapy....

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2025/07/22

Last week’s public disclosure that a gene therapy from Sarepta had caused a third death led FDA to ask the company to stop distributing its DMD gene therapy Elevidys, a move the biotech has resisted. The deaths, and disputes between FDA and Sarepta, raise questions about the future of AAV gene therapies, as well as the future of FDA’s platform technology designation. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts unpack the events surrounding Sarepta’s gene therapies and di...

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Ep. 309 - 3Q Markets Preview; Quantum Computing;...

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2025/07/14

Chinese biotech is the lone bright spot for the biopharma financial markets in 1H25, as macro concerns about the most favored nation (MFN) pricing policy and FDA weigh on the prospects for biotech elsewhere. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the positives — and negatives — impacting investor sentiment headed into the second half of the year. The team also discuss where the quantum computing revolution could have its biggest impact on drug development, a...

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Ep. 308 - Grand Rounds - Europe Preview

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2025/07/09

Grand Rounds heads to Europe: first meeting Sept. 17 in Cambridge, U.K. There are many reasons why it may be the European biomedical ecosystem’s moment to shine, and advances at the academia-industry interface are a core part of that story, particularly in Cambridge, U.K. — the site of the inaugural BioCentury Grand Rounds – Europe conference. On a special edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts are joined by four leaders in the Cambridge, U.K., life sciences commu...

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Ep. 307 - How Cancer Regulation is — and isn’t —...

BioCentury This Week ·

2025/07/08

Oncology regulation has been less affected by recent changes in FDA leadership than other parts of the agency. On a special sponsored edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess what has and hasn’t changed at FDA when it come to regulating cancer therapeutics. Special Guest Liz O’Brien joins BioCentury’s analysts to discuss how biotechs can navigate FDA’s Project Optimus and EMA’s Joint Clinical Assessment as well as the differences between the two agencies...

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Ep. 306 - Treg Inflection Point; Biotech's Next Big...

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2025/07/08

Treg-based cell therapies are nearing a clinical proof-of-concept inflection point, but in an environment that has dramatically shifted with the advent of CAR T therapies for autoimmune diseases. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss what these cell therapies need to show to be relevant in the fast-changing I&I world, and which types of indications may best suit the cells’ unique profile. The team also explores the biotech sector’s ongoing struggle to c...

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Ep. 305 - FDA's Future; In Vivo CAR T Plays;...

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2025/07/01

The Trump administration’s overhaul of FDA is still underway, but the agency has already veered away from its decades-long trajectory in ways that will profoundly reshape medical product development and the lives of U.S. patients. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess who the winners and losers are likely to be as FDA changes shape. The analysts discuss a pair of in vivo CAR T companies: Esobiotec, whose story offers a case study in product-focused strategy,...

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Ep. 304 - Syncona Reshapes Fund; Lilly's $1B Verve...

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2025/06/24

Publicly traded U.K. investment firm and company builder Syncona is restructuring its fund amid ongoing market challenges in the biopharma industry. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss how the firm will steer its portfolio toward returns for shareholders, while aiming to build a new fund away from public markets. The analysts then assess Eli Lilly's takeout of cardiovascular base editing company Verve, and what Washington Editor Steve Usdin calls FDA’s ne...

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Ep. 303 - Gene Therapy Safety, Amylin in Obesity &...

BioCentury This Week ·

2025/06/16

The tragic death of a second non-ambulatory DMD patient treated with Sarepta's Elevidys gene therapy marks a turning point for the field and should drive all stakeholders to come together to figure out how to safely treat patients with this new modality. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the opportunity FDA, companies and patient advocates have to share data and identify a safe path forward for the gene therapy field, both in DMD and beyond. The analyst...

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Ep. 302 - Takeaways from BioCentury Grand Rounds Chicago

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2025/06/12

With federal funding at risk and VCs increasingly focused on de-risked assets, academia is facing unprecedented headwinds despite rapid advancements in innovation. One potential bright spot: Pharma, which is turning to academia to access first-in-class innovation. But many in pharma complain it is difficult to work with academia. On a special Grand Rounds edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury analysts and special guests discuss a new way of thinking and a new era of collabo...

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Ep. 301 - ASCO’s First-in-Human Trials, Crossover...

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2025/06/10

Translational trends at this year’s ASCO meeting featured new and selective ways to target cell surface receptors on solid tumors. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the findings from Executive Director of Biopharma Intelligence Lauren Martz’s deep dive into first-in-human studies at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, including how immunocytokines, solid tumor CAR Ts and Chinese innovation are thriving in early trials. The analysts also e...

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Ep. 300 - Biotech’s $13B Deal Day, ASCO's Hot...

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2025/06/03

Dealmaking by a pair of pharmas has given the biotech industry its best day of transactions in months, tallying nearly $13 billion in guaranteed payments across two deals. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss how the takeout of Blueprint Medicines for $9.1 billion up front gives Sanofi a drug for a rare immunological disorder and bolsters the French pharma’s already strong presence in immunology. The analysts also assess the $3.5 billion partnership betwe...

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