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Biotech Hangout

Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler & more

A weekly discussion of all things biotech – breaking news, data, deals, and FDA actions – with a community of biotech industry leaders and experts. Join the live streams hosted by @BiotechCH, @daphnezohar, @bradloncar and @biotech1 on Twitter Spaces every Friday at 12pm ET.

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Episode 120 - November 8, 2024

Biotech Hangout ·

2025/02/23

On this episode, Daphne Zohar, John Maraganore, Josh Schimmer, Eric Schmidt and Sam Fazeli are joined by Endpoints’ Zach Brennan for a discussion on the election results and what we can expect with a Trump administration, including the negatives/risks for the biotech industry as well as the positives and potential opportunities. The hosts also cover other news from the week including Moderna’s Q3 earnings and the company’s CEO Bancel stepping down as sales chief, as well as BioNTech’s Q3 earnings

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00:58:49

January 10, 2025

Biotech Hangout ·

2025/02/07

On this week’s episode, hosts Chris Garabedian, Brad Loncar,Sam Fazeli and Yaron Werber cover a busy news week ahead of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference as well as a preview of what to expect next week at the event. Thegroup highlights some of the mega private deals announced, including three that involved the licensing of China assets. The hosts zoom out with a recap of end-of-year reports, the current state of the market and XBI outlook. On the data front, Jasper reports positive Phase 1/2

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01:01:28

Episode 118

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/10/30

On this episode of Biotech Hangout, hosts Chris Garabedian, Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Tim Opler, Paul Matteis and special guest Allison DeAngelis kick off the show with a look at the renewed interest and recent funding in the neuropsychiatric disease space, including Seaport Therapeutics’ $225 million Series B financing. This progresses into a comparison of diversified versus focused pipelines as Roivant CEO Matt Gline joins the stage as an impromptu guest to share his perspective on the benefits

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00:58:19

Episode 117

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/10/30

On this week’s episode of Biotech Hangout, hosts DaphneZohar, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, John Maraganore, Paul Matteis, Mike Yee and Tess Cameron open up with market commentary and how derivatives, debates and dynamics are impacting stocks including Scholar Rock, Biohaven, Roche and Regeneron. The group also highlights CeriBell, which is the first medtech IPO in years. The hosts turn to neuro sentiment with a look at Lundbeck’s acquisition of Longboard at an approximate value of $2.5 billion net

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00:59:50

Episode 116

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/10/30

On this week’s episode of Biotech Hangout, hosts Chris Garabedian, Bruce Booth, Josh Schimmer, Eric Schmidt and Sam Fazeli start the show on the topic of M&A and ponder “where are the deals?” as they consider potential reasons such as the U.S. election, too few assets or too few buyers. The conversation turns to the venture funding environment with a preview of the third quarter venture funding numbers. On the theme of stock price reactions, the group digs into why Sarepta’s has dropped despite

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00:59:56

Episode 115

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/10/30

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Sam Fazeli and Tess Cameron kick off the show digging into some macro trends and the potential of an incoming M&A wave. The conversation then turns to a range of topics related to China, including the impact of the stimulus, recent innovation, and the latest obesity assets & China-sourced drugs. The hosts also discuss the updates coming out of Roche’s business day, including the company’s acquisition of a CDK inhibitor from

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01:00:06

Episode 14

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/09/25

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Daphne Zohar, Brad Loncar, Josh Schimmer, Chris Garabedian, John Maraganore and Sam Fazeli kick off the show sharing perspectives on the markets and its effects on the growing queue of biotech IPOs, particularly following the influx of large private deals over the past few months. As the founding CEO of Alnylam, John provides his thoughts on the Helios-B full study data presentation at the ESC Congress while the broader group weighs in on the competitive

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00:59:50

Episode 113

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/08/27

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Brad Loncar, Tim Opler, Josh Schimmer and Sam Fazeli assess the recent macro trends, including the current state of the US economy and some good news for biotech. The group also discussed the big reveal this week on Medicare drug pricing issues and industry perspectives on whether it was more of a whimper versus a bang. In M&A, the Revance and Crown Laboratories merger was discussed as well as broader M&A trends including how a potential change in the

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01:00:37

Episode 112

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/08/19

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Eric Schmidt, Brad Loncar, Brad Skorney, Luba Greenwood and Josh Schimmer kick off the episode summarizing the wild week for biotech stocks. The group also recaps some of the big earning announcements from the week, including a larger discussion on overall learnings from the Q2 earnings season. The hosts discuss Charles River Laboratories as a harbinger of pharma cost cutting and share general perspectives on the IRA impact on pharma. The FDA’s approval of

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01:01:04

Episode 110

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/08/02

On this week’s episode, hosts Josh Schimmer, Sam Fazeli, Brian Skorney, Michal Preminger and Eric Schmidt kick off the show by discussing the recent growth in XBI performance. The group weighs in on IPO dynamics, hypothesizing on the influence of investors and the power of FOMO. They go on to note the success of Viking Therapeutics as they’re moving into Phase 3 for their GLP-1 agonist, and what the future may hold for the weight-loss drug market. Shifting gears, the hosts raise concerns on CHMP

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01:03:23

Episode 109

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/07/24

On this week’s episode, hosts Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Sam Fazeli, Luba Greenwood, Brian Skorney and Paul Matteis begin the show with commentary on the Republican National Convention, including former President Trump’s pick of former biotech entrepreneur and Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate and the potential impact of this administration on the biotech sector, if elected. The discussion transitions to the week’s theme of biotech catalysts, including stock reactions in the current

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01:00:13

Episode 108

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/07/23

On this week’s episode, hosts Chris Garabedian, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler, Dawn Bell, John Maraganore and Eric Schmidt provide a deep dive into the obesity, diabetes and cardiometabolic space, beginning with an overview of the key findings in Stifel’s latest obesity report. The hosts also provide a recap of ADA and EASD abstract highlights and take a look at the next wave of injectable therapies and the trends in consumerization and access. They also discuss Pfizer’s update on its once daily oral

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01:02:18

Episode 107

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/07/02

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Daphne Zohar, Brad Loncar, Josh Schimmer, Tim Opler and Chris Garabedian open up with a conversation on recent trends in M&A for private biotechs versus public companies and the potential impact of the election year. The hosts also cover the important data readouts from the week, including Alnylam’s positive Phase 3 results for its ATTR drug and Lyell’s report of a patient death in its early-stage CAR T trial. Additional data covered includes Wave’s

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01:01:44

Episode 106

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/07/02

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Daphne Zohar, Brad Loncar, Josh Schimmer, Eric Schmidt, Sam Fazeli, Bruce Booth and Grace Colon discuss the big news of the week including the FDA granting a landmark expanded approval for Sarepta’s Elevidys for patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The hosts share their varying opinions on whether the expanded approval was the right decision. The group also engages in a few discussion topics around management, including the “everything is awesome CEO” and

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01:00:23

Episode 105

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/06/24

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Eric Schmidt, Josh Schimmer, Dawn Bell, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler, Sam Fazeli and Paul Matteis kick off the show by discussing CPI data and how inflation is impacting the $XBI, with analysts hopeful that stability will bring lower interest rates soon. The hosts cover the obesity market, providing updates on new datasets, such as findings from $LLY and $NVO, which indicate promising results in liver fat reduction and potential fibrosis reversal with GLP1+ agents

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01:00:23

Episode 104

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/06/24

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Tim Opler, Eric Schmidt and Sam Fazeli are joined by special guests Jacob Plieth and Madeleine Armstrong for a deep dive into ASCO 2024, including the highs and lows on the data front. The hosts also discuss the shifting interests from pharma companies as some suggest T-cell engagers may have overtaken ADCs and radios in the oncology space. In non-ASCO news, the group covers NASH data from Lilly and Viking and Structure’s data in

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00:57:10

Episode 103

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/06/05

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer, Yaron Werber, Luba Greenwood and Dawn Bell start the show with a look at the XBI and M&A activity from the week, including multiple deals topping over $1 billion. The hosts highlight a few of these big transactions, including Biogen acquiring Hi-Bio for $1.15 billion, Merck acquiring Eyebio for $1.3 billion, J&J buying Yellow Jersey for $1.25 billion, and Novartis buying out Mariana for $1 billion, among others. With private

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01:01:03

Episode 102

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/05/28

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Chris Garabedian, Josh Schimmer, Brad Loncar, Eric Schmidt and Tim Opler kick off the episode with a spotlight on women’s health, which was sparked by Bayer’s Phase 3 data readouts for menopause symptoms. The group also cover Incyte’s $2B share repurchase which leads into a discussion on stock buybacks and the ‘broken’ R&D model. The group also recaps ASGCT 2024 and new gene editing technologies. In deals of the week, the hosts discuss deals and financings

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00:59:53

Episode 101

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/05/28

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Eric Schmidt, Daphne Zohar, Josh Schimmer and Paul Matteis kick off the show with a look at M&A in the sector and debate whether we’re in a “good market” for biotech, if the sector is overly dependent on M&A as an investment thesis and the therapeutic areas that are most attractive for M&A. The hosts also discuss “hot” targeted oncology modalities including radiopharm, ADCs and bispecifics, and predict which of these technologies will likely continue

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01:00:03

Episode 100

Biotech Hangout ·

2024/05/10

On this week’s Biotech Hangout, hosts Daphne Zohar, Eric Schmidt, Yaron Werber and Luba Greenwood are joined by special guest and STAT reporter, Adam Feuerstein. The episode kicks off with the hosts sharing their thoughts on industry sentiment and some of the revealing trends in the week’s Stifel report before diving into Q1 earning reports from Ascendis, Amgen and SpringWorks. The hosts talk about ONO’s acquisition of Deciphera for $2.4B, X4’s FDA approval of XOLREMDI, and how COVID fatigue could

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