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Exclusive interviews with industry leaders

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    While many leverage precision medicine, Faeth is banking on precision nutrition to tackle cancer

    The San Francisco-based biotech is pairing metabolically-engineered diets with existing therapies to starve and kill tumors.

    Karissa Waddick • March 9, 2023
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    The ‘recovering academic’ leading Allogene to the next stage of cell therapy

    Zachary Roberts joined Allogene at the beginning of this year to lead the company's R&D and bring allogeneic cell therapy to the forefront.

    Michael Gibney • March 2, 2023
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    Launched with a ‘pioneer’ in RNA, aTyr Pharma is charting a new course in immunology

    With a focus on rare and hard-to-treat diseases, aTyr is banking on its head start in tRNA and vast IP portfolio to build a billion-dollar company.

    Taren Grom • March 2, 2023
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    Cytokinetics looks to muscle into the cardiovascular market

    With a scientific platform based on muscle biology, the late-stage biotech is addressing cardiovascular and neuromuscular diseases.

    Taren Grom • Feb. 24, 2023
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    Why patient care is a public affair

    The VP of public affairs at Kyowa Kirin discusses her role in advocating for advocacy.

    Taren Grom • Feb. 23, 2023
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    Pheast’s new CEO on how its ‘don’t eat me’ platform could deliver next-gen precision immunotherapies

    Jacopo Leonardi’s latest venture is in the burgeoning field of macrophage inhibitors that could target a wide range of cancers.

    Taren Grom • Feb. 17, 2023
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    Nectin’s Keytruda combo could fill gaps in immuno-oncology’s treatment paradigm

    The Israeli biotech just entered into a collaboration with Merck to develop its own checkpoint inhibitor alongside the bestselling cancer treatment.

    Michael Gibney • Feb. 16, 2023
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    Managing for resilience: Passage’s ups and downs in gene therapy

    After a rocky year, Passage Bio’s CEO is focused on helping the rare disease specialist bounce back.

    Meagan Parrish • Feb. 15, 2023
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    Brian Fox is bringing ‘fresh eyes’ to ad agency Klick

    Why the recently appointed president of commercial solutions sees near limitless potential to expand Klick’s footprint across the life sciences — and how generative AI is playing a role.

    Karissa Waddick • Feb. 13, 2023
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    Rocket Pharmaceuticals is ready for liftoff in the rare disease space

    With two rare disease products on the launch pad for FDA submission in 2023 and a growing pipeline, Rocket is fueled for its next era of growth.

    Taren Grom • Feb. 10, 2023
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    Entact Bio’s CEO is leading the company out of stealth and into a new age of protein enhancement

    Victoria Richon’s latest venture is in the burgeoning field of protein-enhancing drugs that could target a range of diseases.

    Kelly Bilodeau • Feb. 6, 2023
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    Astria Therapeutics’ edge in an ultra-rare disease

    With positive early phase data, CEO Jill Milne is aiming to bring an improved preventative option to patients with hereditary angioedema.

    Taren Grom • Feb. 1, 2023
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    This biotech CEO secured two billion-dollar Big Pharma deals during the pandemic

    With the industry focused on cancer and COVID-19, Marc de Garidel made deals centered on cardio.

    Michael Gibney • Jan. 31, 2023
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    Gilead’s commercial chief on why 2023 will be a ‘coming out’ year

    With a rapidly expanding oncology pipeline and a new approval in HIV, Johanna Mercier discusses Gilead’s quest to transform.

    Meagan Parrish • Jan. 26, 2023
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    Already on a roll in oncology, Astellas hunts for big wins in other areas

    With two potential first-in-class drug launches on the horizon, and a budding gene therapy business, Astellas believes this year could be a major inflection point. 

    Karissa Waddick • Jan. 23, 2023
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    UBC crowns Bekki Brown as its new CEO with a clear mandate to grow

    The first-time CEO is tapping into decades of operational expertise to help bring real-world data into the mainstream.

    Taren Grom • Jan. 20, 2023
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    A Moderna tie-up ushers in new era for CytomX

    The antibody-focused company followed up a tough year with big partnerships to keep the ball rolling.

    Michael Gibney • Jan. 18, 2023
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    Galecto has identified a master switch to reduce fibroid formation

    With expertise surrounding a natural family of proteins and enzymes that can lead to fibrosis, Galecto is exploring the potential to develop cancer treatments.

    Taren Grom • Jan. 11, 2023
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    Gracell Biotechnologies’ quest to unlock the CAR-T bottleneck

    The biotech hopes to upend the CAR-T category by cutting manufacturing from weeks to hours and developing a first-line cell therapy.

    Taren Grom • Jan. 9, 2023
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    To drive trial diversity, one company is bringing them to the patient

    For Lightship, increasing patient access to clinical trials is about meeting them where they are — literally.

    Karissa Waddick • Dec. 21, 2022
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    Dr. Sy Pretorius, Eversana’s new COO, is flipping the script on his career

    With a long history in the clinical space, Pretorius is now applying those deep insights to the commercial side of the business.

    Taren Grom • Dec. 9, 2022
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    Takeda’s global quest for health equity

    Takeda’s Center for Health Equity and Patient Affairs is built to address health inequality around the world and aims to raise the bar for the pharma industry.

    Taren Grom • Dec. 8, 2022
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    For Duchenne-focused Sarepta, gene therapy is the natural next step

    The company with three marketed RNA drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is taking the logical leap into gene therapies with a candidate under review at the FDA.

    Michael Gibney • Dec. 8, 2022
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    A historic approval could transform CSL from being ‘the biggest company no one has ever heard of’

    The company’s head of R&D on its profile-raising FDA approval of a gene therapy that’s now the world’s most expensive drug. 

    Meagan Parrish • Dec. 6, 2022
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    Non-toxic and addiction free: The promise of a new pain med

    Why South Rampart Pharma’s novel new molecule could be a key to solving the global pain epidemic.

    Taren Grom • Dec. 1, 2022