BioCentury This Week
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Ep. 351 - Gilead's Arcellx Buy. Plus: ctDNA as Surrogate Endpoint
35 minutes Posted Feb 24, 2026 at 1:00 am.
Introduction
Gilead's Arcellx Buy
ctDNA Surrogate Endpoints
PhRMA Forum Takeaways
FDA Moderna U-turn
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Gilead is acquiring Arcellx for $7.8 billion up front three years after forging a partnership with the biotech around a cell therapy for multiple myeloma. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess what the deal does for the Foster City, Calif.-based biotech’s pipeline. The analysts also discuss the case for using ctDNA as a surrogate endpoint for early cancer trials. Turning to Washington, Steve Usdin offers his takeaways from last week’s PhRMA Forum, which foc...