BioCentury This Week
BioCentury This Week
BioCentury
Ep. 383 - Moderna, Genentech obesity deal, Trump's FDA pick
19 minutes Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 1:00 am.
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Moderna
Genentech Obesity Deal
Trump's FDA Pick
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A Phase III win for a melanoma vaccine from Moderna and Merck & Co. has opened the door to personalized neoantigen vaccines. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the vaccine’s prospects and the broader implications. The analysts also discuss Roche/Genentech’s deal with Hanmi, which will add to the MNC’s obesity pipeline an asset that the pharma believes could be first in class, and the White House's pick of a Trump loyalist to lead FDA – a move that ha...