BiotechTV - News
BiotechTV - News
BiotechTV
This is the primary news channel of BiotechTV where you will find on the ground reporting by our journalists from biotech hubs throughout the world.
LifeMine Therapeutics announced a $263M raise today to help accelerate the development of its novel calcineurin activation inhibitor that aims to radically change the profile of organ transplants
Co-Founder, President & CEO Greg Verdine describes the toxicity issues associated with the immuosupressive drugs that transplant recipients currently receive, and explains how LIFE-001 is different. Plus, given how the therapy is designed to safely prevent T-cell activation and proliferation, there could also ultimately be an autoimmune use case as well.
Aug 6
16 min
U.S. Science Summit: Biotech veteran Harvey Berger presents an overview of the history of Kendall Square and what is at stake to keep it a leader in life sciences
Dr. Berger, who founded Ariad Pharmaceuticals here in 1991, describes Kendall's transition from candy factories, to Polaroid, to what it is today.
Jul 27
15 min
U.S. Science Summit: Patient perspectives with sickle cell patient advocate Jimi Olaghere and cystic fibrosis advocate Bob Coughlin
Jim Olaghere describes signing up for a gene editing treatment clinical trial for sickle cell disease and how it has enabled him to climb mountains and Bob Coughlin recounts the moment when a therapy became available for his son's cystic fibrosis.
Jul 27
23 min
U.S. Science Summit: Curie.Bio Chairman Alexis Borisy and Parabilis Medicines CEO Mathai Mammen discusses the funding environment for biotech and communicating their work to the public
Alexis Borisy recounts the story of Revolution Medicines, which delivered the pancreatic cancer breakthrough this year, and talks about the health of the founder led side of the biotech sector. Mathai Mammen recently took Parabilis public in the largest IPO in biotech history, and describes the science that made it possible.
Jul 27
24 min
U.S. Science Summit: Flagship Pioneering Founder & CEO Noubar Afeyan discusses his early days in Cambridge and the opportunities it afforded him, science communication, immigrants, and more
He describes how science 'keeps you young' because it always based on what you don't know. He urges scientists to stay humble when talking about science to the public because things can change, and he shares stories from his career and offers advice on how to keep the United States globally competitive.
Jul 27
24 min
U.S. Science Summit: "Who will shape the future of Bio?" with Recursion President & CEO Najat Khan
Interviewed by HSBC Innovation Banking's Katherine Andersen, Najat Khan discusses AI, her priorities upon taking the role of CEO at Recursion earlier this year, encouraging employees to speak more than just one language of expertise, and women in leadership.
Jul 23
26 min
U.S. Science Summit: Three science communicator social media all-stars share their stories and offer advice on how to tell science stories that resonate with a broad audience
Moderated by BiotechTV's Chloe Kirk, Gabriel Astorga (@GoodOlGab), Maynard Okereke (@HipHopScienceShow), and Alex Dainis (@AlexDainis) describe how the got started posting about science on social media and how they grew their audiences to what they are today. Plus, advice for companies and scientists about how to resonate the best.
Jul 23
16 min
U.S. Science Summit: Three leading biotech CEOs share the latest on biotech innovation and discuss how the United States can stay on top of an increasingly competitive global landscape
Moderated by MassBio CEO Kendalle Burlin O'Connel, Kymera Therapeutics CEO Nello Mainolfi, CRISPR Therapeutics CEO Samarth Kulkarni, and Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly discuss their companies' innovations (protein degradation, CRISPR gene editing, and autonomous labs), how the U.S. can increase its competitiveness, and the 'Why' that motivates them each day. 
Jul 22
30 min
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