From The Editor

  1. Tech-Heavy Drug Discovery Yields Deep Pipeline 8/3/2023

    Recursion Cofounder and CEO, Chris Gibson, Ph.D. is creating a map of human biology comparable to Google’s ongoing effort to map every street on the planet. He shared why that's so important, and how it's informing Recursion's rapid drug discovery efforts.

  2. Engineering Antibodies In A Box? 7/27/2023

    Machines aren’t smart enough to engineer optimal, disease-specific antibodies without data that’s properly generated, captured, and structured. That’s why LabGenius Founder Dr. James Field says the key to success is neither human-derived data, nor machine-enabled design. It’s the organizational engineering feat of bringing the two together.

  3. Why RNA Is Good For Business 7/3/2023

    Early last year, Nutcracker Therapeutics landed a $170 million Series C to further its work developing an RNA drug development platform. Learn how scientist-turned Chief Business Officer Geoff Nosrati is lifting the company above the cacophony of companies rallying around the therapeutic potential of RNA.

  4. Key Biomanufacturing Ingredient In Short Supply 6/26/2023

    Biopharma supply chains and manufacturing capacity are on the comeback trail, but one of the key requirements for sustainable development and manufacturing success remains elusive. NIIMBL Workforce Director John Balchunas shares perspective from a unique vantage point.

  5. Considerations For Licensing Platforms From Universities 6/16/2023

    Even the best platforms and technologies don’t come out of universities IND-ready. Just ask Coeptis Therapeutics, which recently licensed the novel CAR-T platform, SNAP-CAR, from the University of Pittsburgh. Coeptis’ Dave Mehalick, and Dan Yerace discuss the licensing agreement and the growing pains to expect when preparing a new platform for an IND.

  6. Where Oncology Drug Discovery Goes Next 5/30/2023

    AbbVie Bay Area Site Head and VP of Oncology Discovery Research Steve Davidsen, Ph.D. lays out the primary challenges to pushing forward in areas of high, unmet oncological need: accelerating discovery to shorten the time to patient impact and identifying optimal patients for a given mechanism of action or molecule.

  7. Immunome's Platform Partnership Potential 5/16/2023

    Immunome’s discovery engine caught AbbVie’s eye, nabbing the biotech a transformative deal. CEO Purnanand Sarma, Ph.D. and CFO Corleen Roche take us behind the scenes.

  8. Active ADC Space Challenges Development Strategies 5/15/2023

    Payload and linker technology advances have contributed to an explosion in antibody-drug conjugate development in recent years, amd the funding has followed. But, while the face value of ADC activity represents a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish biotech investment environment, the challenges of doing business in a hotly competitive market are playing out.

  9. Anatomy Of A Biopharma VC Deal 4/20/2023

    Why does a venture capitalist choose to fund a biopharma company? What prompts them to choose not to? And why should (or shouldn't) a biopharma company take a VC's money?

  10. Topical Biologics In Ophthalmology? 3/21/2023

    A recent clinical study of an eyedrop formulated with Grifols’ Immunoglobulin-based Flebogamma DIF offers cause for optimism among multiple stakeholders. It could become the first-approved topically administered biologic therapy for dry eye disease.