BioCentury This Week
BioCentury's streaming commentary on biotech industry trends, plus interviews with KOLs.
For three decades, BioCentury has helped biopharma executives and investors make business-critical decisions and build larger networks with peers across the innovation ecosystem.
Episodes
318 episodes
Ep. 308 - Grand Rounds - Europe Preview
Grand Rounds heads to Europe: first meeting Sept. 17 in Cambridge, U.K.There are many reasons why it may be the European biomedical ecosystem’s moment to shine, and advances at the academia-industry interface are a core part of that sto...
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Ep. 307 - How Cancer Regulation is — and isn’t — Changing at FDA
Oncology regulation has been less affected by recent changes in FDA leadership than other parts of the agency. On a special sponsored edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess what has and hasn’t changed at FDA w...
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Episode 307
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Ep. 306 - Treg Inflection Point; Biotech's Next Big Story; Tax Bill Consequences
Treg-based cell therapies are nearing a clinical proof-of-concept inflection point, but in an environment that has dramatically shifted with the advent of CAR T therapies for autoimmune diseases. On the latest BioCentury This Week podc...
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Ep. 305 - FDA's Future; In Vivo CAR T Plays; Psychedelics; CDK2
The Trump administration’s overhaul of FDA is still underway, but the agency has already veered away from its decades-long trajectory in ways that will profoundly reshape medical product development and the lives of U.S. patients. On the latest...
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Ep. 304 - Syncona Reshapes Fund; Lilly's $1B Verve Bet; FDA's 2-Track Future
Publicly traded U.K. investment firm and company builder Syncona is restructuring its fund amid ongoing market challenges in the biopharma industry. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts
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Episode 304
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Ep. 303 - Gene Therapy Safety, Amylin in Obesity & FDA's Future
The tragic death of a second non-ambulatory DMD patient treated with Sarepta's Elevidys gene therapy marks a turning point for the field and should drive all stakeholders to come together to figure out how to safely treat patients with this new...
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Ep. 302 - Takeaways from BioCentury Grand Rounds Chicago
With federal funding at risk and VCs increasingly focused on de-risked assets, academia is facing unprecedented headwinds despite rapid advancements in innovation. One potential bright spot: Pharma, which is turning to academia to access fi...
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Ep. 301 - ASCO’s First-in-Human Trials, Crossover Investors & FDA's Rare Disease Plans
Translational trends at this year’s ASCO meeting featured new and selective ways to target cell surface receptors on solid tumors. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the findings from Executive Di...
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Episode 301
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Ep. 300 - Biotech’s $13B Deal Day, ASCO's Hot Targets, Drug Pricing Threat
Dealmaking by a pair of pharmas has given the biotech industry its best day of transactions in months, tallying nearly $13 billion in guaranteed payments across two deals. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analys...
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Ep. 299 - ASCO, EpCAM, Rocket & HK IPOs
Dutch biotech Merus’ EGFR x LGR5 bispecific antibody has caught investors’ attention in the run-up to ASCO as a new approach to block EGFR signaling. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts
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Ep. 298 - Takeaways from the 25th Bio€quity Europe
Political and market turmoil has raised questions whether the U.S. can retain its biopharma leadership position, and in turn presents Europe with an opportunity to attract talent back to the continent with an offer of a more stable biomedical f...
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Ep. 297 - European Biotech's Moment? Plus: Biomarin, Boston Deals & Novo Nordisk CEO
The turbulence that has come with the Trump administration’s policies related to the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry is creating an opening for Europe to bolster its life sciences industry. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, B...
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Episode 297
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Ep. 296 - Trends in Obesity, Vinay Prasad at FDA, Ovarian Cancer Insights
Biopharmas developing therapies for obesity are looking to a future where the quality of weight loss matters as much as the quantity — what targets and programs could help realize that vision? On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast...
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Ep. 295 - Bio€quity Europe 2025 Preview
This year’s Bio€quity Europe conference — the 25th edition of the event — will focus on what’s next for Europe amid biotech’s current complex moment, Editor in Chief Simone Fishburn said on a special edition of the BioCentury This Week...
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Episode 295
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Ep. 294 - AACR Spotlight on SMARCA2 degraders. Plus: David Baker, Drug Pricing
Among the formerly undruggable targets gaining translational momentum, SMARCA2 has intrigued researchers for its potential to treat challenging solid tumors. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury's editors zero in on p...
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Ep. 293 - Tau Time for Alzheimer's. Plus: FDA Delays, Merck's $4B Deal, HK IPOs
Belief in tau — both as a target and surrogate endpoint — for Alzheimer’s is building among leaders in the field. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, Executive Editor Selina Koch
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Episode 293
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31:05
Ep. 292 - Myasthenia Gravis Spotlight & AACR Preview
Biopharma companies are vying to dethrone Vyvgart as a leading therapy for myasthenia gravis, with the latest data for therapies treating the rare autoimmune neuromuscular disease coming at this month’s American Academy of Neurology. On a speci...
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Ep. 291 - Grand Rounds - U.S. Preview
The academia-industry interface is more important than ever for sustaining biomedical innovation’s forward momentum, even as the Trump administration injects turbulence into academic fundi...
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Episode 291
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Ep. 290 - Biotech Survey Sees Tough Days Ahead. Plus: FDA, China Speed
The biotech community is reeling, fearful and furious about the fallout of tariff, FDA and NIH policies, according to BioCentury’s newly released Risk Sentiment survey...
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Episode 290
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Ep. 289 - Replacing Animal Models. Plus: RFK Jr. & FDA
FDA’s plan to move away from animal toxicity testing could expedite INDs and cut costs for biopharma companies, while helping the U.S. maintain its position as a clinical research hub. On ...
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Episode 289
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Ep. 288 - FDA and Tariffs Turmoil, and AACR Preview
Loss of leadership, cuts to staffing and a proposed reorganization at FDA have heightened biotech risk amid an already turbulent mac...
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Episode 288
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Ep. 287 - The Bear is Back: Marks’ Ouster, Tariffs and a Tumbling XBI
Biotech indexes are tumbling after one of FDA’s last veteran leaders was pushed out by HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and the threat of tariffs weigh on a key biotech index. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s editors discu...
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Ep. 286 - Sofinnova’s Pan-European Accelerator, China Biotechs, Trump Tariffs
European venture firm Sofinnova Partners is expanding the reach of its Biovelocita accelerator beyond Italy to stretch across the greater continent. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s editors
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Episode 286
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Ep. 285 - BIO's Trump 2.0 Plan. Plus: Autoimmune CAR Ts & Telix's Radiopharma Play
BIO is engaging with President Donald Trump to protect and improve FDA. It’s also hoping biopharmas can dodge tariffs and find paths to modify the Inflation Reduction Act and reinstate pediatric priority review vouchers. On the latest BioCentur...
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Episode 285
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Ep. 284 - Takeaways from the East-West Summit
While the culling of companies in the biotech bear market may have yet to subside, creative cross-border deal-making on innovative assets is spreading across Asia’s Arc of Innovation. Sciwind Biosciences Co. Ltd.’s Jing Shu and A*Star’s Lisa Oo...
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Episode 284
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