BioTech Weekly - Sep 08-21, 2025 (Weeks 37 & 38)

From policy pushes to breakthrough science, here are the highlights you won’t want to miss:

1️⃣ BIO’s Texas visit will highlight a growing biotech ecosystem 👉 https://bio.news/state-policy/bios-texas-visit-will-highlight-a-growing-biotech-ecosystem/

2️⃣ BIO Coffee Chat looks at patient access after three years of the IRA 👉 https://bio.news/federal-policy/bio-coffee-chat-looks-at-patient-access-after-three-years-of-the-ira/

3️⃣ Cellares & Tech Provider Team expand Cell Q’s capabilities for commercial‑scale cell‑therapy QC 👉 https://www.genengnews.com/topics/bioprocessing/cellares-and-technology-provider-team-plan-to-expand-cell-qs-capabilities-for-commercial-scale-cell-therapy-qc/

4️⃣ CRISPR Activation restores SCN2A loss, improving neurodevelopment in mice 👉 https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/crispr-activation-restores-scn2a-loss-improves-neurodevelopmental-outcomes-in-mice/

5️⃣ Open‑source AI tool aims to accelerate drug discovery for lifesaving therapies 👉 https://phys.org/news/2025-09-source-ai-tool-aims-drug.html

6️⃣ Noa Therapeutics grants Johns Hopkins a research award for chronic inflammatory disease therapy 👉 https://www.biotech.ca/news/national-eczema-association-grant-to-johns-hopkins-university-to-investigate-noa-therapeutics/

7️⃣ Pivotal vaccine‑guidance meeting underway—former CDC leaders alarmed 👉 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/18/1123844/meeting-vaccine-guidance-former-cdc-leaders-alarmed/

8️⃣ Pancreatic cancer slowed by boosting cell‑surface sugar in mice 👉 https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/pancreatic-cancer-slowed-by-boosting-cell-surface-sugar-in-mice/

9️⃣ Oral microbiome linked to future risk of pancreatic cancer 👉 https://www.genengnews.com/topics/cancer/oral-microbiome-linked-to-future-risk-of-pancreatic-cancer/

🔟 Cannabis leaves harbor rare compounds—don’t toss them 👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250910000258.htm

1️⃣1️⃣ 2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for ultra‑fast sequencing technology 👉 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/08/1121509/innovator-of-the-year-sneha-goenka/

1️⃣2️⃣ Addressing gun violence is essential to “make American children healthy again” 👉 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/11/1123553/maha-report-gun-violence-checkup/

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