Top news of the week: 15.11.2022.
Good Day BIO: USDA seeks input on blight-resistant tree – plus, has biotech found the fountain of youth?
USDA is seeking input on a gene-edited American chestnut tree, which has been awaiting regulatory approval. Plus, scientists are closing in on the “fountain of rejuvenation,” thanks to ...
Arrowhead capitalizes on Amgen drug progress with royalty rights deal
The biotech will sell its royalty interest in a heart disease drug Amgen is developing for $250 million, extending its operating runway by several quarters.
A biotech investor says founders should be 'more relentless than ever' when trying to raise funds during the current market downturn
The economic slowdown is making it harder for biotech founders to raise money. An investor says founders should be creative and aggressive when trying to raise more capital.
Head of MassBio trade group is out after serving just over a year
The abrupt leadership changes comes at a sensitive time for MassBio, which lobbies for the state’s biotechnolology industry, a pillar of the Massachusetts economy.
Biogen names former Sanofi head Viehbacher to replace Vounatsos as CEO
Viehbacher’s appointment ends a monthslong search by Biogen for new leadership and puts the embattled biotech on a new course after the disastrous launch of Aduhelm.
‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia
Faculty are struggling to hire postdocs, delaying research projects and pressuring universities to consider improving salaries and benefits as endowments are shrinking.
Biotech’s next destination: Why not Lynn?
AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN as an industrial hub hundreds of years ago, Lynn became known as the “shoe center of the new world” by the 1800s, thanks to the establishment and growth of the first ...
‘Beware' Of Crypto Investing Or Risk Ending Up In Bankruptcy Court, SEC Chair Warns
Individuals awaiting the fulfillment of their withdrawal requests from FTX are in jeopardy of never seeing their holdings again if the exchange doesn’t find a new partner to save it from ...