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.
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Apr 9, 2025 • 11min
Jones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Trevi Therapeutics CEO Jennifer Good describes recent positive data in refractory chronic cough and previews upcoming IPF data
She describes how the mechanism of Haduvio differs from other programs in chronic cough, and covers the recent phase 2a RIVER data.
Apr 9, 2025 • 10min
Jones Healthcare & Technology Innovation Conference: Jones Research analysts Catherine Novack and Debanjana Chatterjee share their take on biotech and comment on companies they cover
They discusses the macro and regulatory factors that have affected the sector so strongly, and comment on Wave, Korro, ProQr, Capricor, Trevi, and Kalvista.
Apr 3, 2025 • 16min
Analyst Thursdays: Stifel's Alex Thompson updates us on the latest news and upcoming catalysts in the I&I space
He shares his take on biotech and discusses argenx, Immunovant, AnaptysBio, Apogee, Dianthus, and Viridian.
Apr 3, 2025 • 5min
Anglo Nordic Life Science Conference: The CEO of Cure Parkinson's talks about their work, and participating in the International Linked Clinical Trials Initiative
CEO Helen Matthews describes the types of medicines they are supporting for clinical trials (including Ambroxol and GLP-1s), and folding a few programs into a dynamic, international consortium.
Apr 3, 2025 • 9min
Anglo Nordic Life Science Conference: Denmark based Synklino is developing a fusion protein that targets US28 for CMV infections from transplants
Co-Founder and CEO Thomas Kledal describes the science behind this platform and program. Plus, how having access to donated kidneys is helping the company with its translational work.
Apr 3, 2025 • 13min
On the heels of raising a $65M series B, the CEO of Flagship's Ampersand Biomedicines describes the company's precision medicine platform, and gives updates on partnering and R&D progress
CEO Jason Gardner describes Ampersand's platform that is designed to make medicines act at the site of disease. He also shares updates on partnerships with Pfizer and Pioneering Medicines, and highlights work in obesity, immuno-inflammation and immuno-oncology.
Apr 2, 2025 • 11min
BioTrinity 2025: With a novel E3 ubiquitin ligase (TRIM21) for protein degradation, Cambridge, UK based TRIMTECH Therapeutics recently raised a $31 million seed round
CEO Nicki Thompson describes why she believes the company is differentied in the field, and how TRIMTECH's construct is designed to selectively degrade aggregates that cause neurodegeneration.
Apr 2, 2025 • 10min
Vida Ventures named Matt Cohen and Brian Goodman new Managing Directors today. BiotechTV caught up with Brian in Vida's Boston office
Brian Goodman, Managing Director at Vida Ventures, shares insights from his extensive background in life sciences investing at MPM Bio Impact Fund. He discusses current trends in early-stage biotech investments, particularly in immunology, oncology, and neurology. The resilience of the sector amidst economic uncertainties is highlighted, along with the challenges and opportunities for innovation. Goodman also elaborates on Vida's strategies for supporting portfolio companies while seeking new investments, particularly within Boston's dynamic biotech landscape.
Apr 2, 2025 • 14min
After a $93M series B, Character Bio's CEO Cheng Zhang describes how the company has built a proprietary database to reclassify AMD patients into genetic subgroups to optimize trial patient selection
He describes why a 'one-size-fits-all' approach has caused numerous ophthalmology trials to fail in the past, and why Character believes a precision medicine approach is overdue.
Apr 1, 2025 • 12min
BioTrinity 2025: AlveoGene Executive Chair David Hipkiss describes the company's unique inhaled gene therapy platform that fuses a Sendai virus and Lentivirus, and can be redosed
He describes the science behind the platform, which is already being used by Boehringer Ingelheim for cystic fibrosis. AlveoGene has plans to use it for conditions like the surfactant protein deficiencies SP-B & ABCA3, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and IPF.
