Biological Factors

Profluent Raises $106M to Accelerate Frontier AI Models for Programmable Biology, Backed by Jeff Bezos

6 days ago talkbio0Tagged AI biotech, Altimeter Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Biological Factors, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Drug Development, Funding, Jeff, Profluent, Programmable Biology, Protein Atlas, protein design, Synthetic Biology

Profluent; AI biotech; protein design; programmable biology; Jeff Bezos; Altimeter Capital; $106M funding; Bezos Expeditions; CRISPR; biologics; Protein Atlas; synthetic biology; drug development

Zymeworks Pivots to Royalty-Driven Model After Strong Ziihera Data in Gastric Cancer

1 week ago talkbio0Tagged Biological Factors, buyback, erbB-2 Receptor, Jazz, Malignant neoplasm of stomach, milestone payments, Regulatory Filing, Royalty-Driven Model, Strategy, Ziihera, Zymeworks

Zymeworks; royalty-driven model; Ziihera; gastric cancer; HER2; biologics; milestone payments; stock buyback; biotech strategy; Jazz Pharmaceuticals; regulatory filing

Can the CDER-CBER Dynamic Change Under New Leadership? Pazdur vs. Prasad in the FDA’s Turbulent 2025

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged agency instability, Biological Factors, CBER, CDER, Drug Approval, Leadership, Project, regulatory dynamics, Richard Pazdur, United States Food and Drug Administration, Vinay Prasad

Richard Pazdur; Vinay Prasad; FDA leadership; CDER; CBER; regulatory dynamics; drug approvals; biologics; agency instability; Project Orbis

Odyssey Therapeutics Appoints Dennis Dean as EVP, Head of Non-Clinical Development

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Autoimmune Diseases, Biological Factors, Dennis Dean, Drug Development, executive vice president, Head of Non-Clinical Development, Odyssey Therapeutics, preclinical research

Odyssey Therapeutics; Dennis Dean; Executive Vice President; Head of Non-Clinical Development; preclinical research; autoimmune diseases; drug development; biopharmaceutical

Eli Lilly Hires Denali Therapeutics Executive Carole Ho to Lead Neuroscience Division

2 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Biological Factors, Carole Ho, Changing, Denali, eli lilly, executive leadership, Leadership, neuroscience division

Eli Lilly; Denali Therapeutics; Carole Ho; neuroscience division; executive leadership; biopharmaceuticals; leadership changes

Pharma Investment Surge in US Manufacturing Creates Major Opportunities for CDMOs

3 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Advanced therapies, alpha 1-antitrypsin, Biological Factors, capital investment, CDMOs, eli lilly, Growth, Johnson & Johnson, Market, pharmaceutical manufacturing, production, supply chain, U.S.

US pharmaceutical manufacturing; CDMOs; capital investment; Johnson & Johnson; Eli Lilly; biologics; API production; supply chain; advanced therapies; market growth

Vistagen Appoints Paul Edick to its Board of Directors

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Audit Committee, Biological Factors, board of directors, Compensation Committee, Corporate governance, Drug Industry, Paul Edick, Vistagen

Vistagen; Paul Edick; Board of Directors; Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; Biopharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical industry; Corporate governance

Step Pharma Appoints Dr. Karen L. Smith as Chief Medical Officer

4 weeks ago talkbio0Tagged Biological Factors, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Development, CTPS1 inhibitor, dencatistat, Karen Smith, Neoplasms, Regulatory Affairs, Step Pharma

Step Pharma; Karen Smith; Chief Medical Officer; CTPS1 inhibitor; dencatistat; oncology; clinical development; biopharmaceutical; regulatory affairs

Inhibrx to Seek FDA Approval in 2026 After Strong Phase 2 Data for Bone Cancer Drug Ozekibart

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Anti-DR5 Agonistic Monoclonal Antibody INBRX-109, Biological Factors, Chondrosarcoma, Infrequent, Inhibrx, Liver, Malignant Bone Neoplasm, Malignant Neoplasms, ozekibart, Progression-Free Survival, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 10b, Submission, Toxicity aspects, United States Food and Drug Administration

Inhibrx; FDA submission; ozekibart; INBRX-109; chondrosarcoma; bone cancer; phase 2 clinical trial; progression-free survival; death receptor 5; biologics license application; rare cancer; liver toxicity

Rani Therapeutics Appoints Abe Bassan and Vasudev Bailey to Board of Directors

1 month ago talkbio0Tagged Abe Bassan, Anomaly Ventures, BioCapital, Biological Factors, biotherapeutics, Board change, board of directors, Chugai, Collaboration, Obstetric Delivery, Oral cavity, Rani Therapeutics, Samsara, Vasudev Bailey

Rani Therapeutics; Board of Directors; Abe Bassan; Vasudev Bailey; biotherapeutics; oral biologics delivery; Samsara BioCapital; Anomaly Ventures; Chugai collaboration; Board change