Monthly Archives: January 2017

Seven Important Policy Agenda Items For BioPharma
January 31, 2017

President Trump’s tenure as the 45th POTUS has begun with even more fireworks than most pundits predicted – protests, marches, bans, and lots of other drama. The coastal Twitter/Facebook bubbles are exploding with anger and rage, while the Trump populists

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Talent In The Biotech Gig Economy
January 31, 2017

This blog was written by Jeb Keiper, CBO of Nimbus Therapeutics LLC, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. Walking the streets of Union Square in mid-January torrential rain, we had the good fortune of sharing the

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Delinia Delivers An Exciting Autoimmune Therapy To Celgene
January 26, 2017

Today Celgene announced its acquisition of Delinia for $300 million upfront, and up to $475 million in milestones, adding to its growing portfolio of novel immunology medicines. Delinia’s rapid trajectory over the past fifteen months has been exciting to watch: this

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Alzheimer’s Research: Diversity Now
January 19, 2017

This blog was written by Adam Rosenberg, CEO of Rodin Therapeutics and Atlas EIR, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC.   In my February 2016 post, I wrote “if some of the current generation of high-profile,

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After the San Francisco Rain: Looking On The Bright Side In 2017
January 18, 2017

This blog was written by Michael Gladstone, Principal at Atlas Venture, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC. The biotech industry was reeling after the 2016 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, with many commentators foretelling doom in the

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Potential Breakthrough Option For Parkinson’s: LTI Partners With Allergan
January 9, 2017

Today Allergan announced a transformative deal with Lysosomal Therapeutics (LTI), an emerging biotech focused on Parkinson’s Disease through an understanding of human genetics and sphingolipid biology (here). This deal brings a new chapter for LTI as we move our lead

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Crystal Ball Gazing: Biotech Predictions for 2017
January 5, 2017

Good riddance to 2016, and a warm embrace to 2017 – or so is the sentiment of most biotech investors as they head into the 35th annual JPM Healthcare Conference. Many have bemoaned last year as an abysmal one for

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