Author Archives: Abbas Kazimi

Evolving Drug Discovery: AI, Infrastructure, and the Speed of Learning
July 28, 2026

By Abbas Kazimi, CEO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC The Japanese Zen term shoshin means “beginner’s mind”. It’s the discipline of approaching familiar territory with fresh eyes and openness to see what

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Year One as CEO: What Leadership Actually Feels Like
April 28, 2026

By Abbas Kazimi, CEO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC There’s a version of leadership that presents cleanly from the outside: the presence in the room, the confidence behind decisions, the sense of

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Why Owning the Learning Loop Matters More Than Owning the Lab
January 27, 2026

By Abbas Kazimi, CEO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC In early 2009, when global markets were bottoming out, you can imagine what it felt like walking the halls of the JPM Healthcare

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Death, Grief, and the Drive to Build Better Therapies
November 18, 2025

By Abbas Kazimi, CEO of Nimbus Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC Hospitals were never meant to be familiar to me, yet for over twenty years MD Anderson became a place I could navigate by heart: the

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