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BioCentury This Week
BioCentury's streaming commentary on biotech industry trends, plus interviews with KOLs.For three decades, BioCentury has helped biopharma executives and investors make business-critical decisions and build larger networks with peers across the innovation ecosystem.
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387 episodes
Ep. 377 - Trends in life sciences talent with CBRE's Ian Anderson
After nearly three years of sluggish job growth, hiring is turning a corner in the U.S. life sciences industry, while the talent pool is expanding bey...
Ep. 376 - M&A momentum: 3Q public markets preview
M&A enthusiasm is carrying biotech amid tepid reception for launches. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss BioCen...
Ep. 375 - Novartis' ADC gambit & regulation as catalyst for U.K. biotech
Novartis is deepening its antibody-drug conjugate capabilities with its $1.1 billion acquisition of U.K. biotech Myricx Pharma. On the latest episode...
Ep. 374 - Parkinson's deep dive & FDA trial reforms
New Parkinson’s disease programs aim to move beyond the historical norm of symptom management, branching into targeted therapeutics and cell therapies...
Ep. 373 - AbbVie M&A, FDA reversals, a CAR T first
AbbVie's $10.9 billion deal to acquire Apogee will expand its immunology pipeline by delivering assets for atopic dermatitis and asthma. On the latest...
Ep. 372 - Biotech IPOs, Biosecure Act, cachexia pipeline
Biotech IPOs that are getting out remain hot — but will that continue into the fall? On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts...
Ep. 371 - Moving faster at the academia-industry interface
Getting into the clinic fast to de-risk assets has become the name of the game in biotech, and at the academia-industry interface, too.
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Ep. 370 - Calmer waters for FDA; Servier, Lilly deals
FDA’s new leadership is sailing the agency into calmer waters amid a search for a permanent commissioner and permanent center directors. On the latest...
Ep. 369 - ASCO advances, China innovation & U.S. science under threat
Revolution Medicines continues to impress with more pancreatic cancer data, earning a standing ovation at ASCO over the weekend. On the latest BioCent...
Ep. 368 - ASCO Preview, China Policy, ADC Linkers
At ASCO among presentations focused on pancreatic cancer innovation beyond KRAS; however, abstracts for the cancer conference also highlight ADCs, bis...
Ep. 367 - FDA, obesity targets and the rise of DACs
Marty Makary wasn’t the only official on the outs at FDA last week in another tumultuous turn of events for the regulatory agency. On the latest BioCe...
Ep. 366 - Europe's need for speed: Bio€quity takeaways
China’s speed in generating first-in-human data has catalyzed a race across the globe to reshape regulatory requirements to compete. BioCentury’s anal...
Ep. 365 - Thin ice for Makary, redosing AAVs
Marty Makary’s hold on the top job at FDA is slipping, with White House leaks about President Donald Trump’s displeasure with the FDA commissioner shi...
Ep. 364 - UCB’s Candid buy, Grand Rounds and leukodystrophies
UCB is the latest biopharma player to consummate a multibillion-dollar deal amid a surge in biotech M&A activity, acquiring Ken Song’s Candid Therapeu...
Ep. 363 - New targets at AACR, biopharma deals, Kurma fund
More than 175 new oncology targets surfaced at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in San Diego, with the focus on new...
Ep. 362 - AACR: Data and de-risking
Bispecific antibodies and dual-payload antibody-drug conjugates were in the spotlight at this year’s American Association for Cancer Research meeting...
Ep. 361 - Kelonia, Kailera, pyschedelics and T cell engagers
The past week has delivered the largest M&A deal ever for a private, venture-backed biopharma, the second-largest follow-on ever for a NASDAQ-traded b...
Ep. 360 - FDA’s FIH plans. Plus: billion-dollar deals, funds
A pathway proposed by FDA to cut the time it takes biopharma companies to get to first-in-human trials is more ambitious than similar policies in Aust...
Ep. 359 - 2Q markets preview, tariffs and biotech takeouts
Biotech has been resilient as the financial markets teeter under global volatility. For now, M&A and financings, if not IPOs, are continuing, but will...
Ep. 358 - Europe's Biotech Challenge
Biotech innovators around the world are finding speed to be the driver for investment and partnering — speed to early human data and speed to de-risk...
Ep. 357 - Deal-O-rama, Gilead and Tallon's U.K. vision
A flurry of deals, several with sizable upfront payments, has energized the biotech sector in March. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCe...
Ep. 356 - Arrowhead’s arc. Plus: AI in biotech venture, Synnovation, MFN
After 20 years of platform building and resets, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is making a bid to become a large-cap biotech. On the latest BioCentury This...
Ep. 355 - Capital market mood, Xenon data, Friedreich ataxia pipeline
Biotechs have been pricing follow-ons at a steady pace, with some companies parlaying data into upsized deals, and others even beginning to debut on N...
Ep. 354 - East-West Summit Takeaways
Biotechs in South Korea and other regions of Asia outside of China need to lean into innovation to distinguish themselves from their Chinese counterpa...
Ep. 353 - Prasad Departure and Future of Fibrosis Therapies
The second ousting of Vinay Prasad from FDA in the past eight months won’t lead to major changes at the agency, other than selecting a successor taske...
Ep. 352 - A Multipolar Biopharma World; Rare Disease Spotlight
Can a strong U.S. biopharma industry be reconciled with the successful emergence of China? And can China be a catalyst of positive change across the g...
Ep. 351 - Gilead's Arcellx Buy. Plus: ctDNA as Surrogate Endpoint
Gilead is acquiring Arcellx for $7.8 billion up front three years after forging a partnership with the biotech around a cell therapy for multiple myel...
Ep. 350 - Oral SERD Spotlight. Plus: Setbacks at FDA
As targeted protein degradation gains momentum, oral selective estrogen receptor degraders are emerging as one of its most advanced proving grounds. O...
Ep. 349 - Start-up Spotlight, Compounding Wegovy & Neuropysch
2025 marked the end of a four-year slide in series A financings for biotechs, with 144 biotechs raising an aggregate of $8 billion, up $1 billion from...
Ep. 348 - Biotech's 2026 Catalysts. Plus: China's New Orphan Rules
RNAi and exon-skipping therapies headline the list of regulatory and pivotal data catalysts in 2026, while new lipid-lowering mechanisms, modalities,...
Ep. 347 - Speeding China's Innovation. Plus: Neuro Catalysts and Newcos
New rules in China will accelerate the country’s cell and gene therapy sector by reshaping how investigator-initiated trials are conducted and commerc...
Ep. 346 - 2026 Public Markets Preview
The biotech bull is back, and buysiders believe this market has staying power for the first time in nearly five years. On a special episode of the Bio...
Ep. 345 - TAC to the Future. Plus: GSK Deal, MFN
Next-generation induced proximity technologies are coming of age after a decade of industry focus on PROTACs. On the latest BioCentury This Week podca...
Ep. 344 - JPM Momentum and Asia’s Hotbeds of Innovation
The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicked off this week with sunny skies over San Francisco and more financial momentum than the biotech industry h...
Ep. 343 - JPM Deals, Policy Outlook, Approval Trends
Riding the tailwind of a strong 2H25, the days leading up to biotech’s annual kickoff meeting in San Francisco delivered billions in capital raised an...
Ep. 342 - 2026 Biotech Kickoff
The New Year begins with biotech running along parallel storylines. There’s cause for optimism as the industry’s financing gears have begun to churn a...
Ep. 341 - BioCentury's '25-'26 Picks. Plus: BioMarin & Biotech ICYMI
This past year was an inflection point for biotech: The markets woke up, M&A and China had strong showings, drug development offered key trends, and n...
Ep. 340 - Obesity Data, Kymera & FDA Survey Results
Obesity readouts continue to be hot for biotech with new top-line data from both injectable and oral therapies pushing the boundaries on efficacy. On...
Ep. 339 - Biotech M&A, In Vivo CAR Ts & FDA Tumult
Fueled by cancer, obesity and cardiovascular deals, $1 billion-plus takeouts in biotech are at their highest level in a decade with three weeks to go...
Ep. 338 - Semaglutide’s Alzheimer’s Miss. Plus: Vaccine Policy, C> Funding
Novo Nordisk’s highly anticipated data for semaglutide in Alzheimer’s dashed hopes that the GLP-1 therapy could become a game changer in the disease....