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In this episode of Denatured, as part of our series on the European life sciences investment ecosystem, you’ll be hearing from Ksenija Pavletic, partner and chief commercial officer at Jeito Capital and Thierry Laugel, managing partner at Kurma Partners. We dive into France’s biotech ecosystem and what still needs to happen for more early innovation to translate into investable, scalable biotech.
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From Eli Lilly’s David Ricks to Pfizer’s Albert Bourla, the top five highest paid CEOs made a combined $157.8 million in 2025.
Partners Summit Therapeutics and Akeso are expected to steal the show at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference with data from their potential Keytruda rival, alongside Revolution Medicine’s groundbreaking pancreatic cancer candidate and other assets that could reshape patient care.
The tragic tale of TIGIT is well known. However, RIPK1, myc, STING and alpha-synuclein have also left a trail of failed clinical trials, canceled partnerships and sunk investments in their wake.
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The Department of Health and Human Services is spinning its wheels, unable to establish steady leadership at three major divisions—the CDC and the FDA’s two primary review units.
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The FDA has had a busy week, accepting drug applications, approving clinical trials and granting various special designations for Gamida Cell, Cellectis, Scynexis & more.
Shares of Global Blood Therapeutics are surging once again after reports indicate Pfizer is the mystery suitor for the company. Pfizer could potentially pay as much as $5 billion for the company.
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This week’s highlights in neurological diseases include Acadia receiving a CRL for its ADP drug, Sosei and Neurocrine’s schizophrenia drug study moving on to Phase II.
With more than 6,600 cases of monkeypox in the United States, the Biden administration declared the viral outbreak a public health emergency as cases continue to rise across the nation.
This week, drugs developed by Neurocrine Biosciences, Akebia, Eliem and Athira all failed to meet expectations in clinical trials.
The agreement will grant Innovent exclusive development and marketing rights to tusamitamab in China, while Sanofi will be entitled to up to $81 million in milestones and royalties.
Gilead snapped up U.K.-based MiroBio in a $405 million deal that will bring its checkpoint agonists and discovery platform under Gilead’s umbrella.