Today on The Niche we will be discussing two deaths in a gene therapy trial, new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines from the FDA, and recent developments in CRISPR-Cas gene editing technologies.

Story References
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hum.2020.182
https://www.fda.gov/media/139638/download
https://apnews.com/dacdc8bc428dd4df6511bfa259cfec44
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb6151

Music by Luke Goodson
https://soundcloud.com/lukegoodson

The Niche Podcast brings you interviews with industry experts top stories from last week in biotech, pharma, clinical research, and the life science industries. You can expect highlights about new technologies, biotech and pharmaceutical mergers and acquisitions, news about the moves of venture capital and private equity, and how the stock market responds to IPOs. The Niche also tries to highlight trends around clinical research, including the evolving patterns that determine how drugs and therapies are developed, move through clinical trials, and become approved by regulatory agencies. It’s news, with a dash of perspective, focused on these Niche industries.