Episode Parent: The Niche Pod

Genentech’s next tech, GSK divests to invest, Bristol Myers Squibb checks oncology, Cassava Sciences raises capital, Libtayo gets expanded FDA approval, and Hyperfine turns on…

Two Mercks – three stories, Paraxel gets genomes, Genomes get Money, and 2021 is the year of the upsized public offering. Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story Referenceshttps://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-Merck1https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-Merck2https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-Merck3https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-2https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-3https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-4https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-5https://tinyurl.com/Niche-33-6  Music…

Biogen gets punted but it’s good, lupus breakthroughs, Senseonics raises capital, and Novavax and Johnson & Johnson… and Janssen. Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story Referenceshttps://tinyurl.com/Niche-032-1https://tinyurl.com/Niche-032-2https://tinyurl.com/Niche-032-3https://tinyurl.com/Niche-032-4https://tinyurl.com/Niche-032-5 Music by Luke…

This is our January interview bonus. I sit down with John Reites, founder and CEO of Thread Research to discuss eCOA, decentralized clinical trials past,…

Thermo Fisher Scientific spends a billion, Boston Scientific also spends a billion and gets FDA approval, Verve pulls $94 million for CRISPR in humans, and…

100 million vaccines, EvoQ’s NanoDisk, Merck gets FDA priority, and startups in wearables, startups in diagnostics. Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story Referenceshttps://tinyurl.com/Niche029-1https://tinyurl.com/Niche029-2https://tinyurl.com/Niche029-3https://tinyurl.com/Niche029-4 Music by Luke Goodsonhttps://www.soundcloud.com/lukegoodson The Niche…

Turning CAR T on and off, Fujifilm’s $2 billion investment, Affinivax raises $226 million, and startups to watch Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story References10.1126/scitranslmed.abb6295https://affinivax.com/affinivax-announces-226-million-series-c-financing-to-advance-its-pipeline-of-novel-maps-vaccines-targeting-infectious-diseases/https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/news/Fujifilm_to_Invest_2B_for_Cell_Culture_Manufacturing_Sitehttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210105005224/en/IconOVir-Bio-Raises-77-Million-in-Series-A-Financing-to-Develop-Next-Generation-Oncolytic-Viruses-to-Treat-Solid-Tumorshttps://www.lexeotx.com/  Music by Luke Goodsonhttps://www.soundcloud.com/lukegoodson…

AstraZeneca and W.H.O., vaccine I-told-you-so’s, Phitonex acquired by ThermoFisher, and Axsome reports success in migraine relief.  Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story Referenceshttps://www.rttnews.com/3157074/astrazeneca-s-covid-19-vaccine-cleared-by-expert-panel-in-india.aspx?refresh=1https://www.who.int/news/item/31-12-2020-who-issues-its-first-emergency-use-validation-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-and-emphasizes-need-for-equitable-global-accesshttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-55280671https://thermofisher.mediaroom.com/2020-12-31-Thermo-Fisher-Scientific-Acquires-Programmable-Dye-Platform-Pioneer-Phitonexhttps://axsometherapeuticsinc.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/axsome-therapeutics-announces-positive-efficacy-and-safety-0?field_nir_news_date_value[min]= Music by Luke Goodsonhttps://www.soundcloud.com/lukegoodson The Niche…

Trends in science from investors and immune-oncology to decentralized trials and basic research, we look back on 2020 Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story Referenceswww.thenichepod.com Music by Luke Goodsonhttps://www.soundcloud.com/lukegoodson…

COVID updates, ERT & Bioclinica merge, Philips acquires BioTelemetry, and augmented reality surgeries.   Sponsorshttps://www.thescopemethod.com Story Referenceshttps://www.ellumehealth.com/2020/12/15/fda-authorizes-ellume-covid-19-home-test-as-first-over-the-counter-fully-at-home-diagnostic-test/Wang et al., 2019 – https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.9b00657https://www.ert.com/featured-news/ert-and-bioclinica-to-merge-creating-a-global-leader-in-clinical-trial-endpoint-technology/https://www.philips.com/a-w/about/news/archive/standard/news/press/2020/20201218-philips-to-become-a-global-leader-in-patient-care-management-solutions-for-the-hospital-and-the-home-through-the-acquisition-of-biotelemetry-inc.htmlhttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seeing-is-believing-hospital-for-special-surgery-first-in-us-to-use-augmented-reality-platform-for-knee-replacement-301195275.html Music by Luke…