Biotech Readout

Highlighting biotech innovation every week.

Weekly Readout / see all

A digest of new clinical data from the past week

Weekly Readout

May 22, 2026

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22 min read

>30% weight loss, new blood pressure drug, FcRn cracks rheumatoid arthritis, and more

Weekly Readout #8: Week ending May 22, 2026

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Weekly Readout

May 15, 2026

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20 min read

Weight loss maintenance strategies, 70-year hunt for metformin's mechanism, and more

Weekly Readout #7: Week of May 11, 2026

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May 8, 2026

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20 min read

Weekly Readout #6: First PROTAC to be FDA approved, obesity drug for alcoholism, and more

Week of May 4, 2026

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Frontiers in Medicine / see all

Exploring the frontiers of our understanding and treatments for disease

Frontiers in Medicine

May 24, 2026

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24 min read

CAR-T, Part 3

How Dr. Georg Schett sparked renaissance in autoimmune disease

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Frontiers in Medicine

May 16, 2026

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25 min read

CAR-T, Part 2

Beyond autologous CAR-T: allogeneic, in vivo, and T-cell engagers (TCE)

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Frontiers in Medicine

May 9, 2026

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25 min read

CAR-T, Part 1

Immunology Civil War, the discovery of T-cells, and their rebirth as medicines

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Acquisitions / see all

Exploring the innovation behind acquired companies

Acquisitions

May 26, 2026

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9 min read

Eli Lilly to Acquire Vaccine with a Neurological Twist

Re-entering the vaccine market with multiple sclerosis (MS) upside

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Acquisitions

May 20, 2026

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8 min read

Eli Lilly to Acquire Engage Bio

A founder-led startup aiming to solve gene therapy's "last mile" problem

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Acquisitions

May 6, 2026

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11 min read

Bayer to Acquire Perfuse

A long-acting diabetic eye disease play

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