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Hepatitis C, Part 1

Jul 18, 2026

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24 min read

Hepatitis C, Part 1

How Schering-Plough, Roche, Merck, Vertex, and Janssen turned the tide from a public health epidemic to an 80% cure rate

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Approvals for cholesterol-lowering and breast cancer, another tau attempt in Alzheimer's, and more

Jul 17, 2026

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14 min read

Approvals for cholesterol-lowering and breast cancer, another tau attempt in Alzheimer's, and more

Weekly Readout #14: Week ending July 17, 2026

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Eli Lilly to Acquire AtaiBeckley

Jul 16, 2026

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10 min read

Eli Lilly to Acquire AtaiBeckley

SSRI/SNRI powerhouse bets on neuroplasticity for depression

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First positive Phase 3's for B7-H3 in cancer and psilocybin in depression, and more

Jul 10, 2026

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10 min read

First positive Phase 3's for B7-H3 in cancer and psilocybin in depression, and more

Weekly Readout #13: Week endings July 10, 2026

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Vertex to Acquire Crinetics

Jul 7, 2026

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13 min read

Vertex to Acquire Crinetics

How R. Scott Struthers and his crew from Neurocrine went out on their own and struck gold in rare metabolic disease

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Novartis to Acquire Myricx Bio

Jul 6, 2026

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8 min read

Novartis to Acquire Myricx Bio

Another preclinical ADC payload company exits north of a billion dollars

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Abivax addresses safety, first Treg approval, and more

Jul 3, 2026

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20 min read

Abivax addresses safety, first Treg approval, and more

Weekly Readout #12: Week ending July 3, 2026

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United Therapeutics to Acquire Thymmune

Jul 2, 2026

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10 min read

United Therapeutics to Acquire Thymmune

Regenerative medicine titans join forces to grow a thymus

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Ipsen to Acquire Memo

Jul 1, 2026

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12 min read

Ipsen to Acquire Memo

Neutralizing the viral ghosts that haunt kidney transplant patients

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Ipsen to Acquire Kartos

Jun 29, 2026

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10 min read

Ipsen to Acquire Kartos

Unleashing apoptotic p53 on myelofibrosis

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Zymeworks to Acquire Theravance

Jun 29, 2026

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7 min read

Zymeworks to Acquire Theravance

M&A alchemy with a COPD sweetener

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China achieves world's first CAR-T approval for solid tumors, green shoots in neuropsych, and more

Jun 26, 2026

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14 min read

China achieves world's first CAR-T approval for solid tumors, green shoots in neuropsych, and more

Weekly Readout #11: Week ending June 26, 2026

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AbbVie to Acquire Apogee

Jun 22, 2026

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10 min read

AbbVie to Acquire Apogee

Paragon's long-acting atopic dermatitis & asthma pipeline pays off

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AI and the Decline of Artisanal Labor, Part 2

Jun 21, 2026

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20 min read

AI and the Decline of Artisanal Labor, Part 2

Modern artisanship in the early stages of a 3rd Industrial Revolution

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First approval in recently diagnosed T1D, gene therapy rewrites HAE, and more

Jun 19, 2026

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12 min read

First approval in recently diagnosed T1D, gene therapy rewrites HAE, and more

Weekly Readout #10: Week ending June 19, 2026

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Biogen to Acquire RayThera

Jun 18, 2026

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8 min read

Biogen to Acquire RayThera

Qing Dong and Gene Hung pull off a third act with oral immunology me-betters

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Eli Lilly to Acquire 4E Therapeutics

Jun 16, 2026

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11 min read

Eli Lilly to Acquire 4E Therapeutics

Ted Price's hunt for non-opioid painkillers pays off

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AI and the Decline of Artisanal Labor, Part 1

Jun 14, 2026

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25 min read

AI and the Decline of Artisanal Labor, Part 1

What the 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolutions tell us about the future of artificial intelligence (AI)

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ADA 2026

Jun 12, 2026

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6 min read

ADA 2026

Summer's hottest obesity & diabetes conference

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GSK to Acquire Nuvalent

Jun 9, 2026

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17 min read

GSK to Acquire Nuvalent

Bolting on a three-headed hydra of targeted lung cancer drugs

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Incyte to Acquire Vega

Jun 8, 2026

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10 min read

Incyte to Acquire Vega

A bold bet on novel discoveries in a rare bleeding disorder pays off

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J&J to Acquire Firefly Bio

Jun 8, 2026

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10 min read

J&J to Acquire Firefly Bio

An ADC degrader play with a Nobel and rock & roll twist

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EULAR 2026

Jun 7, 2026

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21 min read

EULAR 2026

Reviewing innovation from Europe's largest immunology conference

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ASCO 2026 Awards

Jun 5, 2026

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15 min read

ASCO 2026 Awards

Major survival wins in pancreatic, breast, and skin cancer

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Servier to Acquire Edgewise's Muscular Dystrophy Medicine

Jun 1, 2026

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13 min read

Servier to Acquire Edgewise's Muscular Dystrophy Medicine

A contrarian bet on skeletal myosin pays off

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