BioCentury This Week
BioCentury's streaming commentary on biotech industry trends, plus interviews with KOLs.
For three decades, BioCentury has helped biopharma executives and investors make business-critical decisions and build larger networks with peers across the innovation ecosystem.
Episodes
366 episodes
Ep. 356 - Arrowhead’s arc. Plus: AI in biotech venture, Synnovation, MFN
After 20 years of platform building and resets, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is making a bid to become a large-cap biotech. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts
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Season 7
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Episode 356
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33:59
Ep. 355 - Capital market mood, Xenon data, Friedreich ataxia pipeline
Biotechs have been pricing follow-ons at a steady pace, with some companies parlaying data into upsized deals, and others even beginning to debut on NASDAQ — but will geopolitical tensions and war in the Middle East scuttle the forward momentum...
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Episode 355
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Ep. 354 - East-West Summit Takeaways
Biotechs in South Korea and other regions of Asia outside of China need to lean into innovation to distinguish themselves from their Chinese counterparts. On a special edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts ...
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Episode 354
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26:21
Ep. 353 - Prasad Departure and Future of Fibrosis Therapies
The second ousting of Vinay Prasad from FDA in the past eight months won’t lead to major changes at the agency, other than selecting a successor tasked with keeping FDA out of the news ahead of the coming midterm elections. On the latest Bi...
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Episode 353
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Ep. 352 - A Multipolar Biopharma World; Rare Disease Spotlight
Can a strong U.S. biopharma industry be reconciled with the successful emergence of China? And can China be a catalyst of positive change across the global industry, even if this implies some level of rebalancing away from the U.S.? On the late...
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Season 7
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Episode 352
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34:42
Ep. 351 - Gilead's Arcellx Buy. Plus: ctDNA as Surrogate Endpoint
Gilead is acquiring Arcellx for $7.8 billion up front three years after forging a partnership with the biotech around a cell therapy for multiple myeloma. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts assess
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Season 7
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Episode 351
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35:25
Ep. 350 - Oral SERD Spotlight. Plus: Setbacks at FDA
As targeted protein degradation gains momentum, oral selective estrogen receptor degraders are emerging as one of its most advanced proving grounds. On the latest BioCentury This Week<...
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Episode 350
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26:16
Ep. 349 - Start-up Spotlight, Compounding Wegovy & Neuropysch
2025 marked the end of a four-year slide in series A financings for biotechs, with 144 biotechs raising an aggregate of $8 billion, up $1 billion from the prior two years. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s Daniel...
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Season 7
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Episode 349
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33:55
Ep. 348 - Biotech's 2026 Catalysts. Plus: China's New Orphan Rules
RNAi and exon-skipping therapies headline the list of regulatory and pivotal data catalysts in 2026, while new lipid-lowering mechanisms, modalities, and precision medicines define cardiovascular disease catalysts this year. On the latest B...
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Episode 348
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31:08
Ep. 347 - Speeding China's Innovation. Plus: Neuro Catalysts and Newcos
New rules in China will accelerate the country’s cell and gene therapy sector by reshaping how investigator-initiated trials are conducted and commercialized. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts
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Episode 347
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29:48
Ep. 346 - 2026 Public Markets Preview
The biotech bull is back, and buysiders believe this market has staying power for the first time in nearly five years. On a special episode of the BioCentury This Week podcast, Director of Biopharma Intelligence Stephen Hansen and coll...
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Season 7
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Episode 346
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30:54
Ep. 345 - TAC to the Future. Plus: GSK Deal, MFN
Next-generation induced proximity technologies are coming of age after a decade of industry focus on PROTACs. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts discuss Seni...
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Episode 345
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Ep. 344 - JPM Momentum and Asia’s Hotbeds of Innovation
The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicked off this week with sunny skies over San Francisco and more financial momentum than the biotech industry has seen in years. On a special “on the road” edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, reco...
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Season 7
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Episode 344
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43:19
Ep. 343 - JPM Deals, Policy Outlook, Approval Trends
Riding the tailwind of a strong 2H25, the days leading up to biotech’s annual kickoff meeting in San Francisco delivered billions in capital raised and more than two dozen deals announced. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’...
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Episode 343
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25:19
Ep. 342 - 2026 Biotech Kickoff
The New Year begins with biotech running along parallel storylines. There’s cause for optimism as the industry’s financing gears have begun to churn again and innovation remains as strong as it has ever been, while there's cause for concern as ...
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Season 7
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Episode 342
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25:54
Ep. 341 - BioCentury's '25-'26 Picks. Plus: BioMarin & Biotech ICYMI
This past year was an inflection point for biotech: The markets woke up, M&A and China had strong showings, drug development offered key trends, and new leadership at FDA shuffled the regulatory deck. On the latest BioCentury This Week<...
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Season 6
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Episode 341
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38:15
Ep. 340 - Obesity Data, Kymera & FDA Survey Results
Obesity readouts continue to be hot for biotech with new top-line data from both injectable and oral therapies pushing the boundaries on efficacy. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s analysts break down last week’s readouts...
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Season 6
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Episode 340
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32:50
Ep. 339 - Biotech M&A, In Vivo CAR Ts & FDA Tumult
Fueled by cancer, obesity and cardiovascular deals, $1 billion-plus takeouts in biotech are at their highest level in a decade with three weeks to go in the year. On the latest BioCentury This Week, BioCentury’s analysts discuss the rise in lar...
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Episode 339
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Ep. 338 - Semaglutide’s Alzheimer’s Miss. Plus: Vaccine Policy, Cell, Gene Therapy Funding
Novo Nordisk’s highly anticipated data for semaglutide in Alzheimer’s dashed hopes that the GLP-1 therapy could become a game changer in the disease. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, Executive Editor Selina Koch discusses th...
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Season 6
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Episode 338
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29:46
Ep. 337 - FDA’s Moving Goalposts & China’s Innovation Arc
A baffling decision by FDA to issue a complete response letter for a pediatric medicine the medical community stood behind is just the latest example raising concerns that the agency is shifting the regulatory goalposts amid a lack of transpare...
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Season 6
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Episode 337
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33:55
Ep. 336 - Cautious Optimism and M&A Momentum
There is cautious optimism around continued M&A momentum and the public equities markets as biotech heads into the New Year. On a special edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast recorded in London during London Life Sciences Week, BioCe...
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Season 6
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Episode 336
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Ep. 335 - Neurology's Coming Inflection Point
Voyager CEO and former head of R&D at Biogen Al Sandrock is more optimistic than ever about the prospect of bringing clinically meaningful solutions to patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The threads of ...
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Episode 335
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Ep. 334 - Pazdur’s New FDA Role, SITC & China RNAi
Richard Pazdur took the top job at FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research after receiving vows that he would be leading CDER free from political interference. On the latest BioC...
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Season 6
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Episode 334
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36:04
Ep. 333 - Is This Korea’s Biotech Moment?
Today’s South Korean biotechs have a risk-on mentality, a willingness to partner, and strategies focused on globalization. On a special edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast recorded at Venture Café Cambridge, BioCentury is joine...
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Episode 333
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Ep. 332 - Obesity in Focus. Plus: What’s Next for FDA
With ObesityWeek yielding eye-catching amylin data and a bidding war that ran to $10 billion for Metsera, weight loss companies were center stage in biotech last week. On the latest edition of the BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentu...
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Season 6
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Episode 332
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