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Ruben Sebastian
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Biotech investor & board member | Covering biotech, drug development, venture capital, startups and pharma |📍New York https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubensebastianperez/
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His discoveries deeply influenced my decision to pursue my PhD at @crg.eu on stem cell biology and cell fate conversions. Years later I was fortunate enough to briefly meet him at an @isscr.org Annual meeting, a true honor as I got to meet one of the great legends of modern developmental biology
Today is a very sad day. Sir John Gurdon was a titan of developmental biology. Gurdon’s foundational research, culminating in his Nobel Prize recognition in 2012, was a great source of inspiration to me as a university student at the time

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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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Great recognition to a fundamental discovery that reshaped modern #immunology. Congrats to the laureates!

However, imho the Nobel committee missed the chance to acknowledge an additional key contributor to the understanding of #Foxp3 and #Treg functionality
Advancing breakthrough science against #neurodegeneration is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and I’m excited to see NRG Therapeutics pushing the boundaries of #mitochondrial biology to bring new therapies for patients worldwide

#biotech #venturecapital #neuroscience
Novo’s Wegovy becomes first #GLP1 drug approved for MASH

The only other therapy approved for #MASH, Madrigal Rezdiffra, has gotten off to a stronger-than-expected sales start: $180m in net sales in 2024, $350m over H1 2025, $1b projected annual sales in 2026

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Novo’s Wegovy becomes first GLP-1 drug approved for MASH
The FDA clearance sets Novo’s medicine up a market battle with Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ fast-selling Rezdiffra.
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Novartis is closer to bringing the first targeted #drug to market for Sjogren’s disease

Ianalumab, a dual mechanism, #Bcell depleting antibody that targets BAFF-R, originated from #Morphosys collaboration

#immunology #innovation #biopharma

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Novartis announces both ianalumab Phase III clinical trials met primary endpoint in patients with Sjögren’s disease
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Gate enters into a collab & license agreement w #Lilly to discover/develop molecular gate medicines > #smallmolecules that can eliminate disease-causing proteins modulating the secretory translocon

Undisclosed upfront & equity investment, total deal up to $856m

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Roche has axed one of the #obesity assets from its $2.7 billion Carmot buyout. The dropped candidate, CT-173, is a long-acting PYY analog in preclinical dev

Carmot’s former lead asset CT-388, a GLP-1/GIP agonist, is pending a go decision for Ph3 in obesity

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Roche axes Carmot obesity asset, 3 cancer drugs in R&D clear-out
Roche has axed one of the obesity assets from its $2.7 billion Carmot Therapeutics
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