June 26, 2025
| This week’s gene therapy news and insights for biopharma leaders
The reported dismissal of high-ranking CBER officials Nicole Verdun and Rachael Anatol resurfaced lingering concerns about how gene therapies will be regulated under new FDA leadership.
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The agency said it will evaluate whether regulatory action is needed after investigating the deaths of two patients treated with Sarepta's therapy.
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A dramatic pullback in public biotech investment catalyzed by economic and regulatory upheaval is putting even more stress on startups navigating a yearslong downturn.
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Study results last year indicated a new type of medicine may improve on Merck’s immunotherapy, spurring a wave of research overnight. Explore how a new class of drugs could mark the future of immunotherapy in
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The biotech, which earlier this year laid off nearly all of its staff, also announced a PIPE that will hand it $175 million in new funding.
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Backed by Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Funds and venBio Partners, the new biotech will make genetic medicines that don’t rely on viral vectors.
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