
Alex Philippidis
Senior Business Editor at Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Senior Business Editor, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, GEN Edge, and Mary Ann Liebert Inc., New Rochelle, NY. https://t.co/b3rRmjLrzs
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genengnews.com | Corinna Singleman |Alex Philippidis |Uduak Grace Thomas |Fay Y. Lin
Credit: Just_Super / iStock / Getty Images Plus BIO 2025 is off and running. GEN editors discuss the size and scope of the bustling conference hall and share excitement about the week’s talks and panels. News from BIO includes the announcement of Lilly’s acquisition of Verve Therapeutics. Editors discuss the implications of industry-backed therapeutics amid cautious investors and public sentiment.
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1 week ago |
genengnews.com | Alex Philippidis
[L.-R.] John F. Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), hosts a fireside chat with FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH, at the BIO International Convention held in Boston.
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genengnews.com | Alex Philippidis
[L.-R.] John F. Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), hosts a fireside chat with FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH, at the BIO International Convention held in Boston.
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genengnews.com | Alex Philippidis
Eli Lilly has agreed to acquire Verve Therapeutics for up to $1.3 billion, the companies said today, in a deal designed to bolster the buyer’s cardiovascular treatment pipeline with Verve’s gene edited therapies, led by PCSK9-targeting VERVE-102.
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genengnews.com | Alex Philippidis
Credit: quantic69 / iStock / Getty Images Plus GEN ranks not only the top 10 publicly traded developed of editing-based therapies, but the top five privately held companies, listed below. The privately held companies have been ranked by total capital raised as confirmed by the companies, or as reported by PitchBook (for companies that had not replied to GEN queries at deadline).
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12June: Why does @Nicoya_Life see its acquisition of Applied Photophysics as a "great strategic fit" with its own business? Nicoya CEO @ryandenommeme explains the thinking behind the deal in my latest for @GENbio: https://t.co/Xqwp3dVII9

9June: What factors would appear to make @Moonlaketx a potential attractive acquisition for @Merck? Read about the reported $3B+ deal in the works, plus updates on $LIMN, $LYRA, $PHAT, and $MEHCO in my latest StockWatch for @GENbio: https://t.co/UMCgXfytZS

SundayBest (Apolytikion of Pentecost, Plagal of the Fourth Tone): Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who made fishermen all-wise, sending upon them the Holy Spirit and, through them, netting the world. O Loving One, glory to You. https://t.co/3pcllhykCi