Jessica Cohen

2 weeks ago | jessica50f.substack.com | Jessica Cohen |Jessica Cohen

Dear Reader, For this issue, I interviewed candidates for Orange County executive, asking them about the issues they want to address and how they would go about it. Now I’m curious about the community challenges that concern you and how you think they should be handled. What do you encounter in your daily life that you think could and should be changed? Please email me your ideas at [email protected], so I can pass them along to other readers.

3 weeks ago | precisionmedicineonline.com | Jessica Cohen |Ciara Curtin

NEW ORLEANS – At the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy's annual meeting held here this week, researchers and drugmakers presented data on their products for treating various rare and genetic diseases. Below are brief reports on presentations from Wednesday and Thursday.

Feb 12, 2025 | precisionmedicineonline.com | Jessica Cohen |Alison Kanski |Catherine Shaffer |Ciara Curtin

NEW YORK – The life sciences sector is still reeling from the announcement last week that the US National Institutes of Health intends to limit indirect costs for research grants to15 percent. The policy has those in the precision medicine space particularly worried about the effect this may have on the bourgeoning field's ability to continue to develop advanced treatments like cell and gene therapies and maintain an expert workforce.

Jan 15, 2025 | precisionmedicineonline.com | Jessica Cohen

NEW YORK – Biogen is "doubling down" on its drug development efforts in Alzheimer's disease, company President and CEO Christopher Viehbacher said Tuesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Biogen in recent years has faced setbacks in this franchise as it struggled to market Aduhelm (aducanumab) amid a controversial approval and mixed efficacy data.

Jan 8, 2025 | precisionmedicineonline.com | Jessica Cohen

NEW YORK – A collaboration between cardiologists and genetic researchers across the US is collecting biological samples and other data from South Asian patients in the hopes of uncovering genetic factors associated with the high risk of cardiovascular disease in this population.