Red Jacket: Helen Sabzevari, an immunotherapy pioneer

Precigen’s CEO is pushing for her next therapeutic breakthrough with innovative cell and gene therapy platforms.

By Meagan Parrish • Oct. 27, 2023

The 2023 Red Jacket honorees

This year's inductees to the PharmaVoice 100 "hall of fame" are leaders who have been at the forefront — and will stay at the forefront — of industry change.

By Meagan Parrish • Oct. 27, 2023

Explore the Trendline➔

Women's health

As women’s health investments explode, major opportunities for growth remain.

By PharmaVoice staff

Red Jacket: Ken Getz, a champion of clinical trials

Ken Getz has spent his career improving clinical research for the benefit of patients, the life sciences industry and other R&D stakeholders.

By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 27, 2023

Red Jacket: Dr. Mark Goldberg, a clinical innovator

Dr. Mark Goldberg has continually been at the cutting edge of technologies and ideas, including now as chairman and CEO of Allucent.

By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 27, 2023

Cidara’s J&J-partnered immunotherapy could target flu and cancer

On a roll with promising data, the commercial-stage biotech is leveraging drug-Fc conjugates to aim a new weapon at viral targets.

By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 26, 2023

Patient groups have become a powerhouse in R&D. Here’s a look at their impact.

“They have the money,” and they’re using it to influence drug development, according to the executive director of the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 25, 2023

An ‘inverse vaccine’ takes aim at autoimmune diseases

Backed by Pfizer, Anokion’s innovative approach to treating celiac, MS and more is showing early promise where others failed.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 23, 2023

PharmaVoice 100s: Clinical trial gurus

Industry leaders adopting cutting-edge technologies and strategies to change the paradigm of clinical research.

By Meagan Parrish • Oct. 19, 2023

From the rainforest to Wall Street — Jaguar Health’s big play for revitalization

A pharma with a massive collection of rainforest-derived plants needs a regulatory win to overcome last year’s financial decline.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 17, 2023

Has the science of anti-aging caught up with the dream of a longer life?

Billionaire investors and a new crop of longevity biotechs are betting big money on a lifespan-altering tipping point.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 16, 2023

A decade later, biotech’s CRISPR revolution is still going strong

Once the specialty of a few select drugmakers, CRISPR gene editing is now an essential technology for a growing group of biotechs, many led by former students of the field's pioneering scientists.

By Gwendolyn Wu , Shaun Lucas , Julia Himmel • Oct. 12, 2023

Alnylam CEO, ‘disappointed’ with FDA’s Onpattro rejection, pivots to the future

Yvonne Greenstreet, CEO of RNAi specialist Alnylam, addressed the surprise move by regulators and the company’s new future plans.

By Michael Gibney • Oct. 12, 2023

5 minutes with — IDEA Pharma’s Mike Rea

The CEO on the secrets of innovative pharma companies, his record collection and what he’d always rather be doing.

By Meagan Parrish • Oct. 11, 2023

To close the pediatric innovation gap, this biotech has to think differently

Day One Biopharmaceuticals is bucking the cancer drug development trend by working with children and adults simultaneously.

By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 11, 2023

Google bets on AI in the life sciences as ‘technology for a purpose’

A life sciences exec at Google Cloud talks about the future and fears for using AI in pharma.

By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 10, 2023

Research in space yields clues about boosting bone health on Earth

A study aimed at helping astronauts decrease bone loss could open the door to novel osteoporosis meds.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 10, 2023

PharmaVoice 100s: Tech wizards

The leaders paving the way to pharma’s future with state-of-the-art digital solutions.

By Karissa Waddick • Oct. 9, 2023

A biotech ‘tuning’ the genome for a potentially safer gene therapy

Tune Therapeutics is hoping to overcome the pitfalls of CRISPR-style treatments with epigenetic editing.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 9, 2023

Where have all the unicorns gone? A look at 4 billion-dollar biotechs

Not every unicorn company lives up to its $1 billion promise. Here are four worth watching.

By Alexandra Pecci • Oct. 3, 2023

The ALS therapy keeping the human pig heart transplant pumping

Eledon’s investigational ALS drug tegoprubart could also help prevent organ transplant rejections, the company says.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Oct. 2, 2023

Inside Bavarian Nordic’s late-stage stumbles — and drive to become a vaccine giant

Despite recent phase 3 setbacks in RSV and COVID-19, CEO Paul Chaplin sees a promising path forward in the travel vaccine market for the Danish biotech.

By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 27, 2023

Why Senda’s new chief medical officer says targeted delivery tech is like ‘science fiction’

The Flagship-backed biotech believes the secret to more precise drug delivery lies in the nanoparticles of plants and fungi.

By Alexandra Pecci • Sept. 26, 2023

Do humans have a place in pharma’s AI future?

From COTA’s large datasets and AI model assistants to a company guiding patients through cancer care, AI can help — but it’s a long way from human-free.

By Michael Gibney • Sept. 26, 2023

Elderly exclusion: Clinical trials still fall short enrolling older adults

Despite high rates of disease in older populations, systemic issues are keeping them out of research studies.

By Kelly Bilodeau • Sept. 25, 2023

Three years after an FDA rejection, DBV sees a path for its peanut patch

Despite lower-than-expected demand for a competing treatment, DBV’s chief medical officer says the company’s topical skin patch could be a game-changing option for patients.

By Karissa Waddick • Sept. 22, 2023