#markets these should be 2 quite volatile trading weeks with 2-week-Trump having to decide on Iran and tariffs.
Then we could have a little FDA OTP Verdun-firing scare in CGT space on top, or maybe investors have gotten used to it by now.
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aka Dirk Haussecker. Biotech enthusiast with expertise in sequence-directed therapeutics (RNAi, ASO, ADAR, CRISPR...) enjoying drug development and trying to make a buck along the way.
#markets these should be 2 quite volatile trading weeks with 2-week-Trump having to decide on Iran and tariffs.
Then we could have a little FDA OTP Verdun-firing scare in CGT space on top, or maybe investors have gotten used to it by now.
Eli Lilly acquires $VERV- official now. finance.yahoo.com/news/lilly-a...
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#CRISPR Stocks in Wake of $VERV Acquisition by Eli Lilly (blog): rnaitherapeutics.blogspot.com/2025/06/cris...
$CRSP $LLY $NTLA $BEAM $PRME $MGX $IONS
#VerveTherapeutics CEO did what was best for the medicine, but also good for shareholders.
Though Eli Lilly will get to buy them for too cheap, investors can reinvest quickly into $NTLA $PRME and maybe $MGX for hopefully another easy double. #CRISPR
#DyneTherapeutics myotonic dystrophy type I regulatory update likely coming tomorrow.
These pathway updates have been major biotech stock movers recently. If no big move on day 1, following days usually strong upward momentum.
investors.dyne-tx.com/news-release...
$NTLA-2002 More and More Looks Like a Cure for HAE (blog): rnaitherapeutics.blogspot.com/2025/06/ntla...
Jaw-dropping efficacy/safety. Could totally disrupt HAE market, including on-demand.
#HAE $IONS $KALV
#uniQure hires away Kylie OβKeefe from #Huntington's competitor #PTCTherapeutics, planning for AMT-130 launch.
Guess she has more confidence in uniQure's ddRNAi over PTC's small molecule reaching market soon.
So do I.
finance.yahoo.com/news/uniqure...
What we've learned since #IntelliaTherapeutics liver enzyme disclosure 2 weeks ago:
1) late response (week 4-5)...unlikely LNP tox
2) VERVE-102 uses same ionizable lipid as NTLA-2001/2 (from Novartis)
3) no clinical halts 2 weeks after event #VerveTherapeutics #CRISPR
Worth repeating:
It is unfair to blame the #pharmaceutical industry for the poor #health of US population. It actually makes sense: more $ spent when people are sick.
What needs to be addressed is what makes them sick in 1st place: poor nutrition, having to take a car to get to cross a road.
Thanks!
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MAHA Vows to Disrupt Sick-Care Model in Favor of Cures (blog): rnaitherapeutics.blogspot.com/2025/06/maha...
#CRISPR #cures #genetherapy #FDA $NTLA $VERV $BBIO π
I bought a German military stock 3 months ago for my kids' future-oriented #portfolio. I checked today: that stock is 80% up.
#biotech investing is hard.
Breaking...2nd Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease Successfully Treated with #PrimeEditing (blog): rnaitherapeutics.blogspot.com/2025/06/2nd-...
$PRME $BEAM #CRISPR
On the topic of the AATD-related arbitration with #BeamTherapeutics, #PrimeMedicine says AATD development candidate will include 'intentional' non-transition mutation, hence it does not infringe Beam's field which is transition-'only'.
Sounds reasonable.
#PrimeMedicine CEO said they'll complete dosing of cohort 1 in CGD trial (2-3 patients).
I believe this could be enough to get approval under new #FDA. That would be worth ~$150M currently.
#FDA Dr OZ at #CBER listening session had interesting idea wrt how to pay for $2M Casgevy-type drugs.... #reinsurance, socialize cost so that individual insurance companies do not feel disadvantaged having rare disease patients.
05.06.2025 20:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wonderful #CBER listening session with FDA commish, HHS secretary and Dr OZ. It was literally #CRISPR, #CRISPR, #CRISPR and supporting US biotech.
05.06.2025 15:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Now Urnov talking to HHS/FDA leadership about miracles of #CRISPR and gene therapy.
05.06.2025 15:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A real biotech, and esp #CRISPR-rare disease lovefest going on today at #CBER.
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#FDA HHS secretary Kennedy loves #CRISPR and wants US to be competitive!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Lz...
Updated my #IntelliaTherapeutics blog to include recent disclosures on toxicity event: delayed liver enzyme elevations and prior paracetamol use.
rnaitherapeutics.blogspot.com/2025/05/grad...
Another must-watch podcast from the 'new' #FDA. Anybody still in camp that Makary and Prasad are bad for #innovation in drug development seriously needs to re-think. In addition to words, now plenty of action to support:
x.com/DrMakaryFDA/...
#biotech shorts and those that missed the boat by not buying Vinay Prasad appointment are becoming louder...which means we are on the right track.
CBER transparency day tomorrow. Important.
#FDA Sarepta's #rAAVrh74 viral vector in the limb girdle muscular dystrophy program receives #platform designation.
This is another sign that 'new' FDA is serious in accelerating rare disease drug development + bodes well for agency's view of recent DMD death: finance.yahoo.com/news/u-fda-g...
You can't make this up.
van Herk was not allowed (11%) cause of recent letter, and according to US securities laws, there has to be a 10-day cooling off period after activist actions: fd.nl/financiele-m...
Anyway, I give @proqr.bsky.social until end of month to meet guidance. Urgency needed.
#ProQR votes are out. deBoer (86.3%) + Shannon (80.7%) re-appointed as Directors. Should encourage corp governance discussion.
Only 78.5% of votes cast were in favor of authorizing Board to issue shares. Not sure the 'no' are aware that we are in the biotech business?
www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
#FDA must-read: CBER chief Vinay Prasad wants to speed rare disease patient access to drugs that show any promise, also using surrogate endpoints. Vows not to interfere in review process. My man.
endpoints.news/fdas-vinay-p...
No, unfortunately. We should see the voting results soon. No filings yet. The message should be clear: more urgency, plus I want to see the NTCP preclinical package when #ProQR announce CTA.
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#FDA lots of positive things from Prasad and Makary over last few days. Patient access to medical options is top of agenda.
On Thursday, we will hear directly from Prasad. Buckle in.
www.fda.gov/vaccines-blo...
#uniQure this AMT-260 epilepsy n=1 data looks very interesting. If it were an administration procedure artefact, I would have expected the most pronounced effect directly following admin.
The opposite is the case.