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Beacon Therapeutics' gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa succeeded on its primary endpoint of helping patients to see better on low luminance visual acuity in a phase three study

Chris Hollowood, Founder of Beacon and CEO of Syncona, describes the top line result and its significance. This is the first pivotal trial in X-linked retinitis pigmentos

HCW 2026: BlossomHill IPO'd last month to tackle precision oncology, with a Scientific Founder / CEO who already has a hall of fame record in the space - Jean Cui walks us through her programs

She highlights the company's next generation EGFR, which is in the clinic and reported early stage data at World Lung today, and she describes her goal with the company's

HCW 2026: As it approaches a BLA filing for its viral immunotherapy in prostate cancer, Candel has published its pivotal phase 3 data in Lancet Oncology and presented extended data at AUA

CEO Paul Peter Tak walks us through how the data has settled, and the steps the company needs to take before officially filing the BLA in Q4. Plus, an update on lung canc

HCW 2026: H.C. Wainwright & Co. Senior Biotech Analyst Andres Maldonado shares his take on the latest in oncology

He discusses the big year oncology has had, including in the RAS space, and highlights key catalysts he will be watching throughout the remainder of 2026.

HCW 2026: InflaRx designed izicopan from the start with the goal of having a differentiated, best in class profile vs the first marketed C5aR inhibitor. Now more than ever this could be opportune

Founder & CEO Niels Riedemann describes what he believes was lacking in design for the competitor, avacopan, which has been pulled from the market in many geographies and

HCW 2026: GENFIT has developed a blood based test for MASH - its CEO believes the MASH market has arrived. "If you believe in Mash, you have to believe in a diagnostic."

Pascal Prigent describes the test, which can be used both do diagnose patients and to monitor them. On the therapeutics side, he also discusses IQIRVO, which is marketed

HCW 2026: Scribe Therapeutics, which represents the next generation of CRISPR, had its IPO in July - the first clinical program targets PCSK9

Co-Founder and CEO Ben Oakes describes the difference between Scribe's approach and the first generation of CRISPR technologies. He then discusses the PCSK9 program, whic

HCW 2026: With a $6B valuation, three approved products, up to $700M in revenue guidance this year, and a sizable acquisition under its belt, Mirum has become a rare disease leader

CEO Chris Peetz describes the vision for the company, and its acquisition of Bluejay, which will have phase three readouts both this quarter and next. Plus, his explanati

HCW 2026: With an in-human proof of concept in hand from a rare condition, Prime Medicine is ready to go broader in new indications

CEO Allan Rein describes the proof of concept Prime has achieved with two patients in Chronic Granulomatous Disease, and discusses the companies plans in Wilson's Disease

HCW 2026: H.C. Wainwright & Co.'s Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking James Cappuccio says that smaller biotech companies are now able to do large raises for the first time in a while

He discusses the financing dynamics of the biotech market currently, and comments on whether generalist investors are starting to participate in the sector again.

HCW 26: H.C. Wainwright Senior Biotechnology Analyst Mitchell Kapoor touches on current biotech sentiment, the cardiovascular space, in vivo CAR-T, and a pancreatic study to watch

Based on his analysis, a higher percentage of biotech companies have been trading up on positive data than the previous year. He also discusses going back to the drawing

HCW 26: Ovid Therapeutics CEO Meg Alexander highlights big progress the company has been making in neuroscience on its next-generation GABA-aminotransferase inhibitor and oral KCC2 direct activator

OV329, the GABA-AT inhibitor, will have photosensitivity data over the coming months while OV4071, the KCC2, will start a ketamine challenge study by the end of the year

HCW 2026: H.C. Wainwright & Co.'s Vice Chair and President of Capital Markets Richard Gormley believes the elements (M&A, IPOs opening up, other financing opportunities) are still ripe for biotech

He discusses M&A, which he believes can continue, and the IPO market that finally opened up in 2026. Plus, how positive headlines like Moderna & Merck's cancer vaccine ha

HCW 2026: Innate Pharma announced a deal with Sobi last month that will move lacutamab towards a registration filing - their partner Astra also has a huge readout coming soon for monalizumab

CEO Jonathan Dickinson explains the rationale for the Sobi deal and what it means for the development of lacutamab. Plus, preparing for the monalizumab readout and why In

HCW 2026: Trevi Therapeutics was founded under the premise that cough is a brain problem, not a lung problem - it seems to be playing out in the clinic

Co-Founder & CEO Jennifer Good shares her take on recent clinical disappointments in the chronic cough space and describes how Trevi's therapy, Haduvio, is different. Plu

HCW 2026: Two key recent papers have validated the use of pramipexole in depression - Alto Neuro believes it has a combination therapy that can make it more tolerable and therefore even better

Founder and CEO Amit Etkin describes the independent academic work that has been published on this and explains how ALTO-207, which is a combination of pramipexole and on

HCW 2026: Switzerland based Oculis focuses today on neuro-ophthalmology, which has led them to a pivotal trial in optic neuritis and key mid-stage data coming this year in dry eye disease

CEO Riad Sherif describes the phase 2 data Oculis delivered in optic neuritis with privosegtor last year and he previews data the company will have soon for licaminlamab

Bay Area based Shennon Biotechnologies announced a new CEO today, Cyril Konto, and a $12M raise to advance its T-cell engager programs

It also announced that the three lead programs will go after small cell lung cancer, ovarian, and hepatocellular carcinoma, though it did not disclose specific targets.

UC Berkeley's Gokul Upadhyayula and Eric Betzig are building AI to interpret detailed movies of living cells captured by their MOSAIC microscope

The work could help guide drug discovery and development by revealing how disease disrupts cells.

Bay Area based Moonwalk Biosciences announced a $70M series B today to advance its adipose-targeted RNAi therapies for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases

Co-Founder and CEO Alex Aravanis discusses the need for improved treatments in the obesity space and why he thinks Moonwalk's RNAi platform is an ideal approach.