C-Suite Speaks
From billion-dollar COVID antibody to a strategic reset, Marianne De Backer is navigating Vir's comeback through pipeline focus and disciplined leadership.
Avacta's approach to drug delivery is showing how 'masked' chemotherapy can dramatically improve safety profiles while maintaining or enhancing efficacy where it matters most.
Artificial intelligence is shaping many facets of the drug development and commercialization continuum. The need for computational skills within drug R&D is also changing what companies are looking for in young talent that is capable of both bridge biological expertise with computational literacy.
While there might be different recipes for success in leadership, continuous learning and wide-ranging experiences have made Stefan König ready to lead Merz Therapeutics as CEO.
After revolutionizing the peptide therapeutic landscape, CEO Dinesh Patel reflects on the journey from surviving the 2008 financial crisis to developing a platform now poised to deliver back-to-back blockbuster approvals.
After a string of high-profile failures by big pharma, Michael Davidson is positioning his company's CETP inhibitor as the next breakthrough in cardiovascular medicine. The body of data to support this position is growing.
Rising Leader Jacob Rubens, who has co-founded and led several Flagship companies and is now origination partner, believes aspiring leaders should follow their bliss.
Ochre Bio co-founder and CSO Quin Wills spoke with In Vivo about the UK-based company's novel approach to finding RNA therapies for chronic liver disease.
As GLP-1 agonists surge to blockbuster status transforming diabetes and obesity treatment, Richard DiMarchi, the pioneering scientist behind their development, recounts the inside story of the drug class in a fireside chat.
Appointed CEO 12 months ago, Anthony Costello wasted no time in orchestrating strategic change at Medidata. He talked to In Vivo about the art of the pivot and how to constantly push boundaries.
Alto Neuroscience’s CEO, Amit Etkin, believes the company’s biomarker-based approach to psychiatric treatment is the way forward.
The integration of digital health tools into clinical research and patient care is gaining momentum, and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is not letting the grass grow under its feet. With an approach to digital biomarkers, the company is seeking to redefine how neurological diseases are monitored and managed.
In Vivo spoke with Catherine Pickering, the CEO and founder of iOnctura, a UK-based clinical stage biotech company developing therapies for uveal melanoma and other hard-to-treat cancers by disrupting the tumor-stroma-immune interface.
The next big thing in auto-immune therapies: worms. Or so a young California biotech believes. Holoclara is pioneering a new class of medicines derived from intestinal worms to revolutionize the treatment of autoimmune diseases, allergies, and more.
Nicolas Poirier, CEO of French biotech OSE Immunotherapeutics, spoke with In Vivo about the company's anti-IL-7R antibody, lusvertikimab, on the heels of impressive ulcerative colitis data presented at the 2025 European Crohn's and Colitis Organization meeting.
In Vivo Rising Leader Amir Hefni, CEO of Resolution Therapeutics, discusses the company's advancements in macrophage cell therapies for inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, and his transition from big pharma to biotech leadership.
Lundbeck CEO Charl van Zyl spoke with In Vivo about the Danish company’s multipronged transformation, one that involves a rethink of company culture, pipeline strategy and a sharpened focus on innovation in rare neurological disorders.
Antag CEO Joerg Moeller talked to In Vivo about the young company’s gilded roots, and how its GIP receptor antagonist asset will differentiate in the crowded obesity market.
Regenxbio is riding a wave these days, with all three of its clinical-stage programs set to reach critical milestones this year and recent positive news on its DMD gene therapy, just as Sarepta suffered a setback with a death related to its DMD treatment. In Vivo spoke with CEO Curran Simpson about the company’s plans and strategic decisions.
With British Science Week upon us, how are UK life science firms faring, what’s the outlook for the future, and how can the environment be improved to better foster innovation – and make it pay?