HHS Secretary Kennedy's business partner was on the InfoWars/Jones podcast today discussing his "investigation" of FDA-approved vaccines. His "advocacy group" saw a 74% increase in revenue for '24 compared to the previous year—$23M #medsky

An update below on detection of polio in wastewater in Hamburg, Germany: #medsky

Potentially the 1st first major innovation in malaria treatment since '99 & ability to kill drug-resistant parasites: Novartis's investigational malaria drug GanLum reportedly had a cure rate of >97% & 85.3 % in Phase 3 clinical trials in 12 African countries www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/nova...

Sharing the below with #medsky:

My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years. Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.

No mention of the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher program that supported small drug developers working on rare diseases. Is it over? New priority review program seems to be for large companies/manufacturers who already had high visibility within FDA? #biosky

The average American will be able to lose 395 lbs over the next 12 months according to Dr. Oz at the White House's weight loss drugs press conference. Grocery store clerks & gas station attendants across the US won't be able to recognize Americans from their photo IDs anymore... #medsky

JP Morgan's CEO explained to @outfrontcnn.bsky.social why they're not making a donation to the president's ballroom. The video clip is circulating on the other blue site but here's a writeup you can read here: malaysia.news.yahoo.com/jpmorgan-bos...

The FBI's Boston office announced arrests of 2 men who allegedly set off an explosive/roman candle firework in a locker on 4th floor of a Harvard Medical School building in Longwood. They may not have used access cards to get in or to access 4th floor. Story below: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

An update on biotech investor Tom Brady & Colossal Biosciences: people.com/tom-brady-cl... #biosky

Are Tang & Aurinia Pharma one of the first biopharma companies to publicly reject alleged threats by an HHS/FDA official in '25 by moving forward with a lawsuit? I don't know if Tylenol/Kenvue has filed a lawsuit yet #biosky #medsky

More from @statnews.com on a lawsuit against FDA official Tidmarsh by Aurinia Pharma. @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social tweet said lawsuit accuses Tidmarsh of trying to extort $ from American Laboratories & Kevin Tang. Link to the updated story re: Tidmarsh/FDA www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f... #biosky

Thank you Boston Globe. h/t @pearlf.bsky.social for catching this.

IT would be helpful for everyone if y'all could do one simple thing: Quit trying to ascribe logic to these people. Quit attempting to explain their actions and statement through a lens of rationality. Start using words like, "lie", "unacceptable", "false", "unqualified", "junk science".

This is the subject line from The Boston Globe in email alert about today's WH press conference on autism #medsky

If there's an Ebola and/or bird flu outbreak among humans in the US, the "experts" who spoke at today's WH press conference on autism are currently in charge of responding to infectious disease outbreaks. #medsky

I watched 7 hours of yesterday's ACIP meeting so you didn't have to. www.wired.com/story/vaccin...

AI & biopharma: speakers from Pfizer, Novartis, the Broad, Vertex & Formation Bio will discuss some key areas where biopharma industry has been successful in developing & applying AI & they're giving career advice on Boston panel tomorrow/Friday. harvardbiotechclub.typeform.com/to/YoaosYwk?...

Biogen is buying Alcyone for $85M upfront to advance ThecaFlex DRx, implantable subcutaneous port & catheter device being investigated 4 better delivery of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) 4 neuro diseases incl SMA patients—alternative 2repeat lumbar punctures www.biopharmadive.com/news/biogen-...

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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Margaret Chu-Moyer & her team at Amgen were honored by @acs.org @cenmag.bsky.social as "2025 Heroes of Chemistry" & FDA-approved drug Lumakras "targeted therapy that treats patients with advanced KRAS G12C–mutated NSCLC". She's speaking on Friday's panel in Boston cc @chemjobber.bsky.social #chemsky

BMS EVP & Chief Research Officer Robert Plenge, NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair

Wow- Cassidy says that "I understand that Sen Mullin implied there was a recording of the meeting between Dr Monarez and Sec Kennedy. I will note that if materials have been provided to Mullin, they are official committee records...if it does not exist, I ask Mullin to retract his line of questions"

Below is official US govt account for HHS—supposed to be a resource for informing public re: healthcare. They're posting clips from FL & OK senators not asking about polio or measles at Senate hearing but trying 2 claim POTUS's CDC Dir nominee is part of conspiracy w/ "anti-Trump lawyers." #medsky

Sad to see a congressman who is a pharmacist post conspiracy theories about the president's nominee for CDC director, Monarez, who is testifying at a Senate hearing today about her experience working for HHS Secretary Kennedy for <30 days #medsky

CSL Behring's VP R&D Transplant & Immunology & GSK alum Laurie Lee was recruited by AI-focused clinical stage biotech Generate Biomedicines as Chief Medical Officer. She'll lead the late stage development of GB's respiratory & dermatology treatments in clinical trials. Incl GB-0895 4 severe asthma

She's in the queue for a pardon, perhaps

been reading @sepinwall.bsky.social on the various social sites over the years. Just subscribed to his newsletter - I hate that he was let go from Rolling Stone, but am excited to send my $$ to him directly.

Pfizer's VP ML Enoch Huang, @broadinstitute.org's @drannecarpenter.bsky.social, Novartis VP Jeremy Jenkins, Formation Bio's Head of Data Sci Enrique Garcia-Rivera & Vertex alum Maria E. Morales r speakers on 9/19 AI panel at Harvard Biotech Club cc @cdbahl.com @dr-alphalyrae.bsky.social Link ⬇️

Another Ebola outbreak in DRC & Ervebo vaccine is being deployed. However US withdrew from WHO, CDC experts fired for "disloyalty" to Kennedy & US Health Secretary is anti-vaxxer. Ebola cases in the US in '14 but competent US health leadership then. What happens if new US Ebola cases in '25? #medsky

Bill and Ted on Broadway

Update: Harvard has received reinstatement notices for more than half of its NIH grants (over 600 were terminated), but no money is flowing yet, per an internal email to staff this afternoon.

Pfizer's VP Machine Learning Enoch Huang, the Broad Institute's @drannecarpenter.bsky.social Novartis VP Jeremy Jenkins, Formation Bio's Head of Data Science Enrique Garcia-Rivera & Vertex alum Maria E. Morales are speakers on 9/19 AI & Data Sci panel at @harvardmed.bsky.social. Link is ⬇️ #biosky

Novo Nordisk, Bayer, Vertex, Beam Tx, @broadinstitute.org, Calico Labs, RA Capital, Portal Bio are among companies hiring scientists & will have tables at 9/19 Harvard Biotech Club/ @harvardmed.bsky.social career fair. More info below & free reg: www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair #biosky

Novo Nordisk, Bayer, Vertex, Beam Therapeutics, @broadinstitute.org, Calico Labs, RA Capital, Portal Bio are among companies hiring scientists & have tables at 9/19 Harvard Biotech Club/@harvardmed.bsky.social career fair. More info below & free registration: www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair

The discussion of giving AI rights is quite ironic given human rights are being taken away at a frightening pace

Medicinal chemist Mark Bunnage is SVP & Head of Research at Vertex. He's succeeding David Altshuler as CSO in '26. His 1st keynote since the news is 9/19 at Harvard Medical School. Free reg: cc @dereklowe.bsky.social @rowanwalrath.bsky.social @chemjobber.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/harvar...

“When I started caring for CF patients, you couldn’t stop the progression. Now they’re living lives, getting married, having kids.” Lasker winner Michael Welsh reflects on decades of cystic fibrosis research — and the lives changed because of it.

The President posted what appears to be a video of David Geier warning people about FDA-approved vaccines. Geier works for Kennedy at HHS & ran experiments on autistic children using a prostate cancer drug & "chemical castration." A link to Truth Social post shared on X x.com/TheChiefNerd... #medsky

A British mitochondrial startup wants to break ground in ALS and Parkinson's. It has £50M to try endpoints.news/mitochondria...

That’s exactly what this feels like!

Florida's governor & surgeon general join the Taliban in cutting back on polio vaccinations. Shared by Australian journalist Claire Lehmann on X: #medsky #polio #biosky

Slide w/ key factors that could impact Overall Survival for non-small cell lung cancer patients w/EGFR mutation—comparing benefit in OS w/Tagrisso & chemo combo vs single agent Tagrisso alone in trials $AZN. Below is MD Anderson thoracic medical oncologist's tweets at #WCLC25 #NSCLC #medsky #biosky

The median overall survival of nearly 4 years appears to be the longest benefit ever reported in a global Phase III clinical trial #FLAURA2 in EGFR-mutated advanced lung cancer #WCLC25 #NSCLC #lcsm #medsky #biosky

AstraZeneca's cancer drug Tagrisso in combination w/ chemotherapy showed median overall survival/OS of nearly 4 yrs in Phase 3 trial #FLAURA2 in EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Below is Penn Medicine medical oncologist & #lcsm expert's tweets from #WCLC25 #NSCLC #medsky #biosky

Re-upping after RFK's Senate hearing-- as I talk about here, we should worry about the increasingly fractured vaccine policy landscape under his leadership (and that more states will feel emboldened to follow a FL-like plan). It puts all of us at risk, no matter where we live.

1 of the problems w/the Senate health/HHS hearing is that there are too many senators there & each gets 4 min or so. Can't have much of a discussion or deep dive on the reason the hearing was called in the 1st place (RFK firing the CDC Dir when she reportedly refused to lie about vaccines) #medsky

If a MA resident wants to get a Covid vaccine shot/booster despite the new obstacles at the federal level, MA Governor Healey issued a standing order so that MA pharmacists can administer 4 different types of booster shots & overruled in MA an FDA approval making them unavailable to many <65 #medsky