Newsletter | April 4, 2025

04.04.25 -- New Podcast Episodes: Cord Blood Tregs, Genetic ALS Treatment, Non-Opioid Pain Relief & More

LISTEN NOW: OUR LATEST PODCAST EPISODES

Check out the latest episodes from Cell & Gene: The Podcast and Business of Biotech. As a member of the Life Science Connect community, you have access to content beyond our weekly newsletters, including our podcast series.

THE PODCAST FOR LEADERS OF EMERGING BIOPHARMA

BoB@JPM: Rick Modi, Affinia Therapeutics

The latest in our series of Business of Biotech podcasts, recorded in-person at JPM in San Francisco, features an inspiring conversation with Affinia Therapeutics CEO Rick Modi, who shares how his upbringing shaped his adversity-embracing worldview.

BoB@JPM: Kasper Roet, Ph.D., QurAlis

On this episode, Life Science Leader's Ben Comer joins to co-host a conversation with Dr. Roet that goes deep on his company's genetic medicine approach to ALS, and even deeper into his opinions on, and growing influence over, the regulatory environment.

BoB@JPM: Nima Farzan, Latigo Biotherapeutics

In this final installment of our episodes recorded and filmed on-site at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, Nima Farzan, CEO of Latigo Biotherapeutics, shares his company's mission to change the pain management paradigm by way of novel, non-opioid medications that target NAV 1.8 sodium channels involved in pain signal transmission.

Business of Biotech 2.0 With Ben Comer

After nearly five years as host of the Business of Biotech podcast, Matt Pillar is handing the mic over to the voice of the Business of Biotech 2.0, veteran life sciences journalist Ben Comer.

VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINE OF CELL AND GENE DISCOVERY

Harnessing The Power Of Cord Blood Tregs With Cellenkos' Dr. Simrit Parmar

In this episode, Host Erin Harris sits down with Dr. Simrit Parmar, Founder of Cellenkos, to explore how the company is pioneering umbilical cord blood-derived Regulatory T cell (Treg) cell therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Advancing Retinal Gene Therapy With Atsena Therapeutics' Dr. Kenji Fujita

In this episode of Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris dives into the world of retinal gene therapy with Kenji Fujita, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Atsena Therapeutics.