Ep. 361 - Kelonia, Kailera, pyschedelics and T cell engagers

The past week has delivered the largest M&A deal ever for a private, venture-backed biopharma, the second-largest follow-on ever for a NASDAQ-traded biotech and what could soon become the largest biotech IPO ever on NASDAQ. On the latest BioCentury This Week, BioCentury’s analysts discuss Eli Lilly's $3.25 billion takeout of in vivo CAR T company Kelonia, the market debut by obesity play Kailera and an upsized follow-on by Revolution on the back of its pancreatic cancer data.
The analysts also discuss how autoimmune T cell engagers are diverging from their oncology roots and the potential implications of President Donald Trump’s executive order on psychedelic therapies. BioCentury’s analysts also take time to remember Sofinnova Partners’ Denis Lucquin, father of French biotech. This episode of the BioCentury This Week podcast was brought to you by IQVIA Biotech.

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00:01 - Sponsor Message: IQVIA Biotech
04:20 - Lilly's Kelonia Buy
10:31 - T Cell Engagers
23:07 - Psychedelics Executive Order
35:14 - CBER Director Search
37:37 - Public Markets Roundup
42:14 - Remembering Denis Lucquin

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