Ep. 287 - The Bear is Back: Marks’ Ouster, Tariffs and a Tumbling XBI

Biotech indexes are tumbling after one of FDA’s last veteran leaders was pushed out by HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and the threat of tariffs weigh on a key biotech index. On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s editors discuss the factors driving down the XBI, which has now crossed into bear market territory and the latest turmoil at FDA, now that CBER Director Peter Marks has been ousted. Plus, inflammation and immunology companies are finding ways beyond precision medicine to boost responses. BioCentury’s editors assess one approach — bispecific antibodies that block two inflammatory pathways instead of one.View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/65548800:00 - Introduction00:51 - XBI's Return to the Bear Market11:26 - Marks Ouster & Turmoil at FDA18:07 - Bispecifics for I&ITo submit a question to BioCentury’s editors, email the BioCentury This Week team at [email protected] us by sending a text

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