Back Bay Life Science Report

Feb 07 2025 32 ep. 26 mins 10
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Back Bay Life Science Advisors brings you expert insights from our advisors and investment bankers in the world of BioPharma & MedTech. On this podcast, you’ll hear from our experts in life science development, commercialization, and investment banking, scientific investigators, biotech and medtech executives, physicians, and strategists who excel at guiding global life sciences companies and their investors through complex decisions. Join us for insights generated from in-depth scientific, strategic, and financial analysis at the intersection of science and business.

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A Capital Markets Outlook for 2025: 2024, A Year in Review

Feb 07 2025 15 mins  
In this DNB//Back Bay Healthcare Capital Markets podcast episode, Jim Cirenza, Head of Fixed Income and Equities at DNB, Kristoffer Braaten, Director and Head of Equity Capital Markets at DNB, and Vasilios Kofitsas, Partner and Managing Director of Investment Banking at Back Bay Life Science Advisors, review the performance of the healthcare markets in 2024, offering insights into

The Optimism of Bispecific Antibodies

Nov 08 2024 26 mins  
The topic of bispecific antibodies has been an area of interest in the pharma space for a long time now. The recent news of the notable late-stage data from Akeso and Summit’s PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody ivonescimab to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has captured the industry writ large encouraged us to revisit the topic. To date, there have been ten bispecific antibody a

Dynamics in Healthcare Focused Markets

Sep 30 2024 20 mins  
In this DNB//Back Bay Healthcare Capital Markets Episode, Vasilios Kofitsas, Partner and Managing Director at Back Bay Life Science Advisors speaks with Jim Cirenza and Kristoffer Braaten of DNB Bank in New York. They focus on key drivers affecting markets this year and discuss the recent news of the Fed’s decision to cut interest rates by 50-basis points. Topics in the podcast i

From NASH to MASH: Current Market Dynamics in Hepatology

Sep 16 2024 28 mins  
After a summer away from podcasting, Back Bay Life Science Advisors’ Dr. Pete Bak and Christian Thienel are back on the mic to discuss current market dynamics in liver disease with a focus on one of the most closely watched space in hepatology, MASH. The big news includes a rebrand from NASH (non-alcohol related steatohepatitis) to MASH (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohep

Key Considerations for a US Healthcare IPO

May 22 2024 35 mins  
In this DNB//Back Bay Healthcare Capital Markets podcast episode, learn about the key considerations, mechanics and timelines of going public on a US exchange. Topics in this podcast include: An overview of the decision-making process through execution for US-based and ex-US healthcare companies thinking about listing in the USCore considerations after deciding to pursue a US lis

Drug Development in Obesity

Apr 29 2024 26 mins  
Guests: Pete Bak and Christian Thienel Length: 27 minutes In this episode of The Life Science Report, Dr. Pete Bak and Back Bay Director, Christian Thienel catch up on the area attracting the most industry interest over the past couple of years: the anti-obesity space. From big players looking to capitalize on the renewed interest in the obesity space to the staggering success of N

The Current Dynamics in Capital Markets

Apr 15 2024 22 mins  
Welcome to another episode with the DNB//Back Bay Partnership for Healthcare.In this episode Jonathan Gertler, Back Bay CEO and Managing Partner, is once again joined by James Cirenza, Head of Fixed Income and Equities at DNB, Kristoffer Braaten, Director of US Equity Capital Markets at DNB, and Vasilios Kofitsas, Managing Director of Investment Banking at Back Bay Life Science Adv

Vaccine Developments 2024: A Podcast Discussion on Latest Vaccine Technology and Ongoing Clinical Developments

Mar 18 2024 37 mins  
Guests: Pete Bak and Christian Thienel Length: 37 minutes With the advent of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021, we saw a tremendous amount of interest in not only COVID vaccines, but other companies riding the tailwind and developing vaccine therapies that span across viral illness, maternal infections and bacterial infections. In this episode resident immunologist Dr. Pete Bak and Christi

Trends and Investment Activity in Radiopharmaceuticals and Psychedelics

Feb 14 2024 25 mins  
A Podcast Discussion on the Trends and Investment Activity in Radiopharmaceuticals and PsychedelicsGuests: Pete Bak and Christian ThienelLength: 25 minutesHere at Back Bay we’ve seen a number of notable trends in the radiopharmaceutical and psychedelic spaces playing out over the past couple of years. Increasingly, investors have been asking our opinions and perspectives on these

Vertex’s Exa-cel to Biogen and Sage’s Zurzuvae: Notable Product Approvals of 2023

Jan 02 2024 25 mins  
As we move into 2024, Back Bay’s strategic advisors summarize key product approvals from three classes and indications over this past year, including the December CRISPR and Vertex approval of Exa-cel, Biogen and Sage’s August approval of an oral treatment for women with postpartum depression and Genmab and Roche’s May approval in oncology. In this episode: CRISPR and Vertex