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BioPharmGuy
The BioPharmDog had a hip replaced this week. Doctor said she will feel ready to rock in a couple weeks, but isn't allowed to run around for 8-12 weeks to allow the bone to grow onto the implant. So only 6-10 weeks of being the meanest dog dad in the world. Exciting.
Addition & Attrition
10 companies added, 21 removed. This week we went through acquisitions to see if the company website was redirecting to its new owner. Most of the companies removed this week were those acquisitions.
Also stumbled upon a new Flagship Pioneering company called Toran Therapeutics that is pretty under the radar. Guessing you might read about them in the news within the next month or so. File available on our downloads page.
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Pfizer/BioNTech
Data have just been published by Pfizer indicating that a third mRNA dose of their vaccine may be required to ensure maximum immunity levels. The study supposedly showed efficacy dropping from 95% to 84% after six months. It still retained 97% efficacy against severe illness. How they got those numbers is a good question, because all published data seem to only look at bloodstream antibody levels in a small number of trial participants. Not really a real-world deal.
More importantly, about 90% of the people in the world would kill for that lower 84% efficacy number. At least from a worldwide viewpoint, it's not a prudent step to give Americans a third dose before most people have a standard vaccination course. Of course, that's now how these things work and we all know that, so get ready for a boost.
Worst. Study Name. Ever.
Jaguar Health is working on a treatment for diarrhea in breast cancer patients who are receiving chemotherapy. Most drug companies like to name their clinical trials and often come up with a cool acronym or something cutesy. In Jaguar's case, they named this trial "HALT-D".
Why is this so bad? Because when a drug study is 'halted' it's usually bad news and often really, really bad news. Naming your study HALT-D is like naming your racehorse 'Broken Leg Loser'.
BioPlace
Long ago BioSpace started releasing maps of the important biotech companies in the main hub regions and they named each region. For example, they named Boston 'Genetown', which never really caught on. The maps did catch on and could be seen on the walls of many (most) biotech companies back in the day. But once the 90s passed, they started to seem dated, and the style never really changed, so to say they're dated now is being gracious.
They kept expanding and christening new hubs that weren't really hubs and so had to create unique terms for each of their creations. As a result, we are now treated to an early 90s-styled map of the "Bioforest" which is a term no one has ever used for Seattle/Oregon biotech companies.
These maps either need an update or a deathdate.
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Coronavirus Doing Its Thing
Covid is back to sickening tens of thousands of Americans daily. Of those who end up on the hospital, 97% are unvaccinated. Of the dead, 99.5% are unvaccinated. Put another way, of 200 people who are dying from Covid these days, 199 are unvaccinated. That's what you call ironclad, real-world evidence of effectiveness.
Kickstopper
Sometimes you have to look at failed Kickstarters and say "thank God". A few years ago someone was trying to get people to fund a lucid dream-triggering penis band. The band would only activate when 'nocturnal penile tumescence' was achieved. (Yes, that's what you think it is.) 121 people with $5604 thought this was an idea worth pursuing. Close call there.
Take the Cannoli
We got some gangsters running an Italian restaurant in Orange County, CA. They're anti-mask, anti-vaccine and presumably anti-everything else. They put a sign out requiring proof of being unvaccinated. Of course, it's impossible to prove a negative, but we don't think these restaurateurs are getting hung up on logic theory here.
This follows their antics last year when they invoked a mask anti-mandate requiring everyone in the restaurant to remove masks, in full noncompliance with the state rules at the time. Last month, the owners were fined $152,000 for their repeated transgressions, and responded by publishing personal details of the health department officials. We're starting to get the feeling they aren't weighing the pros and cons of their actions in this whole ordeal.
Egypt
Wanna go to Egypt, but not really? Don't blame you. Check out a couple cool virtual tours of ancient sites here instead.
Vaccination Augmentation
Reports out of Oceania are claiming that the Pfizer vaccine is making women's breasts bigger. If this were a vaccine marketing stunt, admittedly it would be pretty clever. But it's not. Lymph nodes can swell after receiving the vaccine and those are right next to this region of alleged growth.
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ETC.
Partial Load of Liquid Animal Protein
That's what spilled on a Virginia roadway recently. Sooooo, what the hell is it? No clue - and the news reports ain't telling. Just thinking about it can take you down some dark paths. The more you think the worse it gets...
"Oh yeah that's a protein. Damn and that too!"
Were the proteins food? Maybe this is a vegan-activist-dodging term for milk? If not food, what else uses truckloads of animal protein? And why did they need a hazmat cleanup?
All questions that we must ponder, but perhaps not too deeply for our own sanity.
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