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BioPharmGuy
Tried to DM a competitor on Twitter to let them know they're spelling a company's name wrong. Didn't want to big time them by commenting on a public tweet. Unfortunately, they do not accept DMs on Twitter, so they can keep on misspelling Ginkgo Bioworks.
Our 2021 Startups page finally launched. Usually we do that in March. Sorry. We only show links to our 2017-2021 startup pages on our website, but you can change the url to access 2016, 2015, 2014 and 1668. Only one startup in 1668.
Email inquiry of the week
"Hello. I have a question, do you deal with natural ox gallstone bezoar"
No, but what the heck is a bezoar? Answer: A tightly packed collection of partially digested or undigested material that most commonly occurs in the stomach. (looks like a rock)
If anyone has a bezoar guy, let us know.
April Funding Summary
Nine IPOs this month for $1.4B plus 59 private funding rounds totaling $4.8B. That's an average of $81M per company. There were a couple monster rounds in there: $525M for Exscientia in the UK & $336M for Adagio Therapeutics in Waltham, MA. Plus twenty additional nine-figure rounds on top of those. Ridiculous. Funding run-down available on our downloads page.
Addition & Attrition
Finally finished our latest company integration project - 74 companies added this week. We also removed 54 companies, most of whose websites have been offline for months. Usually four months is our time limit, then they get the hook. Summary available on downloads page as always.
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Anebulo Pharmaceuticals
Never even heard of this company until their IPO this week. They appear to have been founded 13 months ago, have no LinkedIn page & a total of three employees (only one of which has any life science experience). What's that all add up to? A $21M IPO for their cannabinoid overdose drug product entering phase 2 trials. #notmymoney
Gyroscope Therapeutics
This company was planning an IPO last week but delayed it due to "market conditions". Uhhh, the hottest biotech IPO market ever is bad market conditions? Suuuure...market conditions were the problem...
Caris Life Sciences
Caris is now focusing on AI/personalized medicine, which are two very trendy areas in biotech. If we had to bet, this company is probably focused on making their business look good for an acquisition as opposed to actually creating groundbreaking technology.
Name Game
Now that weed stocks have cooled off, Kannalife decided to take the marijuana reference out of their name and rebrand as Neuropathix.
SE3D was working on E3 ligases, and thought it would be cute to cram that E3 into the name. Now they've had second thoughts and decided to go with a less visually jarring name - henceforth they will be known as Seed Therapeutics. They kept the SE3D as part of their logo, which is ok. Thumbs up.
Bluebird bio created a new spinout and named it 2seventy Bio. "Two hundred seventy miles per hour is the maximum speed of human thought. The name 2seventy was selected to signify this speed and our team’s translation of thought to action". Explanation is a bit of a groaner. With all the other companies with similar names (89bio, 64x Bio, 490 Biotech, 360 biolabs, 121 bio) it doesn't stand out much. Thumbs down.
The Dot Strikes Back
Last week we featured Senda Biosciences, whose web designer thought laser pointers were cool enough to integrate into the company's website. Senda's parent, Flagship Pioneering, just launched a new startup and seems to have hired the same web developer - the red dot is back for more terror. Can we maybe get blue next time?
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Vaccine Real News
As expected, FDA expanded the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine emergency use authorization to people aged 12+. This should ensure the 2021-22 school year at middle/high schools can mostly go off without a hitch, in-person. Great news.
Vaccine Fake News
A story of a toddler dying from a Covid vaccine made the rounds this weekend, and will no doubt continue making the rounds in the anti-vaxx world, only problem is it was entirely made up and factually impossible.
It was reported through FDA's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). How that system works is anyone with an internet connection can submit any report they want. Obviously, pranksters or people with an agenda are free to submit these false reports - they are common.
Now that this idea has been passed around amongst the anti-vaccine ideologues, some will likely submit more fake deaths with vaccination dates that are at least factually possible. We recommend not believing anything from VAERS for a while. In cases of deaths that are not corroborated by medical reports, those should be ignored entirely.
Free Stuff!
142 yr-old Seeds
In what is one of the world's longest-running science experiments, Michigan State University scientists unearthed a jar of seeds buried in 1879 and were able to get one to sprout. They attempt this every 20 years - mark your calendar for the grand finale in the year 2100. This year they had some trouble locating the bottle, but once the map was eventually flipped over it was easy to find.
Even Seedier
When you hear the term pot seeds, you may get excited. But when you hear the term "Instant Pot seeds", the reaction is probably different. A Canadian scientist/amateur gardener used the yogurt setting on her Instant Pot to quickly and more effectively germinate seeds prior to planting.
Christmas for the impatient gardener in your life has now been taken care of - you're welcome.
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Food Myths
Food & Wine published an article in which they explained that you may freeze leftover wine for later cooking. They went on to point out that Leprechauns keep well in mason jars at room temp and fairies may be dehydrated and stored in a cool, dry place.
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