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September 28, 2023

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“Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say.”

-Not You (hopefully)

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I like a simple computer mouse and I really liked the Amazon Basics one I was using four years ago. I wanted to have a supply of them in case they ever changed it for the worse. So I bought 10. The first two were the same as my previous ones, but when I grabbed the third one last week it was different. So were the remaining six. What the hell.

Selfie

Was looking online for a picture of myself for one of my kids' school assignments. Instead, I found an EpiVax blog post which included a picture of me from their 2022 BIO party.

Good times - that photo was the first ever selfie request I received. (also the last)

Pretty cool that it exists in an easily shareable format. And pretty cool that my shirt remained guacamole-free for the occasion.

-BPG

Name Changes

It used to be uncommon for a company to change their name, but that era is long gone. It's a veritable branding consultant's dream out here nowadays.

To understand more, we took all the companies founded from 2010-2020 and checked to see if they have a "formerly known as" listed in our directory. We found that of the 5875 companies founded in this era, 343 have been renamed. So only 6%, though ours is surely an undercount.

We charted the likelihood that a company founded in any given year has been renamed. As expected, we see a downward trend over time - the more years you've been around, the more likely you've renamed your business.

Interestingly, renamed companies represent ~5% of the those founded in 2018, but for 2019 that plummeted to 2% then jumped right back up to ~5% for companies founded in 2020. For whatever reason, 2019 companies are really confident in their choices.

Also, there must have been a lot of poorly thought out names during the early pandemic era. It's only three years later and already 1-in-20 of the 2020 companies have rebranded.

Companies Added & Removed

19 companies added, one removed.

Best New Name:

Kudo Biotechnology

Worst New Name:

Nostics

Excel summary file of adds/removals available free on our downloads page.

Industry

Hyku Biosciences - BioPharmGuy

Fifty-six seed cash.

Covalent discovery.

Email footer hell.

Hyku Biosciences - ChatGPT

Covalent dreams take flight,

Hyku's science, bold and bright,

Oncology's fight.

Hyku Biosciences - ChatGPT: "Make it Funny"

Covalent dreams soar high,

Hyku's science, pie in the sky,

Oncology, oh my!

('covalent' still has three syllables, right?)

Device Lawsuit Ads

If you watch any live TV, you have undoubtedly seen the pelvic mesh lawsuit commercials at some point. Before pelvic mesh it was hernial mesh. Before that, maybe hip implants. Lawyers are getting filthy rich from these lawsuits, so spending on the ads will only keep going up.

A group called X ante has attempted to quantify the medical device litigation advertising for 2022 and 202 3 and it's interesting to see. Most interesting might be the 98% drop off in spending from #1 to #5.

Scientist

While browsing biotech company websites you often come upon classic scientist poses. Pipetting. Holding up a test tube. Guy sitting next to a microscope.

But where you usually do not find them is square in the middle of the home page.

Strykagen is looking for funding and it seems "we got this guy" is their sales pitch. Guess you gotta play to your strengths.

He does look like he can science.

Machine Rises

Mikart bought a machine.

Not exactly newsworthy, but sometimes in the marketing biz, you do anything to fill your weekly summary of activities. Still, a press release to tell people you bought a machine is still pretty borderline.

Or is it? Because now you all know they have a machine.

Give that marketer a raise. Freakin' genius.

Team Roast - Mersana

The executive team at Mersana is made up of people. Real people. To prove it, they have provided you with a fun fact about each of them.

One guy got thrown from a horse, another gets mistaken for Han Solo, a lady does some volunteering, a guy has a Japan fetish, someone loves nerdy hobbies.

Those are fun facts. Some other team members have facts, but not exactly fun.

For example, one guy likes to read and listen to music while another likes to cook and play with his dog. Zzzzzzz.

Great Product

This biodefense company has a product. It’s $45. Unfortunately, you can’t buy the product online right now. But if you give them a call, maybe the product will be available. It's definitely a product, though.

Chess Master

There could be worse things than a CEO who is a former professional chess player. But despite the extensive writeup of his career, we are left wondering what went down from 2008-2012 for e-therapeutics' CEO. That's an awfully long question mark.

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Health & Science

Wasted on the Whey

Did you know there's a condition called auto brewery syndrome which results in the fermentation of carbohydrates in the human gut. The process creates alcohol, which is then absorbed and can intoxicate the sufferer.

Man, imagine getting drunk off a pizza.

Actually...

Epochal Predictions

Scientists are getting better at predicting stuff. Take daily weather. They used to be able to predict it a few days in advance and now it's often accurate 5-6 days out.

Where humans have always failed miserably is long term predictions. 10 years, 20 years. Never turns out as expected.

No matter. Some geologists are now offering a prediction 250 million years out. They say Earth will once again feature a single supercontinent.

So based on that prediction, we can be assured Earth will not feature a single supercontinent 250 million years from now.

Offensive Fowls

Shrikes are birds which often impale their victims on branches for later nibbling. Interesting creatures. On an old Cracked list of the six most evil birds, these guys only came number 4. Who knew so many birds were out there committing war crimes?

Health Bad

Tobacco kingpin Phillip Morris is said to be considering selling off its pharmaceutical assets. The wedding of lung-destroying and lung-repairing businesses always seemed to be distasteful. Here's hoping they can kick their pharmaceutical habit promptly and without too much effort.

Crab Trap

A crab trap competition is sadly, not what it sounds like. Companies compete to get a grant to allow them to solve pressing health problems, which is great and all, but damned if we weren’t hoping to see the crab trap of the future.

Magic Medicine

Remember those old commercials that showed Pepto Bismol coating your stomach? How the hell did a liquid know not to fall straight into the middle? And more importantly, why would it stay on the walls when your stomach is churning with Bloomin' Onion and chili cheese fries?

ETC.

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