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May 12, 2025 33 mins

Biopharmas developing therapies for obesity are looking to a future where the quality of weight loss matters as much as the quantity — what targets and programs could help realize that vision? On the latest BioCentury This Week podcast, BioCentury’s editors discuss the signaling pathways that may exclusively target fat mass while preserving, or even increasing, lean mass — and which companies are playing in the space.
The editors also assess what Vinay Prasad’s past comments say about how he might lead FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) — and examine how investors are evaluating the possibility that he might move the bar for regulatory approvals. The team then introduces the first in a new BioCentury series, with a look at a Literature Dive into ovarian cancer “atlases” — large-scale molecular profiling studies that point to predictive signatures and patient stratification strategies. This episode was sponsored by Jeito Capital.

View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/655898

#biotech #biopharma #pharma #obesity #FDA #CBER #LifeScience #OvarianCancer

00:01 - Sponsor Message: Jeito Capital
03:22 - Obesity: Quality over Quantity
15:47 - Prasad at FDA
27:58 - Ovarian Cancer Atlases

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