Pearl Freier
@pearlf.bsky.social
From Boston, MA. I'm @pearlf on the other blue-colored place. Founder of Cambridge BioPartners, Inc. I post mostly healthcare-related and biotech-related news items.
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My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Everything I Know I Learned In Graduate School - LifeSciVC
By Mike Gilman, serial entrepreneur and veteran biotech executive, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC My thesis advisor, Mike Chamberlin, passed away last week. I owe much of who I ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My thesis advisor Mike Chamberlin passed away last week at his home in Berkeley. I've reflected on what I learned from him and how it has served me for over forty years.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
Thanks to @lifescivc.bsky.social for hosting the post on his Life Sci VC site.
No mention of the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher program that supported small drug developers working on rare diseases. Is it over? New priority review program seems to be for large companies/manufacturers who already had high visibility within FDA? #biosky
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No mention of the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher program that supported small drug developers working on rare diseases. Is it over? New priority review program seems to be for large companies/manufacturers who already had high visibility within FDA? #biosky
The average American will be able to lose 395 lbs over the next 12 months according to Dr. Oz at the White House's weight loss drugs press conference. Grocery store clerks & gas station attendants across the US won't be able to recognize Americans from their photo IDs anymore... #medsky
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The average American will be able to lose 395 lbs over the next 12 months according to Dr. Oz at the White House's weight loss drugs press conference. Grocery store clerks & gas station attendants across the US won't be able to recognize Americans from their photo IDs anymore... #medsky
JP Morgan's CEO explained to @outfrontcnn.bsky.social why they're not making a donation to the president's ballroom. The video clip is circulating on the other blue site but here's a writeup you can read here: malaysia.news.yahoo.com/jpmorgan-bos...
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
JP Morgan's CEO explained to @outfrontcnn.bsky.social why they're not making a donation to the president's ballroom. The video clip is circulating on the other blue site but here's a writeup you can read here: malaysia.news.yahoo.com/jpmorgan-bos...
The FBI's Boston office announced arrests of 2 men who allegedly set off an explosive/roman candle firework in a locker on 4th floor of a Harvard Medical School building in Longwood. They may not have used access cards to get in or to access 4th floor. Story below: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The FBI's Boston office announced arrests of 2 men who allegedly set off an explosive/roman candle firework in a locker on 4th floor of a Harvard Medical School building in Longwood. They may not have used access cards to get in or to access 4th floor. Story below: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
An update on biotech investor Tom Brady & Colossal Biosciences: people.com/tom-brady-cl... #biosky
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An update on biotech investor Tom Brady & Colossal Biosciences: people.com/tom-brady-cl... #biosky
Are Tang & Aurinia Pharma one of the first biopharma companies to publicly reject alleged threats by an HHS/FDA official in '25 by moving forward with a lawsuit? I don't know if Tylenol/Kenvue has filed a lawsuit yet #biosky #medsky
More from @statnews.com on a lawsuit against FDA official Tidmarsh by Aurinia Pharma. @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social tweet said lawsuit accuses Tidmarsh of trying to extort $ from American Laboratories & Kevin Tang. Link to the updated story re: Tidmarsh/FDA www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f... #biosky
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More from @statnews.com on a lawsuit against FDA official Tidmarsh by Aurinia Pharma. @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social tweet said lawsuit accuses Tidmarsh of trying to extort $ from American Laboratories & Kevin Tang. Link to the updated story re: Tidmarsh/FDA www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f... #biosky
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
More from @statnews.com on a lawsuit against FDA official Tidmarsh by Aurinia Pharma. @adamfeuerstein.bsky.social tweet said lawsuit accuses Tidmarsh of trying to extort $ from American Laboratories & Kevin Tang. Link to the updated story re: Tidmarsh/FDA www.statnews.com/2025/11/02/f... #biosky
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Thank you Boston Globe.
h/t @pearlf.bsky.social for catching this.
h/t @pearlf.bsky.social for catching this.
September 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thank you Boston Globe.
h/t @pearlf.bsky.social for catching this.
h/t @pearlf.bsky.social for catching this.
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IT would be helpful for everyone if y'all could do one simple thing: Quit trying to ascribe logic to these people. Quit attempting to explain their actions and statement through a lens of rationality. Start using words like, "lie", "unacceptable", "false", "unqualified", "junk science".
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
IT would be helpful for everyone if y'all could do one simple thing: Quit trying to ascribe logic to these people. Quit attempting to explain their actions and statement through a lens of rationality. Start using words like, "lie", "unacceptable", "false", "unqualified", "junk science".
If there's an Ebola and/or bird flu outbreak among humans in the US, the "experts" who spoke at today's WH press conference on autism are currently in charge of responding to infectious disease outbreaks. #medsky
September 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If there's an Ebola and/or bird flu outbreak among humans in the US, the "experts" who spoke at today's WH press conference on autism are currently in charge of responding to infectious disease outbreaks. #medsky
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I watched 7 hours of yesterday's ACIP meeting so you didn't have to.
www.wired.com/story/vaccin...
www.wired.com/story/vaccin...
Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization
The vaccine advisory group ACIP, not all members of which seemed to know what the group does, recommended to the CDC that combined MMRV shots not be given before age 4.
www.wired.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I watched 7 hours of yesterday's ACIP meeting so you didn't have to.
www.wired.com/story/vaccin...
www.wired.com/story/vaccin...
AI & biopharma: speakers from Pfizer, Novartis, the Broad, Vertex & Formation Bio will discuss some key areas where biopharma industry has been successful in developing & applying AI & they're giving career advice on Boston panel tomorrow/Friday. harvardbiotechclub.typeform.com/to/YoaosYwk?...
September 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
AI & biopharma: speakers from Pfizer, Novartis, the Broad, Vertex & Formation Bio will discuss some key areas where biopharma industry has been successful in developing & applying AI & they're giving career advice on Boston panel tomorrow/Friday. harvardbiotechclub.typeform.com/to/YoaosYwk?...
Biogen is buying Alcyone for $85M upfront to advance ThecaFlex DRx, implantable subcutaneous port & catheter device being investigated 4 better delivery of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) 4 neuro diseases incl SMA patients—alternative 2repeat lumbar punctures www.biopharmadive.com/news/biogen-...
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Biogen is buying Alcyone for $85M upfront to advance ThecaFlex DRx, implantable subcutaneous port & catheter device being investigated 4 better delivery of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) 4 neuro diseases incl SMA patients—alternative 2repeat lumbar punctures www.biopharmadive.com/news/biogen-...
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September 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
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Margaret Chu-Moyer & her team at Amgen were honored by @acs.org @cenmag.bsky.social as "2025 Heroes of Chemistry" & FDA-approved drug Lumakras "targeted therapy that treats patients with advanced KRAS G12C–mutated NSCLC". She's speaking on Friday's panel in Boston cc @chemjobber.bsky.social #chemsky
BMS EVP & Chief Research Officer Robert Plenge,
NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair
NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair
September 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Margaret Chu-Moyer & her team at Amgen were honored by @acs.org @cenmag.bsky.social as "2025 Heroes of Chemistry" & FDA-approved drug Lumakras "targeted therapy that treats patients with advanced KRAS G12C–mutated NSCLC". She's speaking on Friday's panel in Boston cc @chemjobber.bsky.social #chemsky
BMS EVP & Chief Research Officer Robert Plenge,
NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair
NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
BMS EVP & Chief Research Officer Robert Plenge,
NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair
NVS VP & Head of Data42 Birgit Schoeberl, Amgen's VP & Head of Small Molecule Therapeutic Discovery Margaret Chu-Moyer, Sanofi's VP & Head Ophthalmology Rrch Anneke den Hollander on 9/19 1:30 Harvard Med School panel www.thebiotechclub.org/career-fair
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Wow- Cassidy says that "I understand that Sen Mullin implied there was a recording of the meeting between Dr Monarez and Sec Kennedy. I will note that if materials have been provided to Mullin, they are official committee records...if it does not exist, I ask Mullin to retract his line of questions"
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Wow- Cassidy says that "I understand that Sen Mullin implied there was a recording of the meeting between Dr Monarez and Sec Kennedy. I will note that if materials have been provided to Mullin, they are official committee records...if it does not exist, I ask Mullin to retract his line of questions"
Below is official US govt account for HHS—supposed to be a resource for informing public re: healthcare. They're posting clips from FL & OK senators not asking about polio or measles at Senate hearing but trying 2 claim POTUS's CDC Dir nominee is part of conspiracy w/ "anti-Trump lawyers." #medsky
September 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Below is official US govt account for HHS—supposed to be a resource for informing public re: healthcare. They're posting clips from FL & OK senators not asking about polio or measles at Senate hearing but trying 2 claim POTUS's CDC Dir nominee is part of conspiracy w/ "anti-Trump lawyers." #medsky
Sad to see a congressman who is a pharmacist post conspiracy theories about the president's nominee for CDC director, Monarez, who is testifying at a Senate hearing today about her experience working for HHS Secretary Kennedy for <30 days #medsky
September 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sad to see a congressman who is a pharmacist post conspiracy theories about the president's nominee for CDC director, Monarez, who is testifying at a Senate hearing today about her experience working for HHS Secretary Kennedy for <30 days #medsky
CSL Behring's VP R&D Transplant & Immunology & GSK alum Laurie Lee was recruited by AI-focused clinical stage biotech Generate Biomedicines as Chief Medical Officer. She'll lead the late stage development of GB's respiratory & dermatology treatments in clinical trials. Incl GB-0895 4 severe asthma
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
CSL Behring's VP R&D Transplant & Immunology & GSK alum Laurie Lee was recruited by AI-focused clinical stage biotech Generate Biomedicines as Chief Medical Officer. She'll lead the late stage development of GB's respiratory & dermatology treatments in clinical trials. Incl GB-0895 4 severe asthma