Stephen Hansen
@stephenhansen.bsky.social
Dad of 2 exhausting boys. Director of Biopharma Intelligence BioCentury. Covers biotech. Home in the UK, roots in MN. #SKOL iykyk stephenhansenimages.zenfolio.com
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Stephen Hansen
@stephenhansen.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Might as well start off my bluesky posts with a fav pic from the summer
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
This is very sad for the US but incredibly smart by Norway
Science refugees. Never imagined colleagues fleeing the US to do their work. 🧪
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities
Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is very sad for the US but incredibly smart by Norway
April 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Summit of #Ingleborough peak in #YorkshireDales
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Summit of #Ingleborough peak in #YorkshireDales
#Ingleborough Peak in #YorkshireDales
April 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Ingleborough Peak in #YorkshireDales
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Elections have consequences
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Elections have consequences
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I wish things were boring again. Uneventful. Unremarkable. Dull even. Nothing happening that's noteworthy.
Interesting times are vastly overrated.
Interesting times are vastly overrated.
April 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I wish things were boring again. Uneventful. Unremarkable. Dull even. Nothing happening that's noteworthy.
Interesting times are vastly overrated.
Interesting times are vastly overrated.
Must read: How reductions in force and a planned reorganization of #FDA could dramatically reduce the agency's ability to perform essential functions -- from my colleague @steveusdin.bsky.social
www.biocentury.com/article/655559
www.biocentury.com/article/655559
Former FDA officials call HHS plan for agency ‘nonsensical,’ unworkable
The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a plan for reorganizing FDA. Former senior FDA officials told BioCentury the proposal is infeasib...
www.biocentury.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Must read: How reductions in force and a planned reorganization of #FDA could dramatically reduce the agency's ability to perform essential functions -- from my colleague @steveusdin.bsky.social
www.biocentury.com/article/655559
www.biocentury.com/article/655559
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From our 2025 #BioCentury financial markets preview: www.biocentury.com/article/654637
April 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
From our 2025 #BioCentury financial markets preview: www.biocentury.com/article/654637
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
"And like that, the market is gone" #tariffs
a close up of a man 's face with the words `` and like that ... he 's gone '' written on it .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words `` and like that ... he 's gone '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"And like that, the market is gone" #tariffs
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The 22nd Amendment prohibits US presidents from serving more than two terms
Trump Won’t Rule Out Seeking Third Term, Says There Are Ways
President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, telling NBC News in a phone interview on Sunday that “there are methods” that would allow him to do so.
www.bloomberg.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The 22nd Amendment prohibits US presidents from serving more than two terms
Very interesting study. What is your DHRPS? www.ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10....
Daily Heart Rate Per Step (DHRPS): A Wearables Metric Associated with Cardiovascular Disease in a Cross‐Sectional Study of the All of Us Research Program
www.ahajournals.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Very interesting study. What is your DHRPS? www.ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10....
Up is down, blue is red, night is day, south is north.
Peter Navarro goes full Orwell on Fox News Sunday: "The message is that tariffs are tax cuts."
March 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Up is down, blue is red, night is day, south is north.
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Oral Ozempic reduced major adverse cardiovascular events in a large randomized trial of 9,650 participants with T2 diabetes and high-risk
@nejm.org #ACC25
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org #ACC25
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
March 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oral Ozempic reduced major adverse cardiovascular events in a large randomized trial of 9,650 participants with T2 diabetes and high-risk
@nejm.org #ACC25
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org #ACC25
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Cuts at #FDA put the agency at risk of missing PDUFA goals - from my colleague @steveusdin.bsky.social : www.biocentury.com/article/655466
March 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Cuts at #FDA put the agency at risk of missing PDUFA goals - from my colleague @steveusdin.bsky.social : www.biocentury.com/article/655466
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A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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Thanks to global immunisation efforts, an estimated 154 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years 🌎 🤝
That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute.
#CelebrateVaccines
That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute.
#CelebrateVaccines
March 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thanks to global immunisation efforts, an estimated 154 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years 🌎 🤝
That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute.
#CelebrateVaccines
That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute.
#CelebrateVaccines
My latest on the #Zealand and #Roche deal for amylin agonist pretrelintide: www.biocentury.com/article/655330
March 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My latest on the #Zealand and #Roche deal for amylin agonist pretrelintide: www.biocentury.com/article/655330
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With the #Roche and #Zealand deal for up to $5.3B for #amylin agonist #petrelintide in #obesity, re-upping my story from last week on the promise of amylin in #obesity: www.biocentury.com/article/655255
Could amylin outshine GLP-1 in obesity?
Incretin-based therapies have dominated the weight-loss Olympics, with companies chasing higher percentage losses like athletes chasing record-breaking sco...
www.biocentury.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
With the #Roche and #Zealand deal for up to $5.3B for #amylin agonist #petrelintide in #obesity, re-upping my story from last week on the promise of amylin in #obesity: www.biocentury.com/article/655255
With the #Roche and #Zealand deal for up to $5.3B for #amylin agonist #petrelintide in #obesity, re-upping my story from last week on the promise of amylin in #obesity: www.biocentury.com/article/655255
Could amylin outshine GLP-1 in obesity?
Incretin-based therapies have dominated the weight-loss Olympics, with companies chasing higher percentage losses like athletes chasing record-breaking sco...
www.biocentury.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
With the #Roche and #Zealand deal for up to $5.3B for #amylin agonist #petrelintide in #obesity, re-upping my story from last week on the promise of amylin in #obesity: www.biocentury.com/article/655255
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Nightmarish stuff in here.
In an interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments.
Without Offering Proof, Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Nightmarish stuff in here.
