Josh Schimmer

Josh Schimmer × Eric Schmidt × Paul Matteis × Adam Feuerstein

XBI fell roughly 4% month to date and 9%-10% from its highs, but remained up about 30% for the year, suggesting nervous consolidation rather than a broken thesis.Xenon’s nearly 30% selloff after pausing depression enrollment came despite no clinical hold and about 360 patients enrolled, showing how bounded safety data can become a franchise scare.Sionna’s failed add-on study reinforced Vertex’s cystic-fibrosis moat, while a switch study remains the key test.

Josh Schimmer × Brian Skorney × Eric Schmidt × Brad Loncar

Scribe’s IPO raised roughly $120M for a TGA-cleared PCSK9 gene-silencing therapy, reopening the very-early-stage biotech window.Six biotech reverse mergers paired with $200M-plus PIPEs, including Xometry’s nearly $200M transaction into InMed, show a faster, increasingly IPO-like financing route.Next week’s RP1 and deramiocel AdComs could clarify whether FDA flexibility is emerging or negative findings signal a more stringent posture.

Sam Fazeli × Josh Schimmer × Eric Schmidt × Paul Matteis × Matt Herper

AstraZeneca’s eplontersen failed its ATTR cardiomyopathy outcomes trial, with Ionis reporting no benefit in the tafamidis-combination group, including no CV-biomarker effect.The readout improves Alnylam’s perception, but royalty-free Nucresiran must still show whether its adjunctive outcomes study preserves silencer-plus-tafamidis synergy; Agios’ mitapivat won priority review despite missing its co-primary VOC endpoint.Atumelnant’s liver-enzyme elevations remain a risk to monitor.

Sam Fazeli × Josh Schimmer × Eric Schmidt × Tess Cameron

Bristol Myers’ BMS–Hengrui deal gives Hengrui options to co-develop select assets and conduct certain commercialization activities globally, alongside up to $950M in payments and $15.2B potential value.China’s low-cost, high-speed innovation creates licensing opportunity now, but three-to-five-year global-commercialization plans could shift value capture toward Chinese developers; REGENXBIO’s held DMD filing and Biogen’s Phase 3 tau decision keep precedent and capital allocation in focus.

Sam Fazeli × Josh Schimmer × Paul Matteis × Graig Suvannavejh

Biotech’s data-to-financing loop and emerging cash-flow profile challenge the macro bear case that $100 oil and war will revive inflation, rates, and risk-off.FDA turnover, DNL310’s April 5 PDUFA, and IDEAYA’s month-end uveal-melanoma readout create near-term tests of regulatory flexibility and clinical translation.Servier’s Day One deal and NMIBC’s shift to doublets highlight external innovation and commercial positioning, while PFS-to-OS translation remains unresolved.

Daphne Zohar × Josh Schimmer × Luba Greenwood × Matt Gline × Michal Preminger

The XBI is up over 40% since April's “Liberation Day” lows, and Josh Schimmer sees it on the cusp of profitability, with a meaningful inflection over the next two to three years.The panel says successful launches matter more than acquisition exits, while Roche's up-to-$3.5B 89bio deal validates FGF-21 but leaves Phase 3 until 2027 and CVR value uncertain.

Josh Schimmer × Paul Matteis × Eric Schmidt × Yaron Werber

FDA “really open for business,” micro-cap recapitalizations, and modest-premium M&A support biotech’s policy-dip recovery, though MFN’s single-stock impact remains a wildcard.Compass’s first Phase 3 COMP360 readout could validate psychedelics as a “five-plus-billion-dollar” class, but eight-hour supervised delivery keeps infrastructure central to commercialization.