Scrip's second full day of meetings and events during the annual BIO International Convention delivered diverse insights about including patients in drug development, sharing risk with CROs, microbiome-targeting therapies, and the benefits of incubating early-stage technology.

Gene editing is all the rage in biotechnology these days, but Caribou Biosciences Inc. has taken a different path than its CRISPR peers by diversifying beyond therapeutics to agriculture, industrial and applied research. The company also has taken a different financing path – recently closing a $30m Series B venture capital round instead of pursuing an initial public offering.

Sanofi’s BTK inhibitor – one of two from its 2021 Principia buy – passed a Phase III test in immune thrombocytopenia as the company focuses on Dupixent-like blockbusters going forward.