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Stephen Hansen

@stephenhansen.bsky.social
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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 · 24/05/2025
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is very sad for the US but incredibly smart by Norway
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#YorkshireDales #waterfall
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Summit of #Ingleborough peak in #YorkshireDales
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#Ingleborough Peak in #YorkshireDales
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Elections have consequences
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Don[ny]ovan @dgschell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I wish things were boring again. Uneventful. Unremarkable. Dull even. Nothing happening that's noteworthy. Interesting times are vastly overrated.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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
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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...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 06/04/2025
Buckle up.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
From our 2025 #BioCentury financial markets preview: www.biocentury.com/article/654637
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
"And like that, the market is gone" #tariffs
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 30/03/2025
The 22nd Amendment prohibits US presidents from serving more than two terms
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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.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Very interesting study. What is your DHRPS? www.ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10....
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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
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Up is down, blue is red, night is day, south is north.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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....
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025
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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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.
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
My latest on the #Zealand and #Roche deal for amylin agonist pretrelintide: www.biocentury.com/article/655330
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Chasing amylin: Must-have obesity target key to Roche-Zealand deal
The temperature just went up a few more degrees for obesity’s hottest target now that Roche is spending nearly $1.7 billion up front to license...
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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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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...
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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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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...
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Nightmarish stuff in here.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#bluesky Saturday⛱️
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
@minakimes.bsky.social PARADISE 🤯
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Matt Krebs @mattokrebs.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Could amylin outshine GLP-1 in obesity? 🔬 Will amylin reshape the obesity treatment landscape? 📊 Sure feels that way. Novo, Lilly, and AZ are already in the game, and AbbVie just dropped $350M on an amylin asset. 📖 Access to the full report here: www.biocentury.com/article/6552...
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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...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Holy shit!! Trump just slipped on live TV that he lost the 2020 presidential election. Trump would HATE it if this goes viral:
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#GLP1 sales continue to boom thanks to #obesity market expansion #biosky #medsky www.biocentury.com/article/655202
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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Still waiting for RFK to clearly and unambiguously state that the MMR shot is *safe*, does not cause autism is the best way to protect yourself & your community from measles. In the meantime, my piece from last week (gift link):
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Measles Outbreak Was Entirely Avoidable
Low vaccination rates contributed to the re-emergence of a disease declared eradicated in the US 25 years ago.
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Aspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of T cell immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Paul Bonanos @biobonanos.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Jazz Pharma is adding an oncology product via the takeout of Chimerix for ~$935m, 72% premium. Dordaviprone, under review for a type of brain cancer, has a PDUFA date of Aug. 18; it’s PRV-eligible too. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Chimerix, Further Diversifying Oncology Portfolio
-Dordaviprone addresses a significant unmet patient need for patients with rare, high-grade brain tumors- -Transaction to add near-term commercial...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Just an obvious point that anyone with the inside word on when these these total reversals are going to be announced is in a position to make almost limitless amounts of money. Don't forget that given the kind of people who make up this administration.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The $VIX volatility index is up 24% in the past week and 40% the past month
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Paul Bonanos @biobonanos.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Good morning #biosky! I had a good conversation with Sofinnova's Antoine Papiernik -- two conversations, as it turned out -- about how the firm expects to deploy €1.2 billion in fresh cash, raised in a tough environment. Story here: www.biocentury.com/article/6552...
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Sofinnova set to back dozens of biotechs with €1.2B across strategies
European firm Sofinnova expects to make up to 60 new investments from a €1.2 billion pool of capital raised in the past year, spanning four of its s...
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NPR @npr.org · 04/03/2025
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/03/2025
⚡️ Trump to discuss potential suspension, cancellation of military aid for Ukraine on March 3. An unnamed administration official told NYT that Trump will meet on March 3 with his top national security aides, including Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.
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Trump to discuss potential suspension, cancellation of military aid for Ukraine on March 3
An unnamed administration official told NYT that Trump will meet on March 3 with his top national security aides, including Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Francis Collins, the NIH Director for 12 years, led the Human Genome Project and other NIH efforts for 32 years, resigned today. Key words from his resignation letter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Do You Need a Measles Booster? With outbreaks spreading in the Southwest, it’s a good time to check your vaccination status. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...
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Do You Need a Measles Booster? (Gift Article)
With outbreaks spreading in the Southwest, it’s a good time to check your vaccination status.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/02/2025
Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)
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The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
US consumer #inflation expectations highest since 1995. Anyone still think #tariffs don't drive inflation higher?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/02/2025
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world. “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/02/2025
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know
The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Inside the collapse of NIH: www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Tesla’s shareholders just lost another $38,640,000,000 today — a total $TSLA loss of $600 billion since December. Tesla’s CEO was not in the office. In literally any other public company ever, this would be the point where the CEO gets fired.
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Stephen Hansen @stephenhansen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I can't imagine a world in which we would want a Congrssional majority to be deciding which medicines get approved. Science SHOULD be apolitical
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