The trajectory of Rocket Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage gene therapy company, has been marked by a series of impressive milestones. At least partial credit for those accomplishments goes to CEO Gaurav Shah, who co-founded the company in 2015 and has combined scientific, business and managerial savvy to progress the company through two regulatory filings this year. Shah recently spoke to In Vivo about the company and his own leadership style.

The UK major is acquiring CinCor in a deal that could be worth up to $1.8bn, in return getting hold of its Phase II hypertension candidate, baxdrostat, which offers combination potential with Farxiga.

In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb provides highlights from the recent HLTH conference in Las Vegas. Reed Miller and Barnaby Pickering offer an overview of the highly competitive diabetes tech market. We also talk about digital health in Germany and Europe.

The UK major has been building its cell therapy portfolio for about three years internally, oncology R&D chief Susan Galbraith tells Scrip, and the purchase of Neogene and its TCR-Ts targeting neoantigens in solid cancers is a logical step.