The REDWOOD-HCM study showed early, sustained efficacy and no serious adverse events with a drug Cytokinetics designed to be superior to mavacamten, a drug it spun out via BMS-acquired MyoKardia.

Public Company Edition: There was just one initial public offering during the past two weeks, but another biotech-focused SPAC went public and Gingko Bioworks announced a high-value SPAC merger. Also, Insmed and Dynavax offerings led recent public company financings.

The company doubled its series A total of $51m to not only test its coronavirus and RSV candidates, but to also advance a vaccine targeting both RSV and hMPV for pneumonia prevention in elderly adults.

The center is partnering with Obsidian to make autologous TILs work better after being infused back into patients by using IL-15, which may be less toxic than the high-dose IL-2 currently used.