OCTOBER 29, 2026
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Big4Bio CEO Weekly - Q&A Life Sciences Leaders
BIG4BIO CEO WEEKLY Q&A:
Dr. Yuichi Iwaki, Founder, President, & CEO, MediciNova
In this Q&A, Iwaki discusses what led him to found the company, how its lean operating model and non-dilutive partnerships help advance a late-stage pipeline, the milestones ahead as MN-166 approaches discussions with FDA, and what he'd change about drug development timelines industry-wide. More

Press Releases

  • BBI: Invisible Changes in Our Cells May Shape Health and Disease More
  • Blink Anesthesia: Houston VA Study Reports Increased Quantitative Monitoring With TwitchView; Separate Study Shows Near-Zero Bias Versus Gold Standard Mechanomyography, Both Presented at ANESTHESIOLOGY 2026 More
  • Fred Hutch: Artificial Intelligence Takes On Neurodendocrine Prostate Cancer Diagnosis More
  • Fred Hutch: Lung Cancer Awareness Month Tipsheet; Resources for Smoking Cessation, Early Screening and New Research — and Treatments Against Deadly Disease More
  • Parse Biosciences and Nomic: 100 Million Cell, Multimodal AI-ready Dataset for Immune Biology More
  • P1 Pratia Oncology: Expands Into Europe With OC España's Madrid Research Site More

Financial News

  • October 30, 2026: BioPharmCatalyst Weekly Watchlist - Key Catalysts Due Within the Next 6 Months More
  • OSR Health: Shareholder Update Following Nasdaq Panel Decision More
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Media/Misc Coverage

  • Big4Bio CEO Weekly Q&A: Dr. Yuichi Iwaki, Founder, President, & CEO, MediciNova More
  • Biotech & Pharma Updates | October 28, 2026 More
  • ICYMI: Innovation Fund Spotlight - New Tool Enables Scientists to Collect More Data From Rare Cells More
  • Subscribe to LifeSci Startup for Updates on US Startups More

Career Moves

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Slone Partners Places Farhad Ghavami as Chief Executive Officer at SeqCenter
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  • ICYMI: EIT Pharma Appoints Dr. Joseph Toerner, M.D., M.P.H., as Chief Medical Officer More
  • ICYMI: Leadership Lab - Put Yourself First to Help Your Laid-Off Team Get Hired More
  • ICYMI: Nine Biopharma Firms Name New Finance Chiefs More
  • OPPORTUNITY: Executive Director, Remote More
  • OPPORTUNITY: Chief Growth Officer, Remote More
  • OPPORTUNITY: Head of Global Research & Development, Columbia, MD More
  • Slone Partners: How Investors Are Impacting Talent Strategies in Life Sciences and Healthcare More
  • Slone Partners: Leading Through AI - The New Playbook for HealthTech Executives More
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Events

Note: Events may be in any Big4Bio region or virtual
Spotlight Event: Biotech Showcase, Jan 11-13
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  • PODD: Partnership Opportunities in Drug Delivery Oct 29-30
  • Aggression in Mice: Bridging Evidence, Best Practices, and Scientific Rigor Nov 4
  • Scaling Academic Research Programs Through Strategic Colony Management Partnerships Nov 11
  • 23rd Annual Pantheon Awards Nov 12
  • 2026 LSPA Patient Summit Nov 12
  • Patient Pathways (Use code 26B4B10 for 10% off) Nov 17-20
  • Pricing & Contracting WEST (Use code 26B4B10 for 10% off) Dec 7-8
  • Trade and Channel Strategies (Use code 26B4B10 for 10% off) Dec 8-10
  • Advancing Drug Development Forum Dec 10

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