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Alt Text: Illustration of the Nobel Prize in Medicine lighting a new bull market for brain science, featuring a glowing brain, neural connections, a rising stock-market chart and a charging digital bull above a city skyline as researchers look on.

Nobel Prize in Medicine Illuminates a New Bull Market for Brain Science -( $BIIB $DHR $GSGTF $ILMN $IRD $MLPT $NBIX $OCGN $REGN $TMO )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. 5 days ago 262Views 0Likes

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has put optogenetics, the science of using light to control precisely selected nerve cells, squarely in the global spotlight. For many, the award is more than a ceremonial victory lap for academic neuroscience:…

The Biotech IPO Window Is Open, and Parabilis Medicines Walked Through With $770 Million -( $ADRX $BRVE $ETRA $KLRA $JNJ $PBLS $REGN )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. October 3, 2026 299Views 0Likes

Parabilis Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBLS) entered public markets with the kind of financial runway, strategic endorsement and clinical ambition that tends to make biotech investors sit up straighter in their Aeron chairs. The Cambridge-based clinical-stage company is pursuing a deceptively simple proposition: use…

Investor-focused healthcare graphic showing a laboratory scene, a clinician holding a drug-delivery device, a glowing brain illustration, molecular imagery and a city skyline. The image highlights AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) receiving FDA approval for JUVMO (tavapadon) for Parkinson’s disease and positions Serina Therapeutics Inc. (NYSE American: SER) and its SER-252 program as a potential next-generation therapy opportunity in advanced Parkinson’s disease.

AbbVie’s JUVMO Approval Puts Parkinson’s Innovation Back in Motion And Serina Therapeutics Has a Timely Opening -( $ABBV $AMRX $SER $SUPN $IBB $XBI )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. September 29, 2026 418Views 0Likes

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) has secured (Sept. 28) FDA approval for JUVMO™ (tavapadon), a new once-daily Parkinson’s therapy, adding an important fresh option to a market long defined by the delicate art of managing motor symptoms, “OFF” time, dyskinesia and medication burden. For Serina…

Investor infographic illustrating Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) investing up to $2.875 billion to acquire Merida Biosciences, linking Lilly’s headquarters and cash investment to Merida’s antibody-engineering candidates, precision immunology research, and projected future revenue growth.

Eli Lilly’s $2.875 Billion Immunology Bet: Why Merida Could Be More Than a Pipeline Add-On -( $IBB $LLY $XBI )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. September 1, 2026 252Views 0Likes

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is making a confident and distinctly forward-looking move beyond its blockbuster obesity and diabetes franchises. Its agreement to acquire privately held Merida Biosciences for up to $2.875 billion in cash is a bullish vote for precision immunology:…

Promotional graphic for Tribe Public’s Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals webinar, “Food Shouldn’t Hurt: Why Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Is Building a More Precise EoE Investment Story,” featuring CEO James Helliwell, MD; EoE inflammation imagery, precision-healing graphics and event details for Friday, August 21, 2026.

Food Shouldn’t Hurt: Why Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Is Building a More Precise EoE Investment Story -( $EPRX $MRNA $MRK $REGN $SNY $TAK $XBI )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. August 21, 2026 376Views 0Likes

Tribe Public CEO Presentation & Q&A: Hosted Friday, August 21 Tribe Public hosted its CEO Presentation and Q&A webinar, “Food Shouldn’t Hurt: EOE, Eupraxia, and a Promising New Treatment Approach,” featuring James Helliwell, MD, Chief Executive Officer of Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:…

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals: A Precision Bet on Making Food Enjoyable Again – Meet CEO At The Tribe Event – Friday, August. 21-( $EPRX $REGN $SNY $TAK )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. August 17, 2026 291Views 0Likes

For patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, eating can become an exercise in calculated risk rather than a simple pleasure. For Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: EPRX; TSX: EPRX), that burden represents both an urgent medical problem and a potentially compelling opportunity to prove that…

Biotech’s Bullish Blueprint: Jazz Pharmaceuticals Buys Actio For ~$1.3B, While Eupraxia Builds for Scale -( $EPRX $JAZZ $XBI )

by John F. Heerdink, Jr. August 11, 2026 240Views 0Likes

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: JAZZ) and Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: EPRX) offer investors two distinctly attractive versions of the same biotech proposition: value creation through disciplined execution. Jazz is deploying capital to deepen an established rare-epilepsy franchise, while Eupraxia is assembling the…

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Nobel Prize in Medicine Illuminates a New Bull Market for Brain Science -( $BIIB $DHR $GSGTF $ILMN $IRD $MLPT $NBIX $OCGN $REGN $TMO )

The Biotech IPO Window Is Open, and Parabilis Medicines Walked Through With $770 Million -( $ADRX $BRVE $ETRA $KLRA $JNJ $PBLS $REGN )

AbbVie’s JUVMO Approval Puts Parkinson’s Innovation Back in Motion And Serina Therapeutics Has a Timely Opening -( $ABBV $AMRX $SER $SUPN $IBB $XBI )

Eli Lilly’s $2.875 Billion Immunology Bet: Why Merida Could Be More Than a Pipeline Add-On -( $IBB $LLY $XBI )

Food Shouldn’t Hurt: Why Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Is Building a More Precise EoE Investment Story -( $EPRX $MRNA $MRK $REGN $SNY $TAK $XBI )

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals: A Precision Bet on Making Food Enjoyable Again – Meet CEO At The Tribe Event – Friday, August. 21-( $EPRX $REGN $SNY $TAK )

Biotech’s Bullish Blueprint: Jazz Pharmaceuticals Buys Actio For ~$1.3B, While Eupraxia Builds for Scale -( $EPRX $JAZZ $XBI )

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