STAT+: Roche ends Huntington’s gene-silencing programs

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ARPA-H has unveiled a $160 million effort to speed bespoke gene-editing therapies for rare diseases into the clinic. Meanwhile, Roche has abandoned two Huntington’s gene-silencing drugs after disappointing data, and drugmakers have stepped in to promote Medicare’s new obesity drug discount program.

I got coffee with my cousin this morning here in SF. Before leaving for his job at an AI behemoth, he said the bone-chilling July gloom is perfect “working weather.” 

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