Author: James Kirwin

Med Tech Gurus Developing The Next Big Thing Ira Spector Co-Founder & CEO of SFA Therapeutics delivers a master class in innovation and new product development. Ira walks us through the best practices of a licensing deal with a university and tell us “don’t be afraid to walk away”. Ira doesn’t stop there, he provides insights into designing elegant experiments and why that is so important in product development. He also...

PODCASTTreat Disease, Not the SymptomsIn this podcast, Dr. Ira Spector discusses how his career journey has epitomized the ability to solve problems, which is essentially the role of drug development. It has also led to the formation and strategic approach to his company’s early-stage clinical trials for using the microbiome to address chronic inflammatory diseases.Published on: March 7, 2023https://soundcloud.com/act-magazine/treat-disease-not-the-symptoms...

PROFILEA biotech CEO’s favorite ‘F’ wordAt SFA Therapeutics, patients are the “focus” of Ira Spector’s approach to changing the course of autoimmune disease.Published Jan. 26, 2023Read Ira Spector's PharmaVoice Profile ...

SFA Therapeutics will begin testing of SFA001 in a Phase 1 exploratory trial at Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia 1Q 2023 Dr Manisha Verma MD, MPH to act as principal investigator SFA Therapeutics to test its novel anti-inflamaatory compound, SFA001 in NASH patients. SFA001 is a powerful microbiome derived orally active small molecule has been shown to greatly reduce chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation leads to the activation of...

Tales From the 2022 Biotech VC Fundraising Trail After the bonanza of 2021, life-sciences entrepreneurs reset their expectations as financing contracted SFA Therapeutics CEO & Co-Founder, Ira Spector, PhD discusses Startup Biotech funding in The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal article titled   'Biotech Startup Fundraising Fell in 2022.'by Brian Gormley in the December 23, 2022, print edition. ...

BIOTECH SHOWCASE: THE INVESTOR CONFERENCE FOR INNOVATORS Ira Spector, CEO of SFA Therapeutics will be presenting a corporate update at the Biotech Showcase,on January 11, 2023, at 10:45 AM in the Franciscan Ballroom A, at the Hilton Hotel in Union Square in San Francisco. Biotech Showcase™ and its family of events, China Showcase, Digital Medicine & Medtech Showcase and Seed Showcase, are investor conferences devoted to providing...