Newsletter | January 19, 2026

01.19.26 -- Building Cell Therapy Companies With Kenai Therapeutics' Nick Manusos

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Building Cell Therapy Companies With Kenai Therapeutics' Nick Manusos

On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, Nick Manusos, CEO at Kenai Therapeutics, talks about his experiences building cell therapy spinouts from FujiFilm Cellular Dynamics, learning from big pharma decision-making processes, and dosing the first patient with Kenai's allogeneic neuron replacement cell therapy for Parkinson's disease.

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