This was my first yr attending BIO. JPM is named the “Tremendous Bowl of biotech,” so with delegations from dozens of nations in attendance, you may say BIO is the World Cup. The large query I had getting into, like with some other business occasion, was “what are the vibes going to be like?” After witnessing some, frankly, unhealthy total moods at different main occasions final yr, I used to be struck by how various things felt at BIO 2026.
Becoming a member of me in San Diego have been STAT biotech correspondent Meghana Keshavan, well being tech reporter Brittany Trang, and Washington correspondent Daniel Payne. On this week’s STATus Report, you’ll get vibe checks from some business executives and my three aforementioned colleagues and listen to what distinction a yr could make.
