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Neuvae Biotech

Research into an immune-response approach for addressing antimicrobial resistance.

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Year
2021
Project
Biotech research and venture concept
Work
Research, narrative, and presentation
Stack
  • Research

Neuvae was a biotechnology venture proposal focused on antimicrobial resistance. Our concept combined phage therapy with immunomodulation, and I researched the scientific premise, separated the claims we could support from the assumptions that still needed validation, and wrote parts of the pitch for an audience without a biotechnology background.

Researching the scientific premise

I researched antimicrobial resistance, the proposed role of phage therapy, and the immune-response component of the concept. As we built the deck, I separated findings we could cite from assumptions that belonged to our proposal and reduced the mechanism to the pieces the audience needed before we discussed the product idea.

research baseAMR problemphage therapyimmune response
Neuvae concept
validation requiredefficacydeliverysafetyregulatory path

We treated efficacy, delivery, safety, and regulatory approval as open questions. The pitch described the scientific rationale for Neuvae and the validation work that would have to follow, without presenting the concept as an experimentally proven treatment.

Building the narrative

We organized the pitch around the antimicrobial-resistance problem, the proposed mechanism, and the experiments that would be needed next. I worked on the diagrams and writing together, using the diagrams for the biological mechanism and keeping the spoken explanation focused on what the concept was trying to change.

We reused the same research in a pitch deck, one-page summary, video, and article. The one pager carried the main claim and supporting evidence, while the longer formats included more of the mechanism and the unanswered development questions.

Presenting the concept

I wrote and delivered parts of the final pitch to a non-specialist audience, and the presentation received a TEDx award for best presentation. We kept the scientific explanation focused on antimicrobial resistance, phage therapy, and the proposed immune-response mechanism, then stated where the concept still depended on experimental validation.

Because Neuvae remained a research and venture proposal, we ended the presentation with the efficacy, delivery, safety, and regulatory questions that would have to be answered before the idea could move beyond that stage.