Its cancer vaccine UV1 is not dead – yet.

More than 75 industry executives and experts gazed into the crystal ball and shared with Scrip their predictions around transformative technologies. Perhaps unsurprisingly, AI was the dominant theme – but gene editing, cell therapies and new targeting modalities were also among the highlights.

Geron’s telomerase inhibitor will also get standard review for transfusion-dependent anemia in adults with low- to intermediate-1 risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), suggesting FDA reviewers may be less bullish on imetelstat’s clinical data than analysts have been.

Geron’s highly anticipated telomerase inhibitor has been given a user fee date by the US Food and Drug Administration next year and will also be subject to an advisory committee meeting, despite largely positive analyst sentiment on clinical results to date.