Finance & Capital Markets

  1. Developing Novel Cancer Drugs On A Budget With Iterion Therapeutics' Rahul Aras, Ph.D. 3/5/2026

    On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech we speak with Rahul Aras, Ph.D., President and CEO at Iterion Therapeutics, about capital efficient drug development in oncology and progressing a novel therapeutic with relatively small funding amounts. 

  2. Biopharma Comebacks With Vincerx's Ahmed Hamdy, MD 6/28/2023

    Ahmed Hamdy, MD didn’t ask to be the subject of Nathan Vardi's new book​ For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug. In fact, he’d rather not relive that chapter.

  3. Biotech Cash Management With Allan Shaw 8/2/2023

    It’s been said that clinical trials are where emerging biotechs go to die. If the science doesn't kill quickly, poor cash management will slowly. On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, our favored biotech finance management maven, Allan Shaw, offers pointed advice on stretching cash runways for the long run.

  4. Strategic Deals With CinRx's Gavin Samuels, M.D. 3/17/2024

    Gavin Samuels, M.D., found his work as an intensive care physician boring. It wasn't until he left the hospital and entered biopharma that he found his footing. Now, he's Chief Business Officer and General Partner at CinRx Pharma, where a deep pipeline of early- to late-stage candidates keeps him on his dealmaking toes. Dr. Samuels' introspective reflections on biotech dealmaking and negotiations plants this episode firmly on the Business of Biotech podcast highlight reel.

  5. BoB@BIO: Biotech Investing And Deals With Sofinnova's Maha Radhakrishnan, M.D. 7/2/2026

    This week's episode of the Business of Biotech was recorded at the BIO Convention in San Diego, where guest Maha Radhakrishnan, M.D., Executive Partner, Private Equity, at Sofinnova, spoke about her move from big pharma and biotech to private equity investing, and what makes a late-stage asset deal work.

  6. The Innovation Reduction Act With Allan Shaw 5/31/2023

    Allan Shaw posits that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will stifle momentum in the biopharma industry and suggests its impact will ultimately cost patients and payers more. Tune in to learn why.

  7. The Biotech Beatdown With Allan Shaw 6/6/2022

    On this, the 100th episode of the Business of Biotech podcast, our dear friend, frequent guest, and business of biotech brainiac Allan Shaw joins us to dissect the beleaguered biotech capital markets. We pick apart what's driving sentiment and how we got here, whether the industry is over-inventoried, what's getting funded , what's not, and why, and what biotech leaders should be doing in an investment landscape marked by hyper-discernment. We also reflect on the podcast journey and celebrate the 100-episode milestone!

  8. BoB@JPM: Nima Farzan, Latigo Biotherapeutics 3/19/2025

    In this final installment of our episodes recorded and filmed on-site at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, Nima Farzan, CEO of Latigo Biotherapeutics, shares his company's mission to change the pain management paradigm by way of novel, non-opioid medications that target NAV 1.8 sodium channels involved in pain signal transmission.

  9. Athersys' Ivor Macleod On Bringing Big-League Financial Experience To An Emerging Biotech 8/13/2020

    The Business Of Biotech "Summer Executive Sessions" kick off with a candid conversation with Athersys CFO Ivor Macleod, who brings years of finance leadership at Roche, Merck, and other big pharmas to Athersys as the company readies its lead candidate for life beyond clinical trials. Join us for a discussion on how Macleod is applying big-league finance principles to an emerging biopharma company, and what he's learned about managing funds in a pre-commercial biotech environment.

  10. Building Flagship Pioneering With Avak Kahvejian, Ph.D. 4/26/2023

    Flagship Pioneering is fertile ground for a bevy of blossoming biotechs, and one of its most prolific sowers is General Partner Avak Kahvejian, Ph.D. Dr. Kahvejian counts Seres Therapeutics, Rubius Therapeutics, Codiak BioSciences, Cygnal Therapeutics, Ring Therapeutics, Cellarity, Laronde, and Generate Biomedicines among the companies he's played a leading hand in launching. On this episode of the Business of Biotech, Kahvejian takes us under the hood of one of the most burgeoning businesses in biotech, sharing details on the people, processes, and technologies fueling its rapid growth.