The Business Of Biotech Podcast
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Biotech Is Back With Allan Shaw
1/24/2024
The Business of Biotech took a trip to San Francisco for the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, that most target-richest of environments for those of us who like talking shop with biotech builders. The results of that trip will feed the next several weeks of Business of Biotech podcast programming, and we're kicking things off with everyone's favorite life sciences CFO, Allan Shaw.
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Multimodal R&D Management With Incyte's Jim Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
1/18/2024
Success at multimodal, multi-indication, deep-pipelined Incyte—where commercial operations are as familiar as pre-discovery activity is—begins at the earliest opportunity to achieve research and discovery efficiencies.
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Building A Biotech Hub With Intellia Therapeutics' John Leonard, M.D.
1/13/2024
We spend a lot of time talking with our guests about building biotech companies. That’s true of this episode too, but today we’re taking a step further with John Leonard, M.D., longtime CEO at Intellia Therapeutics.
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Art Of The Pivot With Elevation Oncology's Joe Ferra
1/3/2024
Relatively new CEO Joseph Ferra has orchestrated some pretty significant change at Elevation Oncology in the two(ish) years since the Business of Biotech last hosted the company. In that short time, Ferra advanced from CFO to CEO, a move that aligned very closely with the company's difficult decision to shelve the late phase 2 anti-HER3 monoclonal antibody candidate it was founded on.
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CDMO Collab with Scorpius BioManufacturing's Steve Lavezoli + Fina Biosolutions' Dr. Andrew Lees
12/27/2023
A new year marks a fresh start for biotech partnerships, and to kick off 2024, we're highlighting a good one. Fina Biosolutions' Dr. Andrew Lees recently signed on with Scorpius BioManufacturing to support his company's growth plan. On the Business of Biotech, Lees sits down with Scorpius VP of commercial operations Steve Lavezoli for a frank conversation on the ups, downs, and expectations of a biotech + CDMO relationship. If you're considering signing on with an outsourced manufacturing partner, or thinking about making a switch, you won't want to miss this episode.
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Biotech Down Under with BiomeBank's Dr. Sam Costello
12/20/2023
Merry Christmas, Business of Biotechers! On this Christmas Day release, we’re taking a trip to the land down under to visit with Dr. Sam Costello, managing director and co-founder at Adelaide, Australia-based BiomeBank. We covered some ground on this one, most notably the unique path BiomeBank took to chalking up the first donor-derived microbiome therapeutic approval of its kind, anywhere in the world. In a segment of biotech that’s been particularly battered of late, that’s a big, big win.
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IL-2 Program Profits With Bonum's Drs. John Mulligan And Neela Patel
12/13/2023
On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, we welcome two extraordinary guests - Dr. Neela Patel, a molecular biologist-turned-Chief Business Officer, and Dr. John Mulligan, an academic-turned-founder of newly-formed Bonum Therapeutics. Together, Neela and John will pull back the curtain on Bonum's transition from its predecessor, Good Therapeutics, which was fueled by a high-profile asset sale to Roche.
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Public Sector Forged, Private Sector Tested With Renovaro BioSciences' Mark Dybul, M.D.
12/6/2023
During his leadership of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during the George W. Bush administration, Dr. Mark Dybul, M.D. shepherded programs credited with saving more than 25 million lives. For many years after that public service drew to a close, he continued the mission as executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria--working in lockstep with not only the world's leading scientists, but the likes of Bono and Sir Elton John along the way.
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mRNA Vaccine Platforms With Combined Therapeutics' Dr. Romain Micol
11/29/2023
Combined Therapeutics President & CEO Dr. Romain Micol is operating his company in a very noisy space, where hundreds of new biotechs have popped up on the coattails of a COVID-driven renewal of interest in mRNA vaccines. Micol recognizes that noise and the competition it brings for capital and mindshare.
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Biotech Dealmaking with Regeneron's Nouhad Husseini
11/22/2023
When it comes to landing and executing strategic partnerships, Regeneron puts on a clinic. Partnerships, acquisitions, licensing agreements, and other deals large and small with Intellia, Decibel Therapeutics, BARDA, Alnylam, and Sonoma Therapeutics are just a sampling of those making news this year alone. The man behind much of that dealmaking is none other than Nouhad Husseini, SVP and Head of Business Development and Corporate Strategy at Regeneron.