The Future of Pharma with ISPE Boston.
Find out where the pharmaceutical industry is headed and what it means for you. Join host Samir Gondalia as he chats wi...
Episode 29 - Scott Chetham and the Future of Clinical Trials
My guest in this episode is Scott Chetham. Scott is an experienced healthcare entrepreneur who is currently the CEO and co-founder of Faro Health. Scott leads the strategy for the Faro Health platform, which is designed to power clinical development by connecting data to decision making in a fundamentally new way. Previously, he was the Head of Clinical Research Operations and Data Management at Verily Life Sciences, formerly known as Google Life Sciences. His role involved leading the clinical strategy, clinical teams, process development and operations for all clinical projects of the company, including Google and Google[x]. Scott has also served as a Venture Partner at Versant Ventures, CTO and Co-founder of Intersection Medical (sold to ImpediMed), and VP Clinical Affairs (ImpediMed). In these latter two roles he was responsible for clinical research strategy and operations. In this deep dive discussion, Scott and I talk about surgical robots, patient recruitment difficulties for clinical trials, why he co-founded Faro Health, the current inefficiencies in clinical trials, how he and his colleagues are working to make it better and how they are using AI to do that, what the future clinical trails will look like, and the lessons he's learned as a tech and healthcare leader. I found my discussion with Scott very informative and timely. I hope you do too. Here's Scott Chetham.
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Episode 28 - Ron Gutman, New Technology in Healthcare and the Power of Smiling
My guest today is Ron Gutman. Ron is an inventor, an investor, a serial technology and healthcare entrepreneur and a Stanford University adjunct Professor. Ron has built and invested in technology and healthcare companies that have served hundreds of millions of people and saved countless lives worldwide. He's an inventor holding a series of patents in healthcare technology and Artificial Intelligence and won the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer award. Ron's articles have been published in respected media such as The Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, CNN, and TechCrunch. He also wrote a best-selling TED Book SMILE: The Astonishing Power of a Simple Act, and gave a popular TED talk about smiling that was translated to 51 languages and viewed by millions everywhere. Ron has also presented in leading technology and healthcare conferences, including The World Economic Forum, TED, and Fortune Brainstorm Tech. In this discussion, we talk about the impact of technology, particularly AI, on healthcare, how the pharma industry is adapting to the new technology platforms and the role he is playing in it. But my favorite segment is when we talk about his research, book and the TED talk on smile and how a simple smile can transcend cultural barriers and overcome any inner turmoil. It was a refreshing conversation. I hope you enjoy it too. Here's Ron Gutman.
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Episode 27 - Nathan Clark and 10% Faster to the Market with Digitalization
My guest in this episode is Nathan Clark. Nathan is the Co-Founder of Ganymede.bio, one of the fastest-growing software startups in biotech. Ganymede is the modern, data platform for life sciences companies, and its focused on integrating physical lab instruments with digital workflows. Prior to Ganymede, Nathan was the product manager at Benchling for Machine Learning and Insights Analytics. He also has a background in financial technology and trading, and notably launched affirm.com/savings. In this informative talk, Nathan and I talked about - His journey from being a bond trader to a life science data entrepreneur, - Difference between Fintech and life science tech - How Genymede is doing it differently than the other companies - How to be 10% faster to the market with new drugs - Growing with a remote working team - Why he got into a life science start up - His fondness for MIT Open Courseware You can reach out to him by email, his website or LinkedIn. I enjoyed my chat with Nathan. Hope you do too.
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Episode 26 - Kyle Felmet, Jennifer Lospinoso and the Art of Efficient Commercial Product Launch
I have two guests in today's episode, something I rarely do. My guests are Kyle Felmet and Jennifer Lospinoso. Kyle Felmet serves as the Vice President of Specialty Commercialization at Two Labs, an Envision Pharma Company, where he plays a pivotal role in ensuring that specialty drug manufacturers have the necessary distribution channel strategy infrastructure and pre-launch workstreams in place to facilitate a successful product launch with the appropriate wrap-around patient/prescriber services tailored to each unique product. His expertise spans across key therapeutic areas including oncology, rare diseases, and cell and gene therapies. Over the past decade, Kyle has been instrumental in supporting clients and vendors within these sectors, leading several successful product launches. Jennifer Lospinoso is the Managing Director & Consulting Lead at Riparian. Jennifer brings 20 years of leadership experience in various areas of government and commercial program operations and compliance. Jennifer has extensive experience leading and delivering projects focused on U.S. government program regulatory compliance, gross-to-net forecasting and operational excellence. In this wide-ranging talk, Kyle, Jennifer and I talk about - Cell and gene therapy (CGT) pricing in the absence of insufficient historical data - The challenges to set a price for CGT by the government and insurance companies - Justification for high prices for CGT - Outcome based reimbursements - Expensive distribution logistics for CGT - Why the product launch preparation starts 24-36 months before the actual launch date - What start ups can do during the early phase to make product launch efficient and cost effective and - Their favorite books and topics for their potential TedTalks. This was an interesting discussion for me because we talked about where the science ends and the commercialization begins, something I haven't done. I enjoyed my chat with Kyle and Jenn. Hope you do to. Here's Kyle Felmet and Jennifer Lospinoso.
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Episode 25 - Dr. Ben Coverdale and Using AI for Targeted Drug Discovery
My guest today is Dr. Ben Coverdale. Ben is an experienced Global Account Director of Patsnap with a demonstrated history of working in the life sciences and innovation intelligence industries. Patsnap is Powered by advanced AI, where they help IP and R&D teams collaborate and accelerate the entire innovation lifecycle. He has a strong research professional background with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Biomedical Materials from The University of Manchester. He developed 3D scaffold fabrication methods for the regeneration of bone tissue, gaining insight in product development and the patent landscape in the medical device and biotechnology industries. Following 4 years at StemCell Technologies, supporting big pharma and key academic institutions to optimize their R&D workflows, he now supports innovative and disruptive life science companies to protect their IP portfolios, understand competitor movements, and innovate faster in rapidly developing markets. In this interview, we talk about connecting the dots in drug development, what makes Patsnap different than other AI tools and gives more targeted results, his favorite author Stephen Hawking, favorite books "The brief history of time" and "Sapiens", and what the topic of his potential TedTalk would be. I thoroughly enjoyed my chat with Ben. Hope you do too. Here's Dr. Ben Coverdale.
The Future of Pharma with ISPE Boston.
Find out where the pharmaceutical industry is headed and what it means for you. Join host Samir Gondalia as he chats with the thought leaders of the pharma world about the new technologies, innovative applications and emerging markets and how it’s going to influence the future of Pharma.