Life Science and Biotech CEO stories

Success Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur

Enjoy this podcast with Leonard Mazur, the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Citius Pharmaceuticals, a late-stage biopharma company focused on developing critical care. Wi

He’s setting the world of Inflammation and Immunology research on fire!

Today we are honored to have Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera, President and CEO of NImmune Biopharma, to talk about how his company is leveraging computational modeling and bi

Patient Advocacy is NOT optional!

In this podcast, we are pleased to have Mike Walsh, CEO of Patient Advocacy Strategies as our guest. Patient advocacy may seem like a “nice to have” or an afterthought. I

Taming the Behemoth of Adverse Drug Reactions with Zach Brooks

It’s shocking that 106,000 people die every year from adverse drug reactions. Moreover, 350,000 people are hospitalized every year, 1.3 million people go to the ER, and i

A cup of Kombucha that ignited the war on sugar addiction

In this episode, filed at Science Square in Atlanta, we speak with David Francis and Mighten Yip of Palate Therapeutics, whose mission is to alter people’s food preferenc

Shooting for the Stars with Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals

With over 1.5 million people suffering traumatic brain injuries a year, 80,000 stroke victims, and millions of concussions, the impact that brain impairment has on societ

Knee-deep in meniscus redesign: the story of Atlanta’s OrthoPreserve

There are 1.4 million meniscus procedures performed in the US and Europe every single year. Most of those are meniscetomy which is when the meniscus is removed. The probl

Confronting the task of delivering scalable amounts of protein to a billion cows

Our guest today is Dr. Ivan Liachko, the CEO of Seattle-based Phase Genomics, a company whose core technology is ultra-long range genome sequencing. He’s also the founder

What Pharma really thinks about Startups

Tune in for this insightful podcast with David Weinstock, the Vice President of Discovery Oncology at Merck, to find out what pharma investors really think when they are

Meet the Reluctant Founder who is waging war on Antibiotic Resistant Infections!

Our guest today is another Atlanta luminary, Dr. Marvin Whiteley, the founder and CSO of SynthBiome, Inc. Deaths are expected to increase over the next 20-30 years due to

How this founder raised $230MM in capital

Carter Cliff is the CEO of Papillon Therapeutics. Papillon is advancing genetic medicines for life threatening conditions including Cystinosis, Friedreich's ataxia, Danon

Targeting the Ribosome: taking on platinum resistance in solid ovarian tumors in a safer way!

Today we’ve got Dr. Jonathan Arambula and Dr. Krystle Karoscik of InnovoTex, an oncology therapeutics company developing a platform of smart molecules capable of circumve

Price controls for medicine – a chilling effect for innovators?

We’re going to talk with Peter Pitts, President of Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, about the IRA, which is impacting every company in biotech. The Inflation R

How to get funding for your Biotech: what investors look for

Today we’re excited to have Subh Roy who will share his insights about how to get funding for your biotech. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and po

Finding a cure for the neglected diseases of the world’s poor: an interview with drug discovery superstar Dr. Dennis Liotta

Dr. Dennis Liotta is very humble but don’t let that fool you – underneath the poised demeanor he’s a impassioned drug discovery giant who has made a significant contribut

Atlanta life sciences companies in OVERDRIVE: don’t sleep on ‘em!

Today we have four very special guests, some friends of mine, who are going to share with us the story behind all the momentum driving life sciences in Atlanta. · Eddie

Making vaccine delivery as simple as the flick of a lighter

Our guest today is Gaurav Byagathvalli, a Geoge Tech alum and the CEO of Piezo Therapeurtics, a company developing an innovative nucleic acid delivery platform for DNA an

Conquering the Disease State with Nolan Townsend

Our guest today is Nolan Townsend, the CEO of LEXEO Therapeutics, which focused on expanding the application of crisper gene therapies past rare diseases where they’ve ge

The problem with how people take their medications

Today I am really excited to have Charles Gellman, CEO of HiDO Health. HiDO is a company that is focused on using artificial intelligence to help patients manage their me

Pills are not the only solution to big pain! With Dr. Amy Baxter

Our guest today is Dr. Amy Baxter, the CEO of Pain Care Labs, a company dedicated to using mechanical platforms such as vibrating devices to alleviate fear and pain assoc