Pharm Exec Podcast

Editorial Director, Lisa Henderson; European and online editor, Julian Upton; Senior Editor, Elaine Quilici ;and Assistant Editors of Pharmaceutical Executive, Miranda Schmalfuhs and Andy Studna, discuss some exciting industry trends for 2021, which they recently wrote for the January issue.

Gregg Beloff, co-founder of Danforth Advisors, discusses the banner year biotech IPOs had in 2020, the drive behind that boom, and what the future of industry IPOs might look like

Rich Horgan, founder and president of Cure Rare Disease(CRD), discusses how he sprang into action when his brother was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, by starting a nonprofit biotech to help find a cure.

Sacha Ward, chief client officer of Point of Care Network, discusses how COVID has affected the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and why marketing managers should take a moment to understand this growing group of health care influencers.

Krystle Buntemeyer, president of SCORR Marketing, and Bharat Mehta, co-founder of PharmaCompass, discuss a new, free online tool called Pipeline Prospector, which they recently launched in collaboration. The tool aims to provide pharma executives with industry data, including deal and pipeline information, to help them make more informed decisions.

Dr. Gregg Sylvester, chief medical officer of Seqirus, discusses the importance of vaccinating against the seasonal flu amid the COVID pandemic, and how the two viruses should be considered in light of each other.

Panna Sharma, CEO of Lantern Pharma, discusses garage biotech, what he’s learned from the culture, and how it might help transform certain areas of pharma, including innovation and pricing.

Sanjeev Luther, president and CEO of Rafael Pharmaceuticals, discusses how he managed to turn around a company on the brink of bankruptcy and advance clinical trials for its lead cancer drug through COVID-19.

Dr. Neil Hayward, CEO and founder of eXlthera, is here to discuss his company, which is developing Factor XI inhibitor antithrombotics that are attacking blood clots from a new angle and are giving patients new hope.

George Baxter, CEO of Edinburgh Innovations, is here to discuss the company's commercialization model, and how his group is bringing innovation to market in Scotland.

Jack Khattar, president and CEO of Supernus Pharmaceuticals, talks about his experience bringing ADHD drugs to market in a challenging environment.

Eric Turbiville, author of the recently published book “The Perfect Leadership Triad: How Top Executives Maximize Productivity through People, Coaching, and Performance," a 25-year pharma veteran, credentialed executive coach, and director of mentoring for the Southwest region of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association says there are three leadership principles can help executives through tumultuous times, and is here to discuss how they can impact success.

Kurt Orlofski, CEO of Pharmaceutical Associates Inc., discusses what the pharmaceutical supply chain might look like post COVID-19, and how companies can prepare for that.

Jim and Cindy DiBiasi, co-founders of 3D Communications, talk about how to prepare for virtual high-level meetings, such as important regulatory presentations and keynote addresses, in the wake of COVID-19.

Tim Walbert, CEO of Horizon Therapeutics, shares his unique perspective on managing the Chicago location of the company through COVID-19, in light of the fact that he himself is immunocompromised.

Janice Kranz, co-founder of Eikonizo Therapeutics, bring us up to date on how targeting tau to fight Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases is making waves in the CNS space.

Dr. Jonathan Gertler, CEO of Back Bay Life Science Advisors, and Dr. Stephan Gauldie, Managing Director of Back Bay, talk about the new guidelines set forth by FDA in regard to gene therapy, and what those new parameters mean for pharma and biotech.

Pratap Khedkar, managing principal of ZS Associates, talks about pharma’s scenario planning amid COVID-19 as it looks to settle into a new normal.

Lew Bender, founder of Intensity Therapeutics and the inventor of Intensity’s DfuseRx platform technology, discusses the technology that allows the company’s therapeutic products to be injected directly into solid tumors, this innovative process successfully kills tumors and activates an immune response to shut down cancer cells throughout the body.

Kathrin Jansen, Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer, talks about the challenges of creating a new maternal vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV, currently being administered to pregnant women in trials, in the hopes of protecting their infants.