10.02.25 -- New Podcast Episodes: Tackling Alzheimer's Disease, Dye Drug Conjugates For Cancer, FDA Fridays

Check out the latest episodes from Better Biopharma, Cell & Gene: The Podcast, and Business of Biotech. As a member of the Life Science Connect community, you have access to content beyond our weekly newsletters, including our podcast series.

Biotech leader Nicole Paulk, Ph.D., joins “Better Biopharma” to discuss Siren Biotechnology’s switch from plasmids to producer cell lines, CGT funding challenges, and the competition that determined which CDMO won Siren’s business.

Fiona Elwood, Ph.D., VP and Neurodegeneration Disease Area Stronghold Leader at Johnson & Johnson, explains the company’s modality-agnostic approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease in this episode of Better Biopharma.

Atul Deshpande, Ph.D., CEO at Immediate Therapeutics, talks about partnering with American cities to conduct clinical trials during ambulance rides to the hospital, with the goal of preserving heart function and reducing mortality related to acute cardiovascular events, including heart attacks.

Sahir Ali, Ph.D., founder and general partner at Modi Ventures, a family office investing at the intersection of technology and biology, talks about adapting the Markowitz model to improve returns and balance risk, his concept of the "biostack" for making direct investments into life sciences companies, and the revolutionary potential of scientific super intelligence.

Lyle Small, Founder and CEO at Lahjavida, a dye drug conjugate start-up, talks about creating the famous color-changing technology that turned the mountains blue on cold Coors Light beer cans, to launching a dye-drug conjugate startup developing targeted cancer therapies.

Joel Latham, President and CEO at Incannex Healthcare, talks about developing cannabinoid and psychedelic combination therapies for conditions as diverse as sleep apnea, rheumatoid arthritis, and generalized anxiety disorder.

In Episode 2 of FDA Fridays, the special series from Cell & Gene: The Podcast, Host Erin Harris talks to regulatory expert Monika Swietlicka, Principal, Regulatory Strategy, Halloran Consulting Group to discuss key strategies and challenges in navigating FDA regulation for cell and gene therapies.

This is Episode 3 of “FDA Fridays.” Host Erin Harris talks to Bambi Grilley, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of Clinical Research and Early Product Development for the Center of Cell and Gene Therapy (CAGT) at Baylor College of Medicine and Chief Regulatory Officer for ISCT, a leading expert at the forefront of pediatric cell and gene therapy.

In this episode of Cell & Gene Podcast episode, Host Erin Harris talks to Stanford School of Medicine Ph.D. student, Yuanhao Qu, about his work developing CRISPR-GPT, an AI-driven multi-agent system designed to automate genetic experimental design and data analysis, making CRISPR experiments more efficient and accessible, even for non-experts.

This is Episode 4 of "FDA Fridays." Chief Editor Erin Harris speaks with regulatory affairs expert Daniela Drago, Partner, NDA Partners, about how shifting FDA and CBER priorities under the current administration could influence the trajectory of cell and gene therapy development.