Two young founders on a mission to get valuable data about complex illnesses which are not now easily captured. Nell Meosky Luo and Dan Toffling of Folia Health tell the story of how their startup came together and where it’s headed. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Nell Meosky Luo bio. Dan Toffling bio. What Folia Health does. Patients …
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Seasoned entrepreneur Nancy Briefs on her startup’s daring swing at Type 2 diabetes. AltrixBio is creating a pill that simulates the benefit of the best gastric bypass surgery: remission of diabetes in 80 percent of cases. With co-founders Jeff Karp and Ali Tavakoli, she is re-purposing an existing treatment with a great safety profile to …
How to fund scrappy biotech startups is foremost on Jeff Behrens’ mind. He was CEO of a startup that raised $20 million in funding but not one cent from VCs. An invaluable interview for anyone thinking of starting or investing in a life science company. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Jeff Behrens Studied Philosophy at Harvard but Stumbled …
The brilliant son of immigrants discovers a way of identifying and counting bacteria that could upend the world of diagnostics. Listen to this engrossing interview with professor and founder Ed Goluch of QSM Diagnostics. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE QSM Diagnostics Is What Jeff Behrens Calls a “Scrappy Biotech” Ed Goluch Bio QSM’s Mission: Identify & Quantify Bacteria …
“Their internal users will see that their access time to an instrument goes down. They can get on it sooner, which is counterintuitive, but it is reality.” What if scientists could plan and run experiments much faster? Meenta’s software platform is making the use of high-end research equipment far more efficient. Co-Founder & CTO Stephan …
Curious Reactor, the AI built by founder Jenny Ro, PhD, helps participants at life science conferences figure out who to meet. It’s only the first step in a promising road map. Loved the chat with this compelling founder. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INTERVIEW Sal’s Intro for Jenny Ro, PhD What Curious Reactor Does The Founding Story …
Joe Selvaggi, entrepreneur and podcaster straddles the worlds of business and policy in his podcast HubWonk, one of two podcasts from Boston’s Pioneer Institute. Joe and I talked about compelling interviews of founders and how they relate to the work of the free-market think tank. Fun & Instructive. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE Sal Daher’s Introduction of Joseph …
Vets have known for a century that injecting extract from fetal tissue helps wounds heal faster. However, the procedures required were arduous. Hilltop Bio is taking the hassles out of this time-tested therapy and creating a new revenue stream for clinics. Amanda Drobnis, founder, and Jess McLear, board member, update us on the company’s progress. …
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The sense of purpose and focus that led Klaudyne Hong to do her PhD at MIT in two years helped her turn a chance comment during a fly-fishing trip into a groundbreaking startup. Peach IntelliHealth is building AI for acute medical care. Her project was seeded by the Government of Singapore where she found great …
Unlike software startups that can scale with minimal resources, biotech startups need frequently to rely on collaborations with big strategic players to get to scale. This is an interview with one of the top attorneys in arranging such deals, David Glazer of Morgan Lewis. I learned much from David; I hope you will too. HIGHLIGHTS …
