PETRI DISH PERSPECTIVES

Manead Khin
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Burma | ChicagoScientist 🥼🧪🔬Covering biotech, pharma, and healthcare companies shaping the world 🧬🏥🌎 Stream new episodes every THURSDAY! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #biotech #pharma #healthcare #podcast #petridishperspectives

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 73: Anew Labs

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we explore Anew Labs, the AI drug discovery company that emerged from one of the most unexpected places in biotech: ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. Fresh off a $290 million raise at a $1.5 billion valuation, Anew is betting that artificial intelligence can fundamentally change how we discover medicines, not by making existing drug development slightly faster, but by rethinking the entire discovery process from the ground up. We'll break down why ByteDance got into drug discovery in the first place, how Anew's AI platforms work across protein structure prediction, molecular design, and antibody optimization, and what makes its first-in-class small molecule IL-17 program one of the most scientifically ambitious bets in the company's pipeline. We'll also explore the broader competitive landscape, from Anthropic's $400 million acquisition of Coefficient Bio to NVIDIA and Eli Lilly's $1 billion co-innovation lab and what it means that Big Tech is no longer just building tools for pharma, but trying to become the drug company itself. But the biggest question hanging over all of it remains unanswered: can AI actually discover drugs? Not molecules that look promising on a computer. A medicine that works in humans, survives clinical development, gets approved, and changes patient outcomes. We'll dig into why the proof hasn't arrived yet and why Anew is one of the most important tests of that question in the world right now. Because the next breakthrough in medicine may not come from a traditional pharmaceutical company. It may come from an algorithm trained on biology and a team willing to bet everything that the computer got it right. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes every Thursday! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #AnewLabs #AIDrugDiscovery #ByteDance #Biotech #Biotechnology #Pharma #ArtificialIntelligence #DrugDiscovery #MachineLearning #LifeSciences #Healthcare #Isomorphic #Anthropic #NVIDIA #EliLilly #BispecificAntibody #Immunology #AIinHealthcare #BiotechInnovation #PrecisionMedicine #DrugDevelopment Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  2. Sep 10

    Episode 72: Dr. Elliot Justin on S3xual Wearable Health Tech

    Send us Fan Mail After a career spent racing against the clock in emergency rooms, Dr. Elliot Justin found himself chasing a very different kind of vital sign, one most men never think to track. Before FirmTech, he built and exited a telemedicine company and a physician staffing group. But it's the wearable ring, designed to quietly monitor erectile function, that's turning heads for an unexpected reason: the data may predict cardiovascular risk years before symptoms ever show up. In this episode, Dr. Justin unpacks how a symptom most men are taught to ignore became one of the most promising early-warning signals in preventive cardiology and what it actually takes to build a hardware company in one of medicine's most stigmatized categories.  Check out FirmTech: https://myfirmtech.com/ Use MANEAD15 to receive a discount on FirmTech products. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #WearableTech #CardiovascularHealth #MensHealth #PreventiveMedicine #Biotech #HealthInnovation #StartupFounder #MedTech #FirmTech Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  3. Sep 3

    Episode 71: Fate of Pharma M&A

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we take a step back from individual companies to examine one of the most powerful forces shaping the pharmaceutical industry: M&A, licensing, and the global competition for innovation. We explore how today's pharmaceutical giants were built through decades of consolidation, from Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Novartis to some of the industry's biggest modern transactions and why dealmaking has increasingly become essential for companies facing massive patent cliffs. But modern pharma is changing. Instead of relying solely on internal R&D or pursuing enormous megamergers, companies are increasingly acquiring targeted biotechs, licensing individual assets, and looking outside traditional innovation hubs for their next blockbuster. We'll also dive into one of the biggest shifts happening in biotech today: the rise of China and Asia as sources of innovative drug development. Western pharmaceutical companies are increasingly licensing molecules and technologies developed outside the U.S. and Europe, even as governments push for supply-chain independence and greater scrutiny of strategic relationships with China. What happens when the pharmaceutical industry is becoming more global while geopolitics is becoming less global? From the biggest deals in pharmaceutical history to the future of cross-border biotech partnerships, this episode asks a bigger question: Has Big Pharma become too dependent on buying innovation rather than building it? And if the best science can increasingly come from anywhere in the world, who will ultimately control the future of medicine? Because pharmaceutical M&A isn't just about buying companies. It's about deciding who gets to own the future of medicine. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #Pharma #Biotech #PharmaMA #BiotechMA #DrugDevelopment #BigPharma #PharmaceuticalIndustry #BiotechInnovation #Healthcare #LifeSciences #BusinessDevelopment #Licensing #PatentCliff #ChinaBiotech #GlobalHealth #Geopolitics #DrugDiscovery #Innovation #HealthcareInnovation Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  4. Sep 1

    August 2026: Biotech & Pharma NEWS Roundup

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome to your essential overview of the global biotech and pharmaceutical landscape for August 2026! This month was defined by major dealmaking, a resurgence in biotech financing, and growing questions about where the global biotech industry is headed. Roche made a $2.5 billion bet on Hanmi, McKesson acquired Precision Medicine Group for $2.25 billion, and the investors behind Metsera quickly returned with Sentivera and a licensing deal worth up to $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, companies including Apnimed, Attovia, and Braveheart kept the IPO market active, suggesting that investor appetite for biotech may be continuing to recover. On the regulatory front, a series of FDA approvals expanded treatment options across HIV, autoimmune disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and rare disorders, while three reported deaths in Chinese gene therapy trials sparked renewed debate in Washington about clinical-trial oversight and the FDA's reliance on international data. The bigger story is clear: biotech is becoming increasingly global, capital-intensive, and interconnected, where success depends not only on great science, but also on manufacturing, financing, regulation, and strategic partnerships. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #BiotechNews #PharmaNews Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  5. Aug 27

    Episode 70: Cellares

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we explore Cellares, the biotech company trying to solve one of the biggest and least discussed challenges in cell therapy: how do you manufacture these complex, personalized medicines at commercial scale? From CAR-T to gene-edited cell therapies, the science may be advancing rapidly, but manufacturing remains labor-intensive, expensive, and difficult to scale. Cellares believes the answer is automation. We’ll break down the origins of Cellares, the engineering philosophy behind its Cell Shuttle platform, and how the company is attempting to turn cell therapy manufacturing into something closer to an automated pharmaceutical factory. We’ll also explore its partnerships with companies including Bristol Myers Squibb and Cabaletta Bio, the massive investment behind its Smart Factory network, and why pharmaceutical companies have become increasingly interested in automating cell therapy production. But there’s a major twist: Bristol Myers Squibb recently terminated its partnership with Cellares, raising questions about whether the Cell Shuttle is truly ready for commercial-scale manufacturing. We’ll unpack what happened, why manufacturing a clinical-stage therapy isn't necessarily the same as manufacturing a commercial product, and what this could mean for Cellares and the broader future of automated cell therapy. Because the next breakthrough in cell therapy may not be another drug, it may be the factory that finally makes these living medicines scalable. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes every Thursday! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #Cellares #CellTherapy #CAR_T #CAR-T #Biotech #Biotechnology #Pharma #CellTherapyManufacturing #Biomanufacturing #GeneTherapy #DrugDevelopment #LifeSciences #Healthcare #BristolMyersSquibb #CabalettaBio #CellShuttle #Manufacturing #BiotechInnovation #PrecisionMedicine Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  6. Aug 20

    Episode 69: Summit Therapeutics

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we explore the remarkable rise of Summit Therapeutics, a biotech that transformed itself from an infectious-disease company into one of the most closely watched oncology companies in the world. At the center of the story is ivonescimab, a next-generation bispecific antibody targeting both PD-1 and VEGF and a drug that could potentially challenge Merck’s blockbuster Keytruda. We’ll dive into Summit’s origins, the company’s dramatic pivot, the story behind its partnership with China’s Akeso, and the science behind why combining immune checkpoint inhibition with VEGF blockade could create a powerful new approach to cancer treatment. We’ll also break down the clinical data in lung cancer, Summit’s growing pipeline, the massive commercial opportunity, and the risks surrounding regulatory approval, clinical durability, and the company’s heavy dependence on a single lead asset. But Summit’s story goes far beyond one cancer drug. Ivonescimab represents a broader shift in how medicines are discovered and commercialized, with innovative assets increasingly emerging from Chinese biotech and being licensed by Western companies for global development. Could Summit become the company that brings a new generation of cancer therapeutics to the world and could ivonescimab really become a challenger to Keytruda? 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes every Thursday! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #SummitTherapeutics #Ivonescimab #Biotech #Biotechnology #Pharma #Oncology #Cancer #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #BispecificAntibodies #PrecisionMedicine #DrugDevelopment #ClinicalTrials #Keytruda #Merck #ChineseBiotech #Healthcare #LifeSciences #PharmaceuticalIndustry Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  7. Aug 13

    Episode 68: Guardant Health

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we explore the story of Guardant Health, one of the companies leading the shift toward blood-based cancer detection and precision oncology. Founded by genomic scientists Helmy Eltoukhy and AmirAli Talasaz, Guardant is betting that a simple blood draw can reveal critical information about the biology of a tumor, from identifying mutations and guiding treatment to monitoring residual disease and potentially detecting cancer earlier. We'll dive into the science behind liquid biopsy and circulating tumor DNA, Guardant's evolution from Guardant360 into a broader precision-oncology platform, the rise of its Shield colorectal cancer screening test, and the company's growing role in pharmaceutical drug development, real-world evidence, and AI. We'll also explore the promise and major challenges of multi-cancer early detection, including the questions around sensitivity, false positives, reimbursement, and whether detecting cancer earlier actually translates into better outcomes. Because the future of cancer care may not just be about developing better treatments, but about being able to continuously read what cancer is doing inside the body from something as simple as a blood sample. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes every Thursday! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #GuardantHealth #LiquidBiopsy #Cancer #Oncology #Biotech #Healthcare #PrecisionMedicine #CancerDetection #Genomics #ctDNA #Diagnostics #HealthTech #Pharma #AI #Biotechnology #FutureOfHealthcare Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

  8. Aug 6

    Episode 67: Epic Systems

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Petri Dish Perspectives, we explore the story of Epic Systems, the privately held healthcare technology company that has quietly built much of the digital infrastructure behind American healthcare. From Judy Faulkner founding Epic in a Wisconsin basement to becoming the dominant electronic health record platform, Epic has transformed how hospitals, physicians, and patients interact with medical information. We'll dive into Epic's founding story, the evolution of its electronic health record, the rise of MyChart and Cosmos, and how Epic built a massive competitive moat through interoperability, data, workflow integration, and switching costs. We'll also explore its growing role in artificial intelligence, how Epic is embedding AI directly into clinical workflows, and the battle with companies like Oracle Health to control the future of healthcare data. Because the next generation of healthcare won't just be about developing better drugs and devices, it will be about who controls the information infrastructure connecting patients, providers, data, and AI. 🎧 Listen now, stay curious, and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes every Thursday! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #PetriDishPerspectives #EpicSystems #Healthcare #HealthTech #Biotech #Pharma #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #JudyFaulkner #EHR #HealthData #MedTech #FutureOfHealthcare Support the show © 2026 The Perspective Bureau LLC. All rights reserved.

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Burma | ChicagoScientist 🥼🧪🔬Covering biotech, pharma, and healthcare companies shaping the world 🧬🏥🌎 Stream new episodes every THURSDAY! https://linktr.ee/maneadkhin #biotech #pharma #healthcare #podcast #petridishperspectives

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  • Creator
    Manead Khin
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    2025 - 2026
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