InnoBridge Podcast

Sabrina Yan Ren

InnoBridge Podcast tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the practitioners who move innovation across borders — founders, corporate scouts, investors, and partnership leaders. We start with the China–Israel corridor. Hosted by Sabrina Yan Ren, who built open innovation center inside one of the world's largest smartphone makers. Made by a practitioner, for practitioners.

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    Four Rival Pharma One Venture Studio — Mati Gill on Building AION Labs and Cracking Teva's China Entry

    AION Labs CEO Mati Gill explains how he brought four rival pharma giants — Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, and Teva — intoone venture studio, the acquisition story behind CombinAble.AI, and the failure that taught him to always invest in Hybrid team. He also revisits his years leading Teva's China market entry, from Austedo's approval to what he'd tell any founder heading into the Chinese market today. Guest Mati Gill is CEO and Founder of AION Labs,a venture studio backed by Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, and Teva that builds AI-for-pharma startups from the ground up. Before AION Labs, he held multiple senior leadership roles at Teva Pharmaceuticals — including leading the government-relations effort behind Teva's China market entry — and in Israel's public sector. He also sits on the board of the Israel Export Institute andseveral ventures. Chapters 00:00  Cold Open 01:01  A Typical Work Week 01:44  What Is AION Labs 04:47  Case 1: CombinAble.AI 11:27  What Makes a Founder — and Coachability 16:13  Origin Story: Four Rival Pharma Giants, One Room 22:31  Failure Case: The Non-Hybrid Founders 27:17  AI's Future in Pharma, and “The Man in the Arena” 31:55  Case 2: Teva's China Market Entry 41:43  Zoom Out: China's Biotech Rise, Israel's Opportunity 45:57  Lightning Round 49:01  Sign-off

    Four Rival Pharma One Venture Studio — Mati Gill on Building AION Labs and Cracking Teva's China Entry
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InnoBridge Podcast tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the practitioners who move innovation across borders — founders, corporate scouts, investors, and partnership leaders. We start with the China–Israel corridor. Hosted by Sabrina Yan Ren, who built open innovation center inside one of the world's largest smartphone makers. Made by a practitioner, for practitioners.

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  • Creator
    Sabrina Yan Ren
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    1
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    © Sabrina Yan Ren
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    InnoBridge Podcast