Philip Tagari, Chief Scientific Officer of insitro, joins Vijay Pande, founding general partner at a16z Bio + Health.
Nov 24
The Future of Healthcare Payments: CMS Chief of Staff Stephanie Carlton
<p>A labor and delivery nurse who ran Senate healthcare policy now manages $1.7 trillion in federal health spending—and she runs her team like a startup.</p><p>Steph Carlton, Chief of Staff and Deputy Administrator at CMS, reveals the OKRs driving Medicare and Medicaid, why they' ... Show More
26m 53s
Nov 17
How to Build This Generation's Big Pharma Company
<p>Drug discovery has doubled the flow of candidates, but approvals remain roughly flat. The constraint is development, not discovery. </p><p>In this episode, a16z General Partner, Jorge Conde talks with Formation Bio cofounder and CEO Ben Liu about building a modern pharma compa ... Show More
41m 4s
Jan 2019
a16z Podcast: The Science and Business of Innovative Medicines
<p>with Vas Narasimhan (@vasnarasimhan), Jorge Conde (@jorgecondebio), Vijay Pande (@vijaypande), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90)</p><p>On average, only 1 out of 20 medicines works when we actually bring them into the human body, and these rates of success haven't moved much in the ph ... Show More
59m 2s
Jan 2024
Medicine as a Knowledge Processing Discipline with Dr. Zak Kohane
<p>In this episode, <a href='https://dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/people/isaac-kohane'>Dr. Zak Kohane</a> shares his journey into AI and medicine, reflecting on early influences from science fiction authors and programming experiences in his youth. He discusses his academic path, moving ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2021
Uncontrolled Spread: Science, Policy, Institutions, Infrastructure
<p>There's no question technology played a huge role in the recent/current pandemic, including especially in the <a href="https://a16z.com/2020/08/14/vaccines-vaccinology-renaissance-covid-pandemic-beyond/" target="_blank">plug-and-play</a> engineering and incredibly fast develop ... Show More
56m 17s
Apr 2024
Navigating AI: Cultivate Healthy Human-Technology Partnerships
The potential of new AI tools is unarguable, but the fundamental question remains: How much do you trust AI? In this episode, which originally aired as part of our Top of Mind video series, Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Mary Mesaglio explores both our trust and distrust of dig ... Show More
18m 48s