Episode 35: A Between the Biotech Waves Conversation with Mike Curtis, President & CEO of eGenesis
Welcome back to Between the Biotech Waves. I am sorry for the lack of episodes over the past few months, unfortunately life threw me a curve ball that I have been taking care of but now back and ready to go!Today it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mike Curtis, President and CEO of eGenesis. You may recall seeing eGenesis on the front cover of the New York Times recently following the first successful xenotransplantation of a genetically modified porcine kidney. This followed years of work within eGenesis to develop porcine donors for human tissue transplant.Mike has a 25 year plus history in biotech from Infinity to Cadent where he played a critical role in the merger of Ataxion Therapeutics with Luc to Catabasis where he led product development and regulatory affairs to his current role as CEO and President at eGenesis. Mike earned his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.His story is fascinating. Please join me in welcoming Mike Curtis.
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Episode 33: A Between the Biotech Waves conversation with Eliot Forster, xCEO of F-star Therapeutics
Today I am talking to Eliot Forster xCEO of F-star Therapeutics.Eliot was at helm of the company as they reversed merged into Springbank Pharmaceuticals & through the recently announced acquisition by Sino Biopharma, a transaction that generated a lot of interest given the very public interactions with CFIUS.Prior to F-star, Eliot was CEO of Immunocore, Creabilis and Solace Pharmaceuticals following his multiple roles at Pfizer which included head of development and operations, European Union. He was the founding chair of Medcity and is an honorary visiting professor of molecular and clinical cancer medicine at the University of Liverpool, to name just a few roles he has had. Eliot is a member of the board of directors of Immatics and is chair of the boards of Ochre Biosciences and Avacta.
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Episode 32: The Triplet Therapeutics story, from concept to birth, life & death.
Today we have an unusual (& long) podcast where we talk to key members of the Triplet Therapeutics management team. Triplet was founded to develop antisense oligonucleotides targeting the DNA damage response pathway that has been implicated in driving repeat disorders including Huntington's disease - the lead indication for Triplet. The team discusses the challenges in building the company and what ultimately led to it's demise.
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Episode 31: A Between the Biotech Waves Conversation with Tim Yu
Today we are talking to Tim Yu. Tim is attending physician at the division of genetics and genomics at Boston Children’s Hospital and assoc prof of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. The scope of work that Tim does is well beyond what can be covered in this intro however I have gotten to know Tim through his leading the emerging filed of N of 1 plus drugs. Tim worked with Julia Vitarello to develop Milasen leading the way in truly personalized therapeutics. Please join me in welcoming Tim to the podcast.
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Episode 30: A Between the Biotech Waves conversation with Barry Greene, CEO of Sage Therapeutics
Today we are talking to Barry Greene, CEO of Sage Therapeutics. Barry has had an amazing career spanning over 30 years in the biotech industry. Prior to Sage Barry was President of Alnylam shepherding it with John through its evolution from basic science through commercial product launch. Prior to ALNY Barry was general manager of Oncology at Millennium where he was directly involved in the approval and launch of Velcade. He is currently a member of the board of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
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