Molecule to Market: Inside the outsourcing space

In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with three senior leaders that attended The JPM's Annual Healthcare Conference 2026:

Chris Garabedian, CEO, Xontogeny and Portfolio Manager, PXV Fund

Dean McAlister, Executive Vice President, Inizio Biotech

Catherine Hunter, Head of Business Development at  ramarketing

 

Hear from experts who have seen multiple cycles and know the difference between noise and signal.We talk real confidence levels, what actually dominated conversations in San Francisco, where capital and opportunity are genuinely moving.

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In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with 20+ CEO/c-suite leaders from the CDMO space, who discuss the optimism levels for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space for 2026.

 

Guests include:

Christiane Bardroff, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Rentschler Biopharma SE

Philip Macnabb, Chief Executive Officer at Curia

Kaan-Fabian Kekec, Partner at Simon-Kucher‘s Healthcare & Life Sciences division

Dirk T. Lange , Chief Executive Officer at Pyramid Pharma Services Bruce Thompson, CTO at Kincell Bio

Bill Vincent, Biotech Entrepreneur, CEO, Board Member

Derek Hennecke - founder, investor, board member

Matthew Bio, CSO at Cambrex & President, Snapdragon Chemistry Stephen Dilly, CEO at Sonoma Biotherapeutics,

Bill Humphries, Chief Executive Officer at Medpharm

Elisabeth Stampa, CEO at Medichem SL

Philip Lee, CEO at GeneFab

Kerstin Dolph, SVP of Manufacturing at Charles River Labs

Eric Edwards, Chief Executive Officer at Phlow-USA

Peter DeYoung, CEO at Piramal Pharma

Ian Tzeng, Managing Director at L.E.K. Consulting

Adam Siebert, Managing Director at L.E.K. Consulting

J.D. Mowery, President CDMO Division Bora Pharmaceuticals

Peter Belden President, US, Tjoapack

 

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In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Selin Kurnaz,  Co-Founder and CEO at Massive Bio,

 

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Selin, covering:

 

How a cancer diagnosis in her family led Selin down a path of accidental entrepreneurship, fundraising, and the application of AI in drug development.

The major pivots in Massive Bio’s journey that transformed it into a broker of access between patients and pharmaceutical companies.

Her views on the misallocation of capital in market access enablers versus research and development.

How gaining traction with advocates inside big pharma helped ensure investors took notice.

Why the influence of AI on clinical trials and real world evidence will continue to grow as part of the patient journey.

 

Selin Kurnaz graduated from Boğaziçi University in Turkey, where she had a dual major in industrial engineering and mechanical engineering. She then continued her education in the United States, where she obtained two masters degrees and a doctorate in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan. Following her education, Selin served as an executive consultant on strategy, operations, and company trading for a decade. In 2015, she co-founded Massive Bio.

 

 

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In this episode of Molecule to Market, you’ll go inside the outsourcing space of the global drug development sector with Jim Gale, Founding Partner & Managing Director at Signet.

 

Your host, Raman Sehgal, discusses the pharmaceutical and biotechnology supply chain with Jim, covering:

The origins of growth equity in private equity and how it led to the founding of Signet, a fund built on deep domain expertise.

Why private equity is a growing asset category but still remains undervalued and under appreciated.

How the nature of the companies Signet invests in has evolved over the last twenty five years, while the fundamental principles of building a strong business remain the same.

How the “picks and shovels” strategy of investing in tools, services and infrastructure has consistently served them well.

Jim’s assessment criteria when evaluating new opportunities after seventy deals, including the key question… can we institutionalise an entrepreneur led business.

How higher interest rates and economic uncertainty constrain biopharma and biotech, and how that impacts investment dollars flowing into pharma services, along with deal flow, valuation and structure.

James “Jim” Gale is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Signet Healthcare Partners, a New York based healthcare growth equity firm specialising in pharmaceutical services, specialty pharma and medical technology. With more than thirty five years of investing and finance experience, Jim has built a deep track record backing companies involved in formulation, development, manufacturing and commercialisation across the world.

 

At Signet, Jim has led investments across the pharma services value chain, including platforms in sterile fill finish, complex formulations, biologics development and specialty generics. His current and recent board roles include Ascendia Pharmaceutical Solutions, NorthX Biologics, RK Pharma, Bionpharma, Chr Olesen Synthesis, Pharma Nobis, Juno Pharmaceuticals and Lee’s Pharmaceutical. He also serves as Chairman of Bionpharma and is a director of Knight Therapeutics.

 

Jim holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

 

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As we draw close to the end of 2025, our host Raman Sehgal talks about the top 5 episodes of the year.

 

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