Christen Harm is Pharmaceutical Executive's Associate Editor. Email her at charm@mmhgroup.com
Episode 56: Killing Cancer Through Direct Injection
May 14th 2020Lew Bender, founder of Intensity Therapeutics and the inventor of Intensity’s DfuseRx platform technology, discusses the technology that allows the company’s therapeutic products to be injected directly into solid tumors, this innovative process successfully kills tumors and activates an immune response to shut down cancer cells throughout the body.
Episode 55: Developing a Maternal RSV Vaccine
April 30th 2020Kathrin Jansen, Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer, talks about the challenges of creating a new maternal vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV, currently being administered to pregnant women in trials, in the hopes of protecting their infants.
Episode 53: Fabulous Pharma Females
April 2nd 2020Barbara Ryan, founder of Barbara Ryan Advisors, a member of PharmExec’s editorial advisory board, and the founder of Fabulous Pharma Females discusses the strong community she’s built providing women the opportunity to connect with each other and reinforce their shared commitment to one another.
Episode 50: Pharma Pricing Climate in Washington
February 20th 2020Mike Strazzella, head of federal government relations for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, talks about pricing issues in the pharmaceutical industry, the challenges he encounters, and what he believes needs to change in the industry going forward.
Episode 46: Persistence and Planning Pays Off
December 19th 2019Julia Owens, co-founder and CEO of Millendo Therapeutics talks about how to keep a company on the path to success, even when there are bumps in the road. She discusses the value of focusing on strengths and how that is currently working for Millendo in the endocrine space.
Episode 45: Getting Drug Approval Through FDA LPAD
December 5th 2019William Lewis, chairman and CEO of Insmed talks about the approval of the company’s drug Arikayce through the FDA’s Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and Antifungal Drugs, some ideas that he spoke about on the recent NORD panel about innovative and ethical partnerships, and Insmed’s pipeline and progress.
Episode 42: Establishing a New Drug Therapy
October 17th 2019Pharm Exec editors interview Mark Glickman, Chief Commercial Officer of Esperion Therapeutics. Glickman discusses the overall cholesterol-lowering space and how it’s planning to add a new therapeutic option for patients, what it means to establish a new therapy in a statin-dominated market, market research approaches, and more.
Episode 41: The Patient Journey
October 3rd 2019Jeannine Lynch, senior director at BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, oversees patient access services and talks with editors about the patient journey in regard to receiving therapies, how to engage with patients more effectively, and where she sees the pharma industry in terms of patient engagement and patient centricity.
Episode 40: Global Pharma Outlook
September 19th 2019Janssen’s company group chairman of Europe, Middle East, and Africa operations, Kris Sterkens speaks with Pharm Exec editors. Kris talks about his finance background, global pricing issues, and challenges and opportunities for EMEA biopharma breaking into the US market.
Episode 38: Customer-Centric Innovation
August 22nd 2019Christine Sakdalan, Head of Franchise Strategy and Customer Solutions at Janssen Pharmaceutical talks with Pharm Exec editors about how patient-centricity fuels innovation, the difference between patient and customer centricity, and educational programs that need to be implemented for patients, providers, and payers.
Episode 37: Differentiating Yourself in Crowded Therapeutic Areas
August 8th 2019Pharm Exec editors sit down with Mark Velleca, CEO of G1 Therapeutics. In this episode, Mark talks about how he differentiates himself in the oncology field, why he considers G1 Therapeutics an "old school company," and about the North Carolina biotech landscape.
Episode 35: Communicating Your Narrative with Healthcare Marketing
July 11th 2019Robert Finkel, the CEO of The FreshBlood Group talks with Pharm Exec editors about the positives and negatives of pharma’s marketing needs, the details and evolution around founding The FreshBlood Group, and how emerging pharma and biotech companies can budget in successful marketing.
Episode 34: The Future of the Life Sciences Executive
June 21st 2019Cameron Turtle, Chief Business Officer of Eidos Therapeutics, Robin Toft, Founder and CEO of The Toft Group Executive Search and Sabrina Johnson, President and CEO, Daré Bioscience join Pharm Exec editors to talk about the future of the life sciences executive.
Episode 33: Translationally Enabled Pharma
June 11th 2019Pharm Exec editors speak with Jigar Raythatha, CEO of Constellation Pharmaceuticals. He talks about his roles, the importance of having a Plan B in biotech, creating a translationally enabled company, and how he leads his team at Constellation.
Episode 32: Change Your Behaviors, Change Your Health & Wellness
May 23rd 2019Pharm Exec's European Editor, Julian Upton, speaks with Johnson & Johnson's Jennifer Turgiss, VP Behavior Science & Advanced Analytics group. In their interview, Turgiss discusses behavioral strategies to the health and wellness solutions being developed at J&J.
Episode 31: Ruling in Favor of Biotech
May 9th 2019Editor-in-Chief Lisa Henderson speaks with Bill Newell, CEO of Sutro Bipharma about his background in corporate law and how it helps him in his role as a biotech executive, the importance of collaboration between big pharma and biotech, a story about keeping the San Francisco Giants in the Bay area, and other analogies around sports related to running a biotech.
Episode 30: Challenges in Renal Disease Drug Development
April 25th 2019Pharm Exec editors interview Anna Sundgren, the renal disease strategy leader, Global Medicines Development at AstraZeneca, about the current CVRM landscape, challenges to renal drug development, and new therapeutics for chronic kidney disease.
Episode 29: Disease Prevention & Interception
April 11th 2019Pharm Exec's European Editor, Julian Upton, caught up with Ben Wiegand, head of J&J's World Without Disease Accelerator unit, at eyeforpharma Barcelona. They talk about Wiegand's panel "Uniting Patients, Providers, and Payers to Bring Preventative Care to Life," and J&J's disease prevention and interception activities.