Ep. 279 - East-West Summit Preview

Western VCs are paying more attention than ever to innovation emerging from Asia — from antibody-drug conjugates to bispecifics, AI and beyond — as the NewCo Model becomes the latest trend to bridge talent, assets and venture money across the Pacific and on to North America and Europe. On a special edition of BioCentury This Week podcast, a trio of leaders from Asia’s life sciences ecosystem — Khoo Shih of Singaporean investor ClavystBio, McKinsey & Company’s Anirudh Roy Popli and Wendy Pan of Goodwin and BayHelix — join the BioCentury team to set the stage for the fourth BioCentury-BayHelix East-West Biopharma Summit. They discuss the innovations driving the deal flow from East to West, including the creation of start-ups in the West formed around assets from Asia. The summit takes place March 3-5 in Singapore.View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/65510800:00 - Introduction04:49 - The Newco Model and Industry Trends09:13 - BayHelix and Cross-Border Transactions11:31 - McKinsey's Perspective on Asian Innovation26:58 - Final Thoughts and Registration InformationTo submit a question to BioCentury’s editors, email the BioCentury This Week team at [email protected] us by sending a text