Peter Kolchinsky - A New Prescription for Innovative and Affordable Medicines

 Peter Kolchinsky, PhD, is a Managing Partner at RA Capital Management, a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in public and private healthcare and life science companies developing drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics. He additionally serves on the board of several public and private life science companies. Additionally, Peter co-founded No Patient Left Behind a non-profit that is dedicated to making medications affordable for everyone in America. In this episode, Peter shares his thesis for a future where every patient is able to afford their life saving medicine, without slowing the rapid innovation in biomedical science and drug development. Peter, who holds a PhD in Virology from Harvard University, describes the core tenants of his book The Great American Drug Deal. He describes the complex systems of reimbursement, genericization, and price control using palatable analogies and real world examples. Hosted by Joe Varriale, Roshan Chikarmane, and Jenna Glatzer.