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A Dose of Reality with Charles Spence — 72 episodes
Juho Jalkanen, CEO at Faron Pharmaceuticals on From Surgeon to CEO, Rethinking Boards, and Fighting for the Right Science
Tobias Kampfenkel, MD, MHBA, Vice President of Early Clinical Development and Translational Research at Miltenyi Biomedicine, on Transformative Drugs in Oncology and Autoimmunity: It's Always the Team!
Sofia Heigis, CEO of OncoPeptides, From Sales Rep to CEO, Being "Present", and Hiring for Self-Insight
Jens Lindberg, CEO at Medivir, on The Biotech Rollercoaster - Medivir´s Previous Four Months (and Biotech Today in 2026)
Hubert Truebel, Managing Director at DEBRA Research, on Creating Own Career Opportunities...and a Practical Approach to Longevity
Sampreet Ramachandra, Head of Hematology Business Unit at Novartis Germany, on Launching Without a Playbook, Hiring Mistakes, and Leading with Equity
Volker Wacheck, SVP at Taiho Oncology in Speaking Up, Asking vs. Accusing and Why Culture is So Important
Dena Grayson, MD, PhD, SVP Clinical Development & Medical Affairs at Kyverna Therapeutics on Media Training, Communication within Biotech, and Dealing with Fake CVs
Richard Nkulikiyinka, Chief Medical Officer at Antag Therapeutics, on Career Pivots, Trust and Why Leadership Is Never Linear
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Kosch, Head of Oncology Europe & Canada at Daiichi Sankyo on Perseverance, Patient-Centricity Beyond Slogans, and Leadership within Oncology
Myriam Cherif, Founder of Kalyx Medical, on The Future of MSLs, Adapting to AI, and Why Curiosity Keeps You Moving Forward
Sven Van den Berghe, CEO of Pantera on Overpromises in Isotope Marketing, Why Culture is the Company, and Discussions in RLT Development
Catello Somma, Partner at Seroba on Working in VC, Non-Linear Biotech Careers, and advice for those seeking VC careers
Kevin N. Heller, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Advisor to Funds and VCs, on Culture Shifts, Tough Lessons In Leadership, And The Reality Of Biotech Fundraising
Carl Deutsch, CSO at NBE Therapeutics in Non-Linear Careers, Age Bias, and Building Great Teams
Aleksandra Filipovic, Chief Medical Officer at Gallop Oncology on Perfectionism, Intuition, and the Risk of Building Unsafe Teams
Heidi Wang, CEO at OBI Pharma & Chairwoman at OBIGEN Pharma on Losing Her Father to Cancer, Hiring Without Humility, and Building a Culture That Lasts
András Strassz, MD, MBA, CMO at Heidelberg Pharma – Career Crossroads, Recruiting, and Culture Fit Over CVs
Steven Katz, MD, CMO and SVP of Translational Science for Shinobi Therapeutics & Professor of Surgery at Brown University - Hiring Without Regret, Team Mismatches, and the Cost of Playing It Safe in Biotech
Christian Mueller, CDO at Immutep on Career Crossroads, Culture Missteps, and the Recruitment Disconnect in Biotech
Kirsty Crame-van Nierop, Director of Shiaba Consulting, Specialist on Clinical Drug Development, in Broken Hiring Cycles, IND Wins, and Surviving Biotech Burnout
Bernhardt Zeiher, M.D. Member of the board of directors for Entrada Therapeutics, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, and Abeona Therapeutics on Lessons from Leading a Global Development Organization
Ilya Gipp, CMO at GE Healthcare – Imaging’s Role in Oncology, Hiring Lessons, and How Culture Really Works
Michael Lahn, CMO at iOnctura – Osimertinib Success, TGF-Beta Lessons, Building Curious Teams, and More
Johan Baeck, EVP and CMO at Promontory Therapeutics – Cultural Fit in Hiring, Immunogenic Small Molecules, and Building Resilience in Biotech
Peter Tummino, President of R&D at Nimbus Therapeutics – Drugging the Undruggable, The TYK2 Success Story, and Overhyping AI in Drug Discovery
Abigail Jenkins, CEO and Board Member – From Government Scientist to CEO, Launching a Stem Cell Therapy During Crisis, and Lessons in Commercial Strategy
Joseph Birkett, Executive Director at Aura Biosciences – Obinutuzumab's Approval, CDK9 Trial Regret, CRO Reliance, and Building Respectful Cultures
Bruce Dezube, Senior Vice President, Clinical Development at Xilio Therapeutics – HIV & Cancer Drug Development, Career at 60, Building Respectful Teams, and More
Chris Lowe, CEO at Nusano - Radioisotopes, Volunteering in Hospitals, Culture Building, and More
Kevin Lynch, co-Founder PopulusBio - Career at Celgene, How Culture Influences Drug Development and more
Victor Paulus, SVP Regulatory Affairs at ARTBIO - Lutathera Approval and Lessons, Falling from Trees, ARTBIO's Culture
Chris Leamon, CSO at Fusion Therapeutics - Acquisition of Endocyte, Career reflections and more
Dawn Rubel, President R&D at NexEos Bio - Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Purposeful Leadership and more
Örn Almarsson, Co-Founder of Axelyf - Modernas SpikeVax, the challenge of mRNA delivery and Salmon's inspiration behind Axelyf?
Leila Jaafar, CEO at Nuclidium - from PhD to Radiotherapy CEO
CMO at Indaptus, Roger Waltzman, on Dangers of Pushing Uncertain Data into Phase III
Gertjan Bartlema, Co-founder Populus Bio and CEO of Immodulon Therapeutics. on Innovation in Biotechs
The 3 Most Common Rejection Reasons During an Interview
The Most Common Hiring Mistakes by Hiring Managers in 2024 ft. Caroline Vermeulen, Eminence
How and When to Ask Intelligent Interview Questions
Troels Jordansen, Executive Chairman of Keli Therapeutics, on Cell Therapy and Biotech Recession Talks
Negotiation Strategies and Insights from Harvard Course ft. Sophie He, Head of M&A and Partnering at Bracco
The 3 Interview Questions You Must Succeed In
Nikolaus Trede, SVP Clinical Development at Century Therapeutics - Lessons from Breyanzi and Global Cell Therapy Trials
Re-Entering the Workforce and Career Growth in Regulatory Affairs with Mary Christian
From Neuroscientist to Biotech Innovator ft.Anita Scheuber
Future-Proofing Your Organization Ft. Jackie Donovan
The Critical Role of Recruiters ft. Patrizio Renzetti
Bad Science vs. Good Leadership in Biotech ft. Sonal Kothari-Gupta, MD, PhD
Recruitment Strategies for High-Impact Hires with John Goldener
Hiring Strategies for Biotech Success ft. Sumeet Ambarkhane CMO at Alligator Bioscience
How to Outsource Your Job Search
Stealth biotech work, moving China trials to the US and more ft. Li Yan, former CMO of Brii and current CEO of upcoming stealth biotech
Building powerful relationships ft. Val Nassiri, previous VP of Medical Affairs at ITM and AAA.
Using Empathy to Build Internal Support
Sabine Brookman May VP Janssen - Listening in leadership, making beer and a career in drug development
The Biggest Selling Myth: Selling Through Talking
Effective Layoffs and treating people as humans ft. Crystal Zuckerman
Improve Your Selling Ability to Help Your Career
BIOSECURE Act - The potential $3.6bn+ gap, Impact on Jobs and Skills shifts with Amber Tong, Senior Editor at EndPoint News
My 10 Commandments to Recruitment
Discussions on Leadership, Hard decisions and Radiotherapy Ft. Collin Hayward, former CMO of Telix Pharma
3 Ways to Protect Your Reputation as a Hiring Manager
The Big Picture - Discussing Clinical Entry to Commercial Planning in Radiotherapy With Ben Pais, SVP Aricieum
Creating Shit Hot Authentic Stories to Sell Your Achievements
Discussing radiotherapy, AAA and CEO leadership with Riccardo Canevari: CEO of Radiopharm Theranostics
Radiotherapy 2024: Quick Look into the Radiotherapy Landscape
Ilaria Conti VP ADC Therapeutics - Female Leadership, Challenges in ADCs and Working in the US
Masterful Salary Negotiations: Less Fear, More Preparations and Get More of What You Want
Mats Hansen, CEO Spago Nanomedical: How to Lead a Radiotherapy Biotech
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