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Improving a Drug for Managing Schizophrenia…Heather Turner, CEO, LB Pharmaceuticals

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From Film to Biotech...Toshi Iida, Chairman, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies

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Reengineering Chemotherapy for Solid Tumors...Lew Bender, Founder, President & CEO, Intensity Therapeutics

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A New Path Forward for Cell Therapy...Jeff Liter, Founder & CEO, Luminary Therapeutics

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Paving the Way for Miracle Drugs...Barry Werth, Author, "The Age of Cures"

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A Different Approach to Treating Gout...Dr. James Mackay, Co-Founder, CEO, & President, Crystalys Therapeutics

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The Potential of Peptide Drugs...Dr. Karsten Eastman, Co-Founder & CEO, Sethera Therapeutics

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Injectable Ice for Chronic Pain? Sameer Sabir, Co-Founder & CEO, Brixton Biosciences

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Healing Hard-to-treat Wounds Faster?? Dr. Ned Swanson, Co-Founder, President & Chief Medical Officer, Polarity Bio

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Stem Cell Therapy for Congenital Heart Defects...Dr. Joshua Hare, Co-Founder & CSO, Longeveron

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Managing Pain While Fighting Cancer...Dr. Lorin Johnson, CSO, Glycyx Therapeutics

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A New Kind of Flu Shot...Dr. Jeff Stein, President & CEO, Cidara Therapeutics

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A Not-in-the-Textbooks Discovery for Glioblastoma, Jay Hartenbach & Dr. Will Decker, Diakonos Oncology

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Insulin-Producing Cells...with no Immunosuppressants?? Dr. Steve Harr, Sana Biotechnology

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Looking Forward: Biotech in the Balance? Dr. Jeremy Levin, Bioentrepreneur & Former Chair, BIO

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How 200 Snake Bites Became an Antivenom...Dr. Jake Glanville, Founder, CEO, Chair of Centivax

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Hospital at Home? Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Two Drug Approvals in Two Years...Michael Metzger, CEO, Syndax Pharmaceuticals

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Fighting Hard-to-Treat Cancers...Dan Schmitt, President & CEO, Actuate Therapeutics

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A Different Way to Treat Parkinson's...Dr. Jonas Hannestad & Dr. Joanne Taylor, Gain Therapeutics

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Looking Back: A 2007 Interview with Dr. J. Craig Venter

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50 Years of Genentech...Ashley Magargee, CEO, Genentech

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The Global Diversity of Human Genetics...Andrew Farnum and Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer, Variant Bio

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Testing New Drugs for Pre-Term Babies... Dr. Marc Salzberg, CEO and Chief Medical Officer, Airway Therapeutics

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Now, Near, Next...Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Changing the Future of Cancer Surgery...A 2017 Interview with Dr. Phil Low, Professor & Biotech Entrepreneur

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Who is Medically Qualified to Go to Space??? Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Big Tech & Healthcare...Dr. Marschall Runge, Author, "The Great Healthcare Disruption"

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Regaining Function? Years Post-Spinal Cord Injury? Dr. Adam Rogers, CEO, NervGen Pharma

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A New Approach to Treating ALS...Dr. Arun Swaminathan, CEO, Coya Therapeutics

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The Future of Early Cancer Screening...Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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AI in the Exam Room, Dr. Robert Wachter, Author, "A Giant Leap"

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ChatGPT...for Healthcare? Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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AI Biology - Chan-Zuckerberg Style? Dr. Shana Kelley, President of Bioengineering, Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative

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A Euphoria-Suppressing Opioid, Ketan Mehta, Founder & CEO, Tris Pharma

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You’ve Had Back Pain for 7-10 Years? Neil Klompas, CEO, Augurex

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A Fast-Acting Dupixent? Dr. Barry Quart, CEO, Connect Biopharma

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A Speedy Intervention for Heart Attacks, Dr. Harry Selker & Dr. Atul Deshpande, Immediate Therapeutics

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A New Way to Treat Cancer, Cyriac Roeding & Dr. David Suhy, Co-Founders, Earli

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Decoding Diseases of Aging...Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort, Gordian Biotechnology

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When Your Immune System Overreacts...Prof. Dr. Niels Riedemann, Co-Founder & CEO, InflaRx

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Renewed Potential: Reviving an ALS Drug...Dr. Ari Azhir, Founder & CEO, Neuvivo

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Preventing Pressure Injuries: Detecting the Invisible Signs, Martin Burns, CEO Bruin Biometrics

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Are we moving from Dr. Google to Dr. ChatGPT??? Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Connecting the Data that Changes Medicine, Dr. Lincoln Nadauld, President & CEO, Culmination Bio

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Correcting Gene-based Frontotemporal Dementia, Lisa Deschamps, CEO Aviado Bio

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Tuning your own DNA?? Dr. Derek Jantz, Chief Scientific Officer, Tune Therapeutics

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A New Way to Treat Wounds?? Dr. Ned Swanson, Co-Founder, President & Chief Medical Officer, Polarity Bio

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Treating the Untreatable in Rheumatoid Arthritis! Rob Armstrong, CEO, Artax Biopharma

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Treating babies with congenital heart defects... Dr. Joshua Hare, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Longeveron

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A New Approach to Flu Shots! Dr. Jeff Stein, President & CEO, Cidara Therapeutics

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New treatment being tested for pre-term babies... Dr. Marc Salzberg, CEO and Chief Medical Officer, Airway Therapeutics

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A Smarter Path to Curing Diseases… Dr. Avak Kahvejian Founding CEO, Cellarity

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No More Vaccines? Research Funding? Paul Hastings, CEO, Nkarta and former Chair, BIO

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How Hydrated are YOU? A Simple Wearable can do it! Dr. Mark Kendall, CEO, WearOptimo

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The BioTech Nation session at NextMed Health 2025... Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent

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Insulin Cells WITHOUT Immunosuppressants... Dr. Steve Harr, CEO, Sana Biotechnology

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Focused Ultrasound - Treating Disease Without Surgery... Dr. Neil Kassell, Founder and Chair, Focused Ultrasound Foundation

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A New Way to Treat Skin Cancer... No Surgery Required??? Dr. Raza Bokhari, CEO and Chairman, Medicus Pharma Ltd.

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Part II: "Super Agers … An Evidenced-Based Approach to Longevity".... Dr. Eric Topol, Author, Prof., and EVP, Scripps Ranch

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Part I: "Super Agers … An Evidenced-Based Approach to Longevity".... Dr. Eric Topol, Author, Prof., and EVP, Scripps Ranch

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Solving Genetic Diseases??? Dr. Neil Kumar, Founder & CEO, BridgeBio Pharma

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No More Transfusions!!! Dr. John Scarlett, President and CEO of Geron Corporation

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The Science of a Stronger Heart... Robert Blum, CEO, CytoKinetics

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When Wounds Won't Heal... Jason Matuszewski, CEO, BioStem Technologies

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Snake Bite Man meets Biotech Scientist creates Breakthrough Antivenom Vaccine … Dr. Jake Glanville, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Centivax

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What’s Next in Health? Highlights from NextMed 2025... Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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How Can a Treatment Become a Vaccine??? Dr. Peter DeMuth, Chief Scientific Officer at Elicio Therapeutics

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PART II: A Regenerative Leap for Epilepsy… Dr. Cory Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO, Neurona Therapeutics

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PART 1: A Regenerative Leap for Epilepsy…Dr. Cory Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO, Neurona Therapeutics

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Fighting Cancer, Easing Pain... Dr. Lorin Johnson, CSO, Glycyx Therapeutics

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Freezing Out Chronic Pain…Sameer Sabir CEO, Brixton Biosciences

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Beyond the One-Size-Fits-All Cure... Jeff Liter, Founder & CEO, Luminary Therapeutics

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Beyond Pills and Shots... Sean Ainsworth, CEO, Immusoft

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Breaking Barriers in Brain Cancer... Dr. Thomas Chen, Founder and CEO, NeOnc Technologies

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The Future of Synthetic Biology... Dr. John Cumbers, Founder & CEO, SynBioBeta

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Reimagining Bone Marrow Transplants... Kevin Caldwell, Co-Founder & CEO, Ossium Health

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When Your Immune System Attacks You... Prof. Dr. Niels Riedemann, Co-Founder & CEO, Inflarx

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Designing Healthcare for People... Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Why One Drug Isn't Always Enough... Rich Daly, President & CEO, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals

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A Second Chance for an ALS Drug... Dr. Ari Azhir, Founder & CEO, Neuvivo

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The Mystery of "Dark" Proteins... Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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9 Million Samples: A New Era of Medicine... Dr. Lincoln Nadauld, President & CEO, Culmination Bio

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Mobility: The New Vital Sign….Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Reprogramming the Future... Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort, Gordian Biotechnology

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One Drug, Many Diseases??? Dr. David Fajgenbaum, UPenn School of Medicine Professor and President of Every Cure

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A Daily Pill to Fight Autoimmune Diseases…Ben Zimmer, CEO of Priovant Therapeutics

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Fighting Inflammation, and Alzheimer's??? Dr. David Bearss, President & CEO Halia Therapeutics

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Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis Treatment on the Horizon!!! Dr. Jim Brown, CEO of DURECT

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Data for Good!!!... Sir Rory Collins, Oxford Professor and Principal Investigator, UK Biobank

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Building Technology and Solving Problems!!! Dave Pacitti, President & Head of the Americas, Siemens Healthineers

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Antidepressants Should Have Diagnostics??? Dr. Amit Etkin, Founder & CEO, Alto Neuroscience

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Can AI Discover Drugs Better Than Humans?? Dr. Vimal Mehta, Co-Founder & CEO BioXcel

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Food IS Medicine... Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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Rewiring the Brain... Dr. Peter Vanderklish, Chief Scientific Officer, Spinogenix

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Sepsis: First-Time-Ever Test... Dr. Rollie Carlson, CEO Immunexpress

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CRISPR Dilemma... Dr. Eben Kirksey, Anthropologist & Author, “The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans”

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AI & Better Health...Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent

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A Smarter Path to Curing Diseases… Dr. Avak Kahvejian Founding CEO, Cellarity

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Replacing Cells, Restoring Sight…Brian Culley, CEO, Lineage Cell Therapeutics