Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Vanguards of Healthcare is a series of exclusive conversations with management teams and thought leaders discussing changes on the forefront of the industry, including innovations in medical products and technologies, advances in clinical research, new service models, wellness and regulations.
Episodes
Why HC9 Believes Operators Make Better Venture Investors
“We are not a passive capital partner.” Richard Lungen of HC9 Ventures, joins fellow co-founder and general partner Charlie Falcone to explain why their venture firm is built around operators, not financiers. The pair sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer for a wide-ranging discussion of the firm’s operator-led approach to venture investing. They explain ho
SR One Highlights Biotech's Latest Comeback Cycle
“I think this is an incredible time to be investing in biotech.” Dr. Simeon George, founder and CEO of SR One, joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli to explain why biotech’s next cycle will be global, selective and unforgiving. George traces SR One’s evolution from one of pharma’s oldest corporate venture arms to an independent firm with more than $2 billion
Carrum Health Is Rewiring Specialty Care Around Value
“You show me the incentive and I’ll show you the behavior,” says Sach Jain, founder and CEO of Carrum Health. Jain joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain why misaligned incentives sit at the heart of specialty care’s cost problem. Jain details how Carrum built a value-based marketplace around curated centers of excellence, surgeon-level quality data
Butterfly Leads the Drive on Semiconductor to Make the Most Out of Ultrasound
“It’s not just gonna be about image quality. It’s gonna be about image quality and interpretation”, Butterfly Network’s CEO Joe DeVivo explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Healthcare podcast episode, DeVivo sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth interview to talk about Ultrasound-on-Chip imaging module and the potential of using
Citizen Health’s Plan to Put an AI Advocate in Every Patient’s Pocket
“The number one thing that results in a better outcome for someone who is sick is actually, ‘Do you have an advocate on your side?’” says Farid Vij, co-founder and CEO of Citizen Health. Vij joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain how Citizen Health is building an AI-powered advocate for patients with rare and complex diseases. He discusses the compa
Distalmotion’s Approach to Spread Surgical Robots to More
“It’s designed to be simple in a way, even though it’s an incredibly complex device”, Distalmotion CEO Greg Roche explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Roche sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth interview on the company, how its Dexter Robotic Surgery System and single-use instrument platform differentiate
Bristol Myers on Why Neuroscience Could Be the Next Oncology
“Neuroscience is what oncology was 20 years ago,” says Cristian Massacesi, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development at Bristol Myers Squibb. Massacesi joins Bloomberg Intelligence pharmaceuticals analyst Sam Fazeli to discuss Bristol Myers’ push into neuroscience, including Alzheimer’s therapies aimed at tau, a protein tied to brain tangles in the disease. They also ex
Restor3D Combines AI with 3D Printing to Create Personalized Ortho Solutions
“If you plan, the cases can go much more smoothly. And if you have patient-specific instrumentation, they can go much more quickly” says restor3D’s CEO Kurt Jacobus in this episode of Vanguards of Healthcare. He sat down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson to elaborate on personalized orthopedic implants, outlining how the win then for the surgeon is the capacity to complete more cas
AstraZeneca’s ASCO Readout on Oncology’s Next Wave
“I think it’s the most exciting period in cancer discovery and development that I’ve experienced over the last 25 years,” says Susan Galbraith, executive vice president of oncology R&D at AstraZeneca. Galbraith joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli fresh from the ASCO conference to unpack how ctDNA, earlier intervention and next-generation oncology platforms c
Ocular Therapeutix Cuts Blindness Toll
“Forty percent of patients in this country alone in the first year drop out [of current retinal disease treatments] and every one of those patients ends up going blind. By far the most expensive disease in the world is blindness and the reason for that is really quite simple. It’s because the mortality doesn’t change, the use of resources skyrockets, but the mortality doesn&rsquo
IRhythm Pushes a Proactive Approach to Monitoring
“We’re seeing it already to much more of a preventative proactive monitoring to find these things earlier in the patient journeys and help eliminate and prevent and reduce downstream costs,” IRhythm Technologies CEO Quentin Blackford discusses the opportunities of remote monitoring with Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Healthcare podcast episode, Blackford sits down w
Pulse Biosciences Brings Differentiated Nanosecond Technology to PFA
Based on long-term results, “the effectiveness of that nanosecond pulse electric field begins to look as if it is a step function ahead of first generation PFA,” Pulse Biosciences CEO Paul LaViolette says, referring to the next stage of pulsed-field ablation innovation. In this Vanguards of Healthcare episode, LaViolette sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth i
RTW’s Rod Wong on Biotech’s Revival and the Global Shift
“I think this is going to be the most eventful ASCO for biotech in a while,” says Dr. Roderick Wong, founder of RTW Investments, referring to the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Wong joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli on the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to break down biotech’s rebound, why fundamentals may finally be improving after a
Cortica’s Plan to Bring Value-Based Care to Autism
“It’s crazy to think that that would be the expectation in cancer care, yet we expect that of families in autism,” says Neil Hattangadi, CEO and co-founder of Cortica. Hattangadi joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain why autism care remains so fragmented and how Cortica is trying to replace siloed services with a coordinated whole-child model. They discu
Xontogeny's Case for Drug Developers Over Storytellers
“More than half of your time as a public company CEO is devoted to things that are not drug development,” Xontogeny CEO Chris Garabedian says. Garabedian joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to explain why he earlier left the track of operating public companies to back biotech, where better decisions can create the bigg
Roivant’s Playbook for Finding Value Others Miss in Biotech
“In biotech, all of the ideas sound amazing and most of them don’t work.” Roivant CEO Matt Gline joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to explain how the company tries to tilt those odds through an unconventional model built around focused, entrepreneurial “vants.” Gline discusses why Roivant targets ov
Virta Health’s Push to Reverse Metabolic Disease at Scale
“We cannot fix a food problem with drugs,” says Sami Inkinen, CEO and co-founder of Virta Health. Inkinen joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain why Virta is betting that reversing metabolic disease can become one of the most important cost and outcomes stories in health care. He details how the company combines nutrition therapy, intensive telemedicine and AI
Athenahealth's Strategic Reset, Push for Speed in Ambulatory Care
“We’re never moving fast enough,” says Bob Segert, CEO of Athenahealth. Segert joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain the strategic reset that reshaped Athenahealth: cutting losing bets, doubling down on ambulatory care and building around its cloud-native athenaOne platform to drive operating leverage. The conversation covers Athena’s aggressive AI
Inside Insilico Medicine’s AI Strategy and Lilly Breakthrough
“This deal [with Eli Lilly, announced on Sunday 29 March] is a combination of an asset licensing and collaboration. We’ve collaborated with Lilly in the past and they are actually one of the most active and expert users of our software,” says Alex Zhavoronkov, founder and co-CEO of Insilico Medicine. Zhavoronkov joins Bloomberg Intelligence pharmaceuticals analyst Sam Fazeli to e
Abridge Moving AI From Scribing to Clinical Workflows
“I think 2026 is the year of fundamental, agentic transformation of the workflow.” Abridge co-founder and CTO Zack Lipton joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to share how the company grew from a research-heavy idea into one of health care’s breakout AI leaders. Lipton breaks down the limits of point solutions, the complexity of evaluating generative AI in medicin
7Wire's Jaffee on the Hard Truths Behind Health-Tech Investing
“In health care, in order to drive the biggest impact, the biggest outcomes and the biggest exits, you really have to engage the end consumer,” says Alyssa Jaffee, partner at 7Wire Ventures. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Jaffee sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss 7Wire’s thesis-driven approach to venture investing, how the firm wor
Xaira’s War on Trial-and-Error Drug Development
“Nothing excites me as much as the potential for AI,” Xaira CEO Marc Tessier-Lavigne tells Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. They explore how artificial intelligence could cut drug development timelines in half and triple clinical success rates. Tessier-Lavigne, a former Genentech R&D leader, explains why today’
AVS’ Toland on Next Lithotripsy Launch
“IVL in general is an enabler for physicians to do very complex procedures — it’s simple, it’s easy to use and it’s safe. So even a physician that doesn’t have a lot of experience doing complex cases can now treat patients that they previously weren’t treating,” AVS Pulse Chairman Mark Toland tells Bloomberg Intelligence, referring to calcified arter
Halle Tecco on AI, Boom-Bust Cycles and Building Better Care
“I wake up every day wanting to make health care better,” says Halle Tecco, founder of Rock Health and author of Massively Better Healthcare. Tecco joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to reflect on digital health’s evolution — from her early days at Apple’s App Store to building one of the sector
Highridge Goes Private to Expand Differentiated Offering in Spine
“Being privately held and being a pure play spine company has given us the focus, the resourcing and the investment we need to, to really take this thing and make it hum,” Highridge’s CEO Rebecca Whitney says about the 7th largest spine company. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Whitney sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth interview about the path to
Dexcom Aims to Expand CGM Benefits to All Diabetic Patients and Beyond
“We’re going to continue to drive innovation across the entire product portfolio, which also includes how we manufacture sensors,” Dexcom CEO Jake Leach tells Bloomberg Intelligence, outlining the company’s strategy to expand the use of continuous glucose monitors to more diabetic patients and beyond. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Leach joins BI analyst
AliveCor’s Priya Abani Uses Amazon Experience to Democratize ECG Tech
“We’re empowering health-care providers with unprecedented clinical depth in a compact portable form factor,” AliveCor CEO Priya Abani says about the development of its AI-enabled electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors, which provide medical-grade heart data anytime and anywhere. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Abani sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth di
John Maraganore Reflects on the Long Game of RNAi and Drug Innovation
“I suspect that RNAi-based medicines will approach, rival, maybe even exceed what we’ve seen with monoclonal antibodies historically,” says John Maraganore, the CEO of JMM Innovations and founding CEO of Alnylam. He joins Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior pharmaceutical analyst Sam Fazeli to reflect on RNAi’s journey from scientific curiosity to durable drug platform. M
Carlsmed Personalizes Spine with AI
“One of our busy surgeons said, when they do an aprevo procedure, it’s a boring day in the OR and that’s actually a good thing,” Carlsmed’s CEO Mike Cordonnier tells Bloomberg Intelligence, as he explains how the use of AI technology is the future for spine procedures. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Cordonnier sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for a
Precision Cardiology With Cytokinetics
“Now we’re seeing how there are new medicines that act directly on the heart itself and less on downstream consequences of heart disease,” says Robert Blum, president and CEO of Cytokinetics. On this episode of Vanguards of Health Care, Blum speaks with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Andrew Galler about Cytokinetics’ transition to a commercial-stage company following the ap
Transcarent’s Bet on AI and the End of Healthcare Scarcity
“Health care creates friction everywhere — copays, approvals, pre-authorizations — and none of that matters when someone you love needs help right now,” says Glen Tullman, CEO of Transcarent, in his return to the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to explain why speed, access and simplicity are existential issues in US health care. In a wide-ranging conversation with Bloomber
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future
Despite all the noise -- tariffs, regulation, geopolitics -- the fundamentals are amazing, because our companies save people’s lives and the demand for innovation is absolutely real.” says Antoine Papiernik, Sofinnova Partners Chairman and Managing Partner. Speaking with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli, Papiernik explains why biotech remains a defensive, long-duration industr
Smarter Technologies’ Blueprint for AI-Driven Revenue Cycle Management
“Revenue cycle is really about solving two problems: generating an accurate receipt and then jumping through the fifty hoops to get paid.” says Dr. Michael Gao, CEO of Smarter Technologies. In this episode of Vanguards of Health Care, Gao joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain how AI is transforming hospital revenue cycle management (RCM). He walks through Smar
Merck’s GHI Fund and the Push to Rewire Pharma's Future
“Our mission is to create both strategic and financial returns by backing scalable technologies that can transform how biopharma operates.” Bill Taranto, president and general partner of the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to break down how Merck’s $600 million evergreen venture arm invests at the intersection of biotech a
Zymeworks on Rethinking Risk, Royalties and R&D
“We were a very valuable deep-science company that had the wrong business strategy,” Zymeworks CEO Ken Galbraith tells Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. In discussing the company’s strategic reset, Galbraith explains how Zymeworks shifted from a platform-heavy biotech to a partnership-driven model that balances inno
Penumbra Builds Clinical Support Showing Computer Assistance Can Better Address Clot
Vanguards of Health Care: Penumbra Expands CAVT Awareness “With pulmonary embolism, just like with stroke and some other things, where there’s an acute moment usually happening — the patient’s not doing well, decompressing on the table — time matters a lot. And because of the STORM-PE trial, we have the data on what that device time is in a pretty rigorous randomized
Teva a Generic Giant With Biotech Bite
“Drug development has become slower and more expensive despite all the new technology,” says Eric Hughes, executive vice president of Global R&D and chief medical officer of Teva Pharmaceutical. “That’s caused by increased regulatory scrutiny, more needs for quality, more needs for real treatment effects. But we’re in a unique position where we can stay really hyp
Aegis Ventures’ Blueprint for Building AI-Native Companies
“AI agents are at the knee of the curve in terms of where things are headed,” says John Beadle, Aegis Ventures co-founder and managing partner. In this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast, Beadle joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to unpack Aegis’s thesis-driven approach to founding AI-native health-care companies. He details how its 14-system consor
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden
“In the case of iLet, we're going to say, this is how much insulin they're getting for what they consider to be a usual meal. And we learn that and we can set it that way. So we just take the responsibility of learning carb counting, which is really tough, off the user's plate. That's an extra level of automation that traditional pumps don't provide,” Beta Bionics CEO Sean Saint explai
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China
“If you’re not going overseas, you’re going out,” says Dr. Xingli Wang, Co-President of Fosun Pharma. He tells Bloomberg Intelligence’s Sam Fazeli how Fosun is transitioning from generics to novel medicines and positioning itself as a global innovator. With 90% of R&D now focused on oncology, autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, Wang details Fosun’s am
ARS Pharma’s Clinical Differentiation
“What you have to do in a market like that, where it’s highly genericized, is first you have to have a clinical differentiation,” says Richard Lowenthal, CEO of ARS Pharmaceuticals. “You have to have a benefit to the community, benefit to the patient population. Neffy achieves that very effectively by providing an option that’s very simple — it’s easy
Biolinq Introduces New Silicon Tech Opens Next Chapter of Glucose and Analyte Detection
“In a world where we have so many wearables — smart rings, watches, glucose sensors — it’s challenging to integrate all of this information,” say Biolinq founder Jared Tangney and CEO Rich Yang. “So we decided to make it available to everybody in one device.” In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, the pair speak with B
Recapping ESMO, Inside AstraZeneca’s Bold Bet on Antibody Drug Conjugates
“We were able to show multiple datasets that actually deliver against this vision that antibody drug conjugates can improve on and therefore displace chemotherapy” says Dr. Susan Galbraith, AstraZeneca’s EVP of oncology R&D. Galbraith joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli to break down key findings from ESMO — from early-line HER2 breast cancer data to progres
Synchron Can Provide Brain Computer Interface Tech Without the Brain Surgery
“The same was in neuro intervention for aneurysms, it was open clipping or it was endovascular. And I think that’s what’s happening in BCI. So there’s a bunch of craniotomy-based, open BCI companies, and then there’s an interventional approach”, Synchron’s founder and CEO Tom Oxley explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcas
Honor Utilizing AI to Scale Home Care, Kinking the Quality Curve Higher
“It’s hard to overemphasize how broken we are in how we care for older adults.” says Seth Sternberg, CEO of Honor. Sternberg joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to unpack how Honor’s AI-driven logistics and the Home Instead network tackle the hardest problem in home care: scaling quality. In this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast they dive int
Orthofix Builds Specialized Portfolio for the Toughest Ortho and Spine Cases
“When we talk about spine, having 7D, which is a highly differentiable product for deformities, I think it’s giving us the basis to become a real player and help to solve the most complex issues into spine,” Orthofix’s CEO Massimo Calafiore says as he explains the future of spine navigation. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Calafiore sits down with Bloomberg Intell
Onward Medical Revives Hope for SCI
“We thought that the folks would only turn on stimulation when they felt faint or lightheaded, but in fact, they’re using the stimulation the entire waking day because the stimulation is stabilizing their blood pressure, more oxygenation is reaching their brain,” Onward Medical CEO Dave Marver explains in this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode. Marver sits down with Bloomb
Viz.ai Taps Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Point-of-Care Decisions
“Doctors don’t want pharma reps to buy them dinner, right? They don’t. They want help in the five minutes that really matter,” Viz.ai’s CEO Chris Mansi and Salesforce’s Frank Defesche explain in this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode. Mansi and Defesche sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Henriksson to talk about Viz.ai and its agentic AI pl
Inside Exact Science’s Next Big Bet - One Blood Draw, More than 50 Cancers
“Our vision as a company is to help eradicate cancer with tests that prevent it, detect it earlier and guide treatment,” says Kevin Conroy, CEO of Exact Sciences. He joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer on the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to trace Exact’s journey into a cancer-diagnostics leader. From Cologuard’s initial rise to its recently launched Col
Moon Surgical Connects with Nvidia to Simplify Surgery with AI
“We've been working with NVIDIA for a number of years now and we integrated a medical grade, GPU in our commercial product”, CEO Anne Osdoit explains to Bloomberg Intelligence in her description about how AI is being incorporated into Moon Surgical’s surgical robot. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Osdoit sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth
Legend Biotech's Race to Make Cell Therapy Mainstream
“Once a scientist, forever a scientist,” says Legend Biotech CEO Ying Huang as he joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli to share his unconventional journey from the lab bench to Wall Street and back to biotech leadership. Dr. Huang explains how a dream led him from equity research to developing one of the most important CAR-T therapies for multiple myeloma. They explore the s
AKASA's AI Recovers Millions for Health Systems by Simplifying Complexity
“American medicine is the best in the world, but the American health-care system is not,” Akasa CEO Malinka Walaliyadde says. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Walaliyadde joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explore how Akasa is tackling the chaos of revenue-cycle management with AI. He explains why America’s overlapping payment models create inefficie
From the NIH to ModeX, Dr. Elias Zerhouni on Science, Politics, and Innovation
The worst thing that can happen in health-care and biomedical research is politics getting involved in choosing what research needs to be done for what disease, Dr. Elias Zerhouni tells Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli, explaining how mixing science and politics weakens innovation and public trust. On this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast, Zerhouni, a former
Zimmer Biomet’s Ivan Tornos is Investing in the Next Chapter of Orthopedics with Arnold
“We are reinventing ourselves. We don’t want to be just a legacy orthopedic company and I think we’re driving with the same enthusiasm as Arnold Schwarzenegger,” Zimmer Biomet Chairman, President and CEO Ivan Tornos tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Tornos sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth interview about Zimmer
Cognito Can Stimulate Brain Activity with Non-Invasive Gamma Waves
“If you can drive the brain’s naturally occurring activity, what you can get is the biologic expression that is important for brains to maintain and protect themselves,” Cognito Therapeutics’ CEO Christian Howell tells Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Howell sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson to discuss the company and i
HistoSonics Provides Ultrasound Options to Treat Tumors
“Unlike radiation therapy that's got toxicity to it as it enters the body and exits the body and leaves large areas of necrotic tissue, histotripsy is very different in that there's generally no damage going in or going out.” HistoSonics’ CEO Mike Blue explains about the Edison system. He then in depth with BI analyst Matt Henriksson on how the Edison histotripsy technology destr
Inside GHO Capital’s Thesis on Mid-Market Innovation
“We don’t just invest — we bring knowledge, network and opportunity,” says Edward De Nor, partner at GHO Capital, as he joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss how the firm identifies and scales mid-market health-care companies that enable better, faster, more accessible care. He explains GHO’s investment thesis, its “picks and shovels&rd
Ultromics Can Find Hard-to-Detect Heart Failure with the Power of AI
“When a patient comes in for a routine outpatient echo, we’ll be able to help with diagnosis and reduce the misdiagnosis at that point, number one,” Ultromics’ Founder and CEO Ross Upton explains to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Henriksson about the initial benefits of EchoGo for heart failure and cardiac amyloidosis. In this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care po
How the Mark Foundation is Rebuilding the Cancer R&D Model
“I like the label ‘new operating system.’ I think that does capture well what we're trying to do here,” says Dr. Ryan Schoenfeld, CEO of the Mark Foundation. In this episode of Vanguards of Health Care, Schoenfeld joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli to explore how the foundation is redesigning cancer research through global collaboration, platform thinking and a
Inside .406 Ventures’ Vision for Fixing Health Care’s Hardest Problems
“We don’t have to do every great deal, but every deal we do has to be great,” says Payal Agrawal Divakaran, partner at .406 Ventures. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, she joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to unpack how .406 backs early-stage startups at the intersection of health care, tech and AI. They dive into the firm’s thesis-driven investin
How Machinify’s AI Platform Is Rewriting the Rules of Payer Ops
“We truly see ourselves as an operating system for payers,” says David Pierre, CEO of Machinify. Pierre joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to unpack how Machinify is using AI to reimagine payment integrity, turning a manual process into a proactive, tech-enabled platform. They discuss Machinify’s formation from four legacy and technology companies, its AI-first
Inside Forbion’s M&A-First Playbook for Building Europe’s Biotech Winners
"If a company isn't IPO-ready, it better be M&A-ready," says Nanna Lüneborg of Forbion. She and co-founder Sander Slootweg sit down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli to explain Forbion’s blueprint for success in Europe’s maturing biotech ecosystem. From incubating CNS-focused gene therapy startups to executing €100M+ financing rounds, Forbion’s thesis i
Rightway’s Plan to Dismantle the Pharmacy Benefit Monopoly
“The PBM space has been worse than some criminal enterprises — they are stealing money from employers and employees,” says Jordan Feldman, CEO and co-founder of Rightway Healthcare. Feldman joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer on this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast to unpack how Rightway is building a member-first pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) &m
Cleerly Aims to Reinvent Coronary Artery Diagnostics with AI
“We started Cleerly with the intent to make a comprehensive care pathway for evaluation, education, treatment and tracking for heart disease,” said Dr. Jim Min, the company’s founder and CEO. In this Vanguards of Health Care episode, Min sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson to discuss Cleerly and its comprehensive management platform that uses AI algorithms to boost the accu
How AstraZeneca Aims to Stay Ahead in the Race for Oncology Innovation
“The thing that I worry about more than loss of exclusivity is this term that I introduced at the AACR meeting -- loss of relevancy" says Susan Galbraith, EVP of Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca. In this episode, Galbraith and David Fredrickson, EVP of Oncology Business Unit, join Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli fresh from ASCO to discuss how AstraZeneca is navigating an increasingl
Overture Aims to Implement Focalplasty as an Early Treatment Option for Osteoarthritis
OvertureTi is designed in a way that allows you step by step to avoid a total knee [replacement] because it’s so bone-sparing,” Overture Orthopaedics cofounder Riley Williams tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Williams and CEO James Kim sit down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson to talk about Overture, the development of focalplasty and its be
Lantheus Builds New Foundation in Prostate Cancer, Other Screenings
“If you can image it, if you can light it up, then you know where it’s going to go,” Lantheus’ CEO Brian Markison says as he explains the future of imaging agents to Bloomberg Intelligence. “You know it’s going to get to the tumor, and then if you can attach basically a warhead to it, then you can deliver targeted radiation to that tumor.” In this episode
Sanofi’s R&D Head on AI, Franchises and Reinventing R&D for the Long Game
“AI is going to be super transformative... we’ve all moved too slowly and need to speed up our integration.” says Houman Ashrafian, Head of R&D at Sanofi. In this episode, Ashrafian joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli to unpack how AI-powered portfolio construction, franchise-based innovation and a long-term mindset are reshaping the pharma giant’s R&D s
SonderMind Transforming Mental Health with Precision Technology
“Mental health care is still living in the mid-20th century,” says Mark Frank, CEO and cofounder of SonderMind. Frank joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to break down how SonderMind is reimagining behavioral health from its antiquated roots by layering technology and data, and while seamlessly integrating digital tools into therapy. The pair also discuss the company&r
Inside HealthEdge’s Vision for a Touchless, AI-Powered Claims Future
“We want to bring health care to a place where claims are processed in real-time, like checking out on Amazon,” says Stephen Krupa, CEO of HealthEdge. Krupa joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to unpack how HealthEdge’s core platform powers claims processing for more than 110 million people. He shares how legacy infrastructure still dominates (with 60% of health
Humata Health Plans to Make Prior Authorization a Thing of the Past
“We exist to solve prior authorization so patients can get the care they deserve,” says Dr. Jeremy Friese, founder and CEO of Humata Health. Friese joins Bloomberg Intelligence health-care analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss how Humata’s AI-driven technology is transforming one of health care’s most notorious administrative headaches. They cover how Humata connects deeply in
MindMed’s CEO on Psychedelic Breakthroughs for Mental Health
“This isn’t just an incremental shift, it’s a drastically different treatment dynamic,” says Rob Barrow, CEO of MindMed. On this episode of Vanguards of Health Care, Barrow speaks with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jean Rivera Irizarry about how MM120, a pharmaceutically optimized form of LSD, could transform the treatment landscape for anxiety and depression. They explore
From Faxes to FHIR, Zus Health's Vision for Connected Care
“Health care is finally ready to operate at information speed,” says Jonathan Bush, co-founder and CEO of Zus Health. Bush joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to explain why he believes health care is poised for a digital transformation. He unpacks how Zus uses AI and FHIR-native tools to pull patient data from fragmented sources, clean it and serve it back to provider
Overjet Uses AI to Make Dentist and Insurance Decisions in Mere Minutes
"The idea is you could use AI and technology to help understand this data such that we can quantify it much more so, so that it can lead to much more objective decisioning rather than subjective decisioning,” Founder and CEO Wardah Inam explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Inam sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth intervie
Tandem Diabetes Sets to Expand Pump Options for Type 2
“Ease of use is what drives adoption,” Tandem Diabetes CEO John Sheridan explains to Bloomberg Intelligence about what can fuel further insulin-pump penetration. In this episode of Vanguards of Health Care, Sheridan sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson for an in-depth interview about Tandem’s Mobi pump, designed for discretion and simplicity, and the AI-powered Control-IQ Pl
Model Medicines AI Drug Development
“We didn’t start Model to launch a company — we started it because no one else met our standards,” says Dr. Daniel Haders II, CEO and founder of Model Medicines. On this episode of Vanguards of Health Care, Haders speaks with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Andrew Galler about building an AI-native drug discovery engine capable of identifying cryptic binding pockets and desi
Parker Institute’s Quest to Make Immunotherapy Work in Solid Tumors
“The most effective therapies for solid tumors are also the most toxic — and we need to fix that,” says Dr. John Connolly, chief scientific officer of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. In this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast, Connolly tells Bloomberg Intelligence pharmaceutical analyst Sam Fazeli why managing toxicity is the key to unlocking CAR-T&rsq
iRhythm’s AI Can Make Arrhythmia Detection More Proactive
Cardiac monitoring “is a space that hasn’t seen disruption or innovation for 50 to 60 years, and we’re trying to disrupt that with our AI-powered Zio platform,” iRhythm CEO Quentin Blackford tells Bloomberg Intelligence. “And really, the focus is on how do we enable an earlier, more accurate diagnosis while reducing the workflow effects for our physicians?” In t
Inside Arcellx's Revolutionary Approach to Cell Therapy
"The first decision I had to make when I joined was whether to continue this anito-cel progam that now looks to be potentially best-in-class in myeloma," Rami Elghandour, CEO of Arcellx, shares with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli. The company embodies the dream of biotech investors -- raising a small amount of capital while on the cusp of getting a drug to market with a highly credible
How Centivo is Reshaping Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
“We decided to come to the table with a health-plan model that enables what we like to call radical affordability,” said Ashok Subramanian, CEO and co-founder of Centivo, in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Subramanian joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss how Centivo’s approach to self-funded employer plans focuses on reducing costs
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