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Stories from the front lines of life sciences. Hear how founders, investors, engineers, scientists, and quality experts are innovating to save lives. You’ll hear founders share their insights from launching and scaling their business, investors giving their outlook on funding, industry experts unfolding their latest insights and research, and quality professionals offering advice to navigate the regulatory maze and avoid audit pitfalls. We interview the brightest people in the life sciences ...
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Today we interview with Dan Lunz, co-founder and CEO of Previse, an innovative medical solutions company specializing in cancer prevention and early detection. Lunz talks about his journey from being a Marine to leading a pioneering medical company. He discusses the scientific technology behind Previse, which started out as research for predicting …
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The Power of Effective Writing in the Life Sciences Industry with Pam Hurley, Founder of Hurley Write
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In this episode we welcome Pam Hurley, the founder and president of Hurley Write Inc., who specializes in professional writing and communication training. Pam discusses how proper writing can lead to more effective professional communication in life sciences, and how precision and confidence in writing can help professionals achieve their goals. Sh…
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In this episode we interview Mark McDonough, the CEO of ChromaCode. The episode explores McDonough's journey to ChromaCode, from his early career as a naval officer to his roles at various medical and diagnostic companies. Under McDonough's leadership, ChromaCode has excelled in creating a high-definition PCR platform which enables fast, accurate, …
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Join us as we dive into the world of groundbreaking scientific discovery with Chris Burres, a renowned Chief Scientist. In this episode, Chris unveils the mysteries of a unique, soccer ball-shaped molecule that could be the key to unlocking secrets of health and longevity. Discover how this extraordinary molecule, small enough to hold any atom from…
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In this episode of "From Lab to Launch" by Qualio, Meg welcomes Ravi Samavedam, the Chief Innovation Officer of Azzur Group. With over two decades of experience as a seasoned biochemical engineer, Ravi is a driving force behind Azzur's groundbreaking approach to lab spaces and cleanrooms. Discussion Highlights: Ravi delves into Azzur Group's evolut…
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Transforming Healthcare Access: Navigating Challenges and Unlocking Data with Particle Health's Troy Bannister
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In this episode, Meg is joined by Troy Bannister, the co-founder and chief strategy officer at Particle Health. Particle Health is a company revolutionizing the accessibility, sharing, and utilization of healthcare data to simplify navigation for patients and healthcare providers. Troy shares his inspiration behind starting Particle Health and dive…
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Navigating Talent Management Challenges in Life Sciences with Darwin Shurig CEO of Surig Solutions, Inc.
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In this podcast episode, host Meg interviews Darwin Shurig, the founder and CEO of Shurig Solutions, Inc. (SSI), a talent management and executive recruiting firm. Darwin is a seasoned entrepreneur and talent management expert who has built a successful firm partnering with clients to fulfill their talent needs and strategically support initiatives…
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Eliminating Misdiagnosis of Sepsis with Greg Bullington, CEO of Magnolia Medical Technologies
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Sepsis is often misdiagnosed, with approximately 40% of positive sepsis blood tests being incorrect. This leads to patients receiving unnecessary treatments, extended hospital stays, and risks associated with inaccurate diagnoses. In this episode, Greg Bullington CEO of Magnolia Medical Technologies discusses the mission and innovations of Magnolia…
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Revolutionizing Healthcare Supply Chains with Luká Yancopoulos, CEO of Grapevine Technologies
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In this episode of "From Lab to Launch" by Qualio, host Meg welcomes Luca Yancopoulos, the CEO of Grapevine Technologies. Grapevine Technologies is a platform that revolutionizes the healthcare supply chain by connecting buyers with trusted wholesale suppliers, offering lower prices and a seamless online ordering process. Luca's passion for improvi…
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Regulatory and quality expertise for solving customer problems with David R. Schoneker from Black Diamond Regulatory Consulting
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On the podcast today we have David Schoneker who is currently the President of Black Diamond Regulatory Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in providing regulatory and quality consulting for the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food and related industries. The firm provides expert advice for difficult problems and training on excipient an…
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Dr. Phil Wagner is the CEO & Founder of Sparta Science, a Movement Health Intelligence company dedicated to helping the world move better. Founded in 2014, Sparta Science applies modern data science techniques that advance industry best practices and optimize how organizations assess, understand, and improve health & well-being. With 4 patents, sev…
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Treating Cancer using Targeted Radiotherapeutics with Jack Hoppin and John Babich of Ratio Therapeutics
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Today we have Dr. Jack Hoppin CEO of Ratio Therapeutics and Dr. John Babich Chief Science Officer of Ratio Therapeutics. The team at Ratio Therapeutics is developing a suite of innovative technologies to develop best-in-class targeted radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers. They just recently opened a 19,000-square-foot headquarters and R&D…
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Today we have Tony Ulwick on the show. Tony is the pioneer of Jobs-to-be-Done Theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and founder of strategy and innovation consulting firm, Strategyn. He has applied his ODI process at some of the world's leading companies and across nearly all industries to inform breakthrough innovat…
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Dr. Linnea Fletcher is a true pioneer at bridging biotech and education. On the show she explains how high school biotech incubators got started and how others can get involved. She also shares more about the upcoming innovATEBIO conference. Dr. Fletcher she simultaneously joined the first National Science Foundation-funded National Biotechnology E…
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Dr. Carl Giordano joins us on From Lab To Launch! Carl is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Rebesana, a company dedicated to healthy aging and longevity. After years of studying science-backed research on health and aging, orthopedic spine surgeon Carl developed a proprietary supplement to target health on a molecular level. That suppleme…
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We're welcoming a new host to From Lab to Launch! Kelly hands the baton over to Meg Sinclair. Listen in on their conversation about all things podcasting for life sciences, quality and transitioning over the podcast. A little about our new host. Meg has over 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance across a ran…
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Is psychological trauma really just in the mind? Research suggests it isn't. Today we’re interviewing two innovators on the front lines of life sciences and co-authors of a recent book. Dr. Lipov has been called the “Einstein of modern anesthesiology” He’s a renowned board-certified pain specialist and a huge proponent of the stellate ganglion bloc…
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Hypertension affects almost half of all American adults and over 1 billion people globally. Dr. Jay Shah is Chief Medical Officer of Aktiia, a transformative company empowering providers and patients to greatly improve the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of hypertension. Jay joined us to share how he plans to tackle this massive problem in pub…
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Today on the show we welcome Dr. Marcus Conant, chief medical officer of American Gene Technologies. Dr. Conant was one of the first physicians to treat AIDS in San Francisco while running the inpatient dermatology service at the University of California San Francisco. Before anyone recognized the virus or understood that it was about to become a g…
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Today we’re excited to have with us Ernie Wallerstein, Jr., President and CEO of Mental Health Technologies or MHT. Ernie founded MHT back in 2018 and before that spent his career in big and startup tech companies. You can read his full bio in the show notes. Mental Health Technologies is a cloud-based platform for testing and screening patients fo…
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Today we’re excited to have Dr. Mo Jain, CEO of Sapient. Dr. Jain or Mo as he prefers to be called is a physician-scientist with nearly 20 years of expertise in physiology, biomedicine, engineering, computational biology, and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Sapient is one of the largest capacity biomarker discovery labs in the world and well …
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There’s no question that 2022 was a tumultuous year for biotech companies. As 2023 is underway, we're talking to Keith Woods, former COO and current strategic advisor on the Commercial Committee of the argenx Board of Directors (from 3/13 on), a biotech company whose strong earnings come amid a downturn for the wider market and especially the biote…
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On the show today we have Duane Mancini, CEO & Managing Partner of Project MedTech and proud to be a “nerd” of the MedTech industry. Duane has extensive experience in go-to-market strategy including regulatory & reimbursement, biocompatibility, pre-clinical efficacy testing, and clinical trial design & execution. With all of the complexities of run…
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Chuck Rinker, CEO of PRSONAS, a self-proclaimed Human-AI Innovator, joins the podcast to discuss programming humanity into AI and revolutionizing the clinical trial industry through their iHealthAssist product. Chuck has gone from developing black-ops military tech and NASA/space-borne avionics through gaming to the creation of nuMedia Innovations …
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Today we’re talking to Michael Tarselli Chief Scientific & Knowledge Officer of TetraScience. Mike was the Scientific Director for SLAS, a global professional society dedicated to lab automation and an Associate Director at Novartis building an external scientific collaboration platform. You can read the full bio in the show notes. TetraScience is …
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Today we’re talking to Mehdi Maghsoodnia, Co-founder of 1Health which is a personalized precision medicine powered by a lab testing platform that connects labs, clinicians and consumers. Listen to get more details about how 1Health is bringing diagnostic to the modern age. We love the mission of 1Health which is to bring advanced diagnostics to mar…
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What does a modern lab look like? How much manual data processing will take place? Hopefully very little if Ganymede continues to make an impact. Today Nathan Clark, Co-founder of Ganymede, one of the fastest-growing software startups in biotech joins to talk about how to automate and integrate basically everything in a lab. Before Ganymede Nathan …
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From Emergency Medicine to Disrupting EHR Technology with Dr. Brian Fengler, Co-founder of EvidenceCare
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Dr. Brian Fengler joins us on the show to talk about the latest in healthtech and innovating EHR technology to save lives in fewer clicks. Brian is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of EvidenceCare (recently named as an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company), a company that provides a clinical decision support system (CDSS) that’s uniquely integ…
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Engineering quality in organizations to better meet patient needs with Matt Wictome from Datod Consulting
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We've know many who have or had the job title of "Quality Engineer" however many outside the industry may not consider "quality engineers" to be actual engineers in the traditional sense (like mechanical engineering) - Matt Wictome's children think this way. But Matt explains how quality really is an engineering function because processes, products…
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How Dogs Can Be Used in Research and Science with Kayla Fratt Co-Founder of K9 Conservationists
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We’re going to deviate from our typical life sciences for just a few moments just for fun to talk about dogs. We’ve heard about dogs using their olfactory system to detect biologic changes related to disease. Having a bit of a soft spot for dogs ourselves here at Qualio, when our friend Kayla Fratt reached out to be on the show, we thought it’d be …
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How to get to market faster with medical device outsourcing with Jeff Barrett, CEO of J-Pac Medical
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We're excited to dive into the world of full-service medical outsourcing with Jeff Barrett, President and CEO OF J-Pac Medical. Jeff Barrett has more than 25 years of experience building high-growth medical product-based companies. He leads the advancement of J-Pac’s growth strategy, pursuing opportunities to further drive adoption of the company’s…
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Using Advanced AI to Curate Individualized Cancer Treatments with Navid Alipour, CEO of AI Med Global
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Today, we are chatting with Navid Alipour. Navid is the founder and CEO of AI Med Global. Navid believes that with consistent advancements in the healthcare industry, the best care is even more accessible than ever before. When treating cancer, Oncologists are attempting to match the best course of treatment to the individual but every cancer is as…
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Today we are chatting with Dr. Brandon McNaughton, CEO and Co-founder of Akadeum Life Sciences. Brandon is an award-winning inventor and scientist with over 15 years of experience working with magnetic beads and nanoparticles. His experience includes the development of new types of particles, separation, and biosensors. Brandon brings previous star…
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Testing a Gene Therapy to Cure HIV & Fundamentally Change Healthcare with Jeff Galvin of American Gene Technologies®
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Today, we are excited to chat with Jeff Galvin, CEO of American Gene Technologies®. We are so glad to have Jeff back on the show, we first spoke with him last March to learn about American Gene Technologies and what they were working on. I am excited to hear all the updates and accomplishments since we last chatted. Jeff is the CEO and founder of A…
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How CiteMed is Helping Medical Device Companies Bring Their Launches to Market Faster with Co-Founder, Ethan Drower
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Today, we are chatting with Ethan Drower, co-founder and operating partner of CiteMed, which is revolutionizing the European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) process. Literature Search and Review is the cornerstone of medical device companies' Clinical Evaluation Report, and CiteMed has made this process more streamlined and optimized than …
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Product and Software Development for MedTech Solutions with Piotr Zajac, CEO of Untitled Kingdom
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What does the future of med tech look like? Piotr Zajac of Untitled Kingdom is tackling just that with his team and company. As they say, equality starts with technology. On today's episode, we chat with Piotr Zajac, CEO of Untitled Kingdom. His company is a known and collaborative partner specializing in software development and product developmen…
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Ever wondered about your genes and overall health? In today's episode, we will talk about just that. with Dr. J Dunn. We go over wholistic kinesiology and wholistic methylation. For over 30 years, she has practiced natural medicine, researched, and taught her groundbreaking techniques to hundreds of individuals who, like her, are on a quest to find…
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Marketing Must Knows for Healthcare Companies with Justin Crawmer & Scott Miscall of Webtek Interactive
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Are you a life sciences start-up founder and want to bring your business to market, but don't know how? Marketing is something that is ever-evolving but should be part of every business' strategy. In today's episode, you will dive into marketing strategies, testing, industry regulations, and more in the healthcare sector with Jason and Scott from W…
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We all experienced the importance of at-home testing from the Covid19 pandemic and today's guest is helping bring rapid, affordable, and accurate tests to everyone including traditionally underserved areas. Dive into how Domus Diagnostics got started, the importance of Nucleic Acid Testing, and getting started with clinical trials to get FDA cleara…
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Today on the show we're joined by Shuo Qiao, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Moving Analytics. We discuss his career path and how it earned him a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, his interest in computer science, and crossing paths with his future business partner. Dive into funding strategies, the rise and global impact of telehealt…
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Can a chemical found in citrus fruit curb cancer and save lives through early detection? Today on the show, we'll talk about the possibilities with Dr. David Suhy, Cofounder and Chief Medical Officer of Earli. Earli was founded with the mission to make cancer a benign experience by catching and curing it early. According the the American Cancer Soc…
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Navigating FDA Clearance and Launching a Medical Device with Dr. Heather Underwood of EvoEndo
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Today we’re catching up with Dr. Heather Underwood, CEO of EvoEndo. EvoEndo recently completed an $8.4 million Series A financing round on the heels of 510(k) FDA clearance in early 2022. We first spoke with Dr. Underwood in June of 2021. In this episode, we chart a course through her accomplishments, lessons learned through the FDA clearance proce…
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Today we speak with developer turned health-tech founder Gulé Sheikh. We discuss her innovations and entrepreneurship at a leading tele-health company, her experience in technology, and the importance of representation. In the early 20th century, women led computer programming and made huge contributions to the field. From Ada Lovelace’s algorithm …
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Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a life-saving tool used throughout ICUs to manage respiratory failure. The traditional form of non-invasive ventilation, a tight-fitting mask placed over a patient's nose and mouth, comes with significant drawbacks. What if there was an option to treat patients with respiratory failure that improved outcomes while …
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Accelerate Drug Discovery and Bridge the Translational Gap with Jo Varshney of VeriSIM Life
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The average cost of developing a new drug is estimated at over $2 billion. Roughly 10% of pre-clinical drugs ever make it to human trials. And each year, $50 billion is “misspent” in the trial & error method of research and development. An AI-enabled “decision engine” could help researchers find cures to rare diseases, bridge the translational gap …
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Rebuilding Biopharma & Personalized Precision Medicine with Diego Rey Cofounder of Endpoint Health and YC Grad
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What if you started a company like Roche (est. in 1896) from the ground up? How would you approach drug development differently given enabling technology available today? That's the question Diego Rey and the other founders of Endpoint Health asked. Diego Rey is a co-founder and Chief Scientific Office of Endpoint Health, which is flipping the trad…
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Catalyzing Chemical Reactions & Scientific Collaboration with Nobel Laureate David MacMillan
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What’s the background of a Noble Prize winner in chemistry, where are the next innovations in science, and how do you say “asymmetric organocatalysis”? Find out the answers on this week's episode as we chat with David MacMillan. From food production to industrial manufacturing, catalysts are all around us and play an outsized role in our lives. It’…
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Today, we have Lyn Yaffe joining us. Lyn is the Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of EPR-Technologies. EPR Technologies is a biomedical spinoff of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh. EPR Technologies is committed to the preservation of human life through rapid profound hypothermia, by pursuing techniques and patented …
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Accelerating Medtech's time to market with a modern regulatory strategy with James Gianoutsos, Founder of RimSys
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Regulatory landscape is growing increasingly complex with new European Union Medical Device Regulations and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulations. In fact, research from MedTech Europe predicts that as many as 76% of products will be withdrawn from the market as a result and the complexity isn’t limited to just our friends in Europe. The US, Australia, C…
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Modernizing the EUMDR Clinical Evaluation Report Process with Ethan Drower Co-founder of CiteMed
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Adopting EU MDR is either going to make or break some regulatory teams. With some major updates to EU MDR in the past couple years, the need for innovation and efficiency has never been greater for med device companies. We love hearing stories where experts in different industries come together to solve a massive problem and unlock potential for li…
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