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In this episode of Tenzing's Executive Edge, Greg once again sits down with Dave Stowe, founder and managing partner of Adventus to explore the unique role procurement plays in the life sciences industry. Dave explains why procurement in biotech and pharma operates under a different set of pressures than most industries, where supplier decisions, contract structures, and cost management can directly impact the success or failure of clinical trials and emerging therapies.
Greg and Dave walk through the drug development lifecycle from discovery and preclinical testing to the three phases of clinical trials, highlighting how procurement teams can better support scientific stakeholders, manage Contract Research Organization (CRO) relationships, and create the financial discipline needed to bring innovative treatments to market.
Whether you're in procurement, operations, or life sciences leadership, this conversation offers practical insights into navigating one of the most complex and high-stakes sourcing environments in business.
12 May 2026
The Risk Is Always There: How to Get Ahead of Supply Disruption
Supply chain disruptions don't announce themselves. From pandemics and port shutdowns to tariff swings and supplier bankruptcies, the risk is always present — the only question is whether your organization is prepared when it hits.
In this episode, Greg sits down with Subash Chandar, Founder and CEO of The Simple, to unpack how leading organizations are rethinking supply risk monitoring from a reactive exercise into a forward-looking capability. They discuss how to segment your supplier base by true business impact, why marrying internal data with external intelligence changes everything, and where AI fits into the equation — and where it still needs a human in the loop.
If you're in procurement, supply chain, or operations leadership, this one is for you.
14 Apr 2026
Drug Development Is a Team Sport — And Procurement Has to Play.
In this episode of Tenzing's Executive Edge, host Greg Anderson sits down with Dave Stowe — founder and managing partner of Adventus and a veteran of PwC, Oliver Wyman, Horizon Therapeutics, and Purdue Pharma — to explore one of the most complex and consequential procurement environments in the world: life sciences. Dave argues that procurement in biotech and pharma isn't just operationally different from other industries — it carries unique stakes, where mismanaged supplier relationships, runaway costs, or poor contract structures can derail a clinical trial or sink an early-stage company entirely. Greg and Dave walk through the full arc of drug development, from early discovery and animal testing through the three phases of clinical trials, unpacking how procurement teams can better support their scientific colleagues at each stage, structure relationships with Contract Research Organizations, and build the financial discipline that gives promising therapies a fighting chance.
Summary of Key Sections from this Episode (Timestamp = "Minutes:Seconds")
00:02:05 Procurement’s Role in R&D – The Big Picture00:05:20 Drug Development Stages: Discovery to Clinical Trials00:07:08 Engaging Suppliers and CROs00:11:27 Clinical Stages, Cost & Risk Management00:19:57 Partnering Procurement with Internal R&D Teams00:39:00 AI, Data & Process Improvements in Drug Development
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