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Innovation to Impact: Drug Development, AI, and Regulatory Strategy

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by Brian Berridge, Nick Kelly & Szczepan Baran

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Innovation to Impact is a podcast on decision-grade drug development in regulated environments. We examine how high-stakes go/no-go calls are made inside pharma and biotech, and what evidence is required for new tools to change those decisions without creating hidden risk. Each episode focuses on predictivity, translational risk, decision rights, and accountability (what breaks, who owns it, and what triggers a stop). This is not a podcast about technology trends. It is about disciplined innovation that can survive audit, scale, and real-world biology.

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June 6, 2026

The Danger of Data You Can’t Interpret

<p>More data sounds good until it starts making everyone anxious, confused, or falsely confident.</p><p>In this conversation, Brian Berridge, Nick Kelley, and Szczepan Baran explore how data shapes decisions across drug discovery, safety assessment, clinical translation, AI, digital health, and wearable monitoring. They discuss why legacy datasets are often not truly AI-ready, why context of use matters, and why the wrong data can create risk instead of reducing it.</p><p>A practical, skeptical discussion for anyone working at the messy intersection of biomedical research, AI, translation, and decision-making.</p>

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May 20, 2026

De-Risking What Matters

<p>In this episode of Innovation to Impact: Ruminations &amp; Ramblings, Szczepan Baran, Brian Berridge, and Nick Kelley tackle one of the biggest problems in modern drug development: we keep adding more technology, more data, and more complexity, yet clinical attrition remains painfully high. Across discussions on AI, NAMs, digital biomarkers, animal models, translational science, and organizational culture, they argue that innovation fails when tools become the strategy instead of serving clearly defined patient-centered decisions. The conversation explores why reverse translation matters, how AI should function as a decision-support system rather than a magic oracle, why “decision warranties” may become essential in AI-enabled science, and how the industry continues to confuse activity with progress. This is a candid, often uncomfortable discussion about predictivity, accountability, translational learning, and what it would actually take to build a drug development system optimized for patient outcomes instead of platform hype. </p>

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February 15, 2026

Innovation That Earns Deletion (Subtractive Trust)

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZMIz3pwNQ" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br> Drug development workflows only get heavier, and subtractive change requires predictivity and decision-grade evidence that can survive regulatory science scrutiny. In this episode we talk about how AI and translational science can earn the right to delete steps, not decorate them. The tension is uncomfortable: are you willing to remove something you have always done, or will you just add another layer and call it progress? We introduce the idea of a Predictivity Ledger, a simple way to make miss rates visible and force clarity about what is being claimed, in what context, and with what failure modes. Deletion is not a vibe. It is a governance decision with receipts. Takeaway: pick one legacy step, define deletion criteria, and start logging misses like they cost time and money, because they do. <br></p><ul><li>(00:00) - Episode purpose, resolutions, and AI adoption risks </li> <li>(02:00) - Subtractive strategy and replacement opportunities in practice </li> <li>(04:00) - Evidence authority, familiarity, and higher validation bars </li> <li>(07:00) - Add-on endpoints and why adoption stalls </li> <li>(08:00) - Decision bias and the need to challenge interpretation </li> <li>(10:00) - Predictivity ledger components for accountable decisions </li> <li>(12:00) - AI capabilities, limits, and accountability requirements </li> <li>(14:00) - Administrative AI example and subtractive realization questions </li> <li>(18:00) - Process efficiency versus biology, fast-fail critique </li> <li>(25:00) - Breaking silos, expert finding, and organizational knowledge </li> <li>(29:00) - Historical knowledge, foundational literature, and AI leverage </li> <li>(33:00) - Closing remarks and next episode sign-off</li> </ul><br> If you liked this episode, steal the monthly cheat sheet at <a href="https://innovationimpact.beehiiv.com/">Innovation2Impact Newsletter </a>(we do the digging, you keep the credit).

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What is Innovation to Impact: Drug Development, AI, and Regulatory Strategy?

Innovation to Impact is a podcast on decision-grade drug development in regulated environments.

We examine how high-stakes go/no-go calls are made inside pharma and biotech, and what evidence is required for new tools to change those decisions without creating hidden risk.

Each episode focuses on predictivity, translational risk, decision rights, and accountability (what breaks, who owns it, and what triggers a stop).

This is not a podcast about technology trends. It is about disciplined innovation that can survive audit, scale, and real-world biology.

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

Where can I listen to this podcast?

This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.

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