
Inside Biotech
Hosted by Karishma Chhugani and [Host Name] and Riley Conover Elmer and Riley Elmer · Daniel Arce, Bryan Jimenez, Danielle Luu, Stephanie Wu, Riley Elmer, Sanju Vardhan, Karishma Chhugani, Ethan Chung
5.0from 35 ratings
- 46
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 35
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Inside Biotech
Inside Biotech is an exciting podcast from BCLA, which focuses on the science behind SoCal’s most innovative new biotech companies. This monthly podcast, hosted by Riley Conover Elmer and Karishma Chhugani, two Ph.D. Candidates at USC, and is the perfect way for anyone interested in LA’s biotech community to stay informed about current progress and developments. Episodes feature conversations with scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, and more about the cutting-edge science that goes on inside their companies to offer listeners diverse perspectives from experts across niches and levels in the biotech space. On Inside Biotech, science story-telling meets big business, touching on a range of themes from across the world of southern California’s biotechnology industry.
- Publisher
- Daniel Arce, Bryan Jimenez, Danielle Luu, Stephanie Wu, Riley Elmer, Sanju Vardhan, Karishma Chhugani, Ethan Chung
- Category
- business · education · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 46 episodes have a transcript.

5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Biotech Investment Trends in 2026

21 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Becoming a Better Scientific Writer

29 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Breaking Into Biotech: 5 Key Strategies to Success
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Biotech Investment Trends in 2026
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] As you know, early stage venture funding might be more risky as the technology and the research are more early stage compared to later stage venture funding, which already have established a relatively low risk baseline. They all have passed or relatively close to passing their phase A clinical trial. So a lot of these investments are funded on the fact that they want to have lower risk in their investment to have a bigger outcome with a lower risk of their investment. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I think one of the case studies that you had put onto the card news was the big acquisition of Gilead acquiring RSL-X. for almost $8 billion. […]
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- 19 ratings
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Who hosts Inside Biotech?
Karishma Chhugani and [Host Name] and Riley Conover Elmer and Riley Elmer host the show. Published by Daniel Arce, Bryan Jimenez, Danielle Luu, Stephanie Wu, Riley Elmer, Sanju Vardhan, Karishma Chhugani, Ethan Chung.
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