Making Medicine

About Making Medicine

There's a scientific breakthrough in your medicine cabinet. But how did it get there? At a time when medicines are helping us all live longer and healthier lives, this podcast will explore where these taken-for-granted miracles come from, how many of them almost never happened, where the life science ecosystem is taking us next, and most importantly, what it means for patients. From chance meetings that led to new ideas, to risky investments that never pay off, hear from the people behind today's and tomorrow's treatments, vaccines, technologies, devices, and yes, cures. In this golden age of health discovery and innovation fueled by record breaking investment in the life sciences, we'll bring guests who really understand what it means to be Making Medicine.

Publisher

Incubate Coalition

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 May 2021

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

40 of 97 episodes have a transcript.

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   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   AI in Drug Discovery: What Works, What’s Hype & What Comes Next

   Host John Stanford interviews Dr. Thomas Kaiser, co-founder of Avicenna Biosciences, about AI's real impact on drug discovery, moving beyond hype to practical applications.

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   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   China’s Biotech Rise: Clinical Trials, Drug Development & U.S. Competition

   Host John Stanford interviews Tim Scott, President & CEO of Biocom, about China's burgeoning biotech industry and its implications for U.S. innovation and global drug development.

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   17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Biotech’s Biggest Stories: Drug Pricing, Access & R&D

   Host John Stanford analyzes biotech's biggest stories, from R&D risks and patent cliffs to drug pricing and clinical trial challenges, revealing their impact on patient access to medicines.

Inside a recent episode

AI in Drug Discovery: What Works, What’s Hype & What Comes Next

Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It really depends. For single mutation rare diseases, I think that a national diagnostic data set will be very useful. But for things like metabolic syndrome, general colon cancer risk, inflammatory immunology indications, that have a lot of different reasons for the disease appearing, those are still going to require a national level system in order to be able to address those diseases on the terms of the United States. To say that back to you another way, the more environmental factors might play a role in a disease, we're going to want to have a U.S. data set. And I think that ties very much into the Maha, what we eat, our food ecosystem is different here. […]

Who has been a guest on Making Medicine

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Thomas Kaiser
• Tim Scott
• Patrick Malone
• Michael Rome
• Jeremy Levin

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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Books guests

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