The Top Line
Hosted by Fraiser Kansteiner and Will Maddox and Zoey Becker · Fierce Life Sciences
4.6from 52 ratings
- 274
- Episodes
- 186
- Transcribed
- 52
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About The Top Line
Biopharma and medtech explained. Every week, journalists from Fierce Biotech, Fierce Medtech, and Fierce Pharma recount the latest industry trends and why they matter. We'll analyze the week's biggest business news, from mergers and marketing to drug R&D and device development. Available every Friday morning.
- Publisher
- Fierce Life Sciences
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 3 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
186 of 274 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How we picked the Fierce 15
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Locking in on pharma’s consumerization trend
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Fierce Pharma Week: A look at the biggest trends, campaigns and conversations
Inside a recent episode
How we picked the Fierce 15
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think we had over 150 entries this year. As well as bringing together the Fierce editors and other members of Fierce staff to help pick a list, we were also able to suggest our own entries to join the Fierce 15. Darren, this was the first year where you were quite intimately involved in those discussions and you had a lot of thoughts on it and you brought some of your own examples to the table. So how did you find that process of us whittling down over 150 biotechs down into just 15? I'd say it was overwhelming to start. It's great that we get so many incredible entries for this list. I think we've gotten more and more every year, but definitely a daunting task to narrow it down to just, what, a tenth of the entries that we get. […]
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- Reid Waldman
- David Oliwenstein
- Greg Lever
- Dan Paterson
- Jonathan Pachter
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.8 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 39 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 75
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts The Top Line?
Fraiser Kansteiner and Will Maddox and Zoey Becker host the show. Published by Fierce Life Sciences.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Top Line take guests?
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