Beyond Biotech Podcast

About Beyond Biotech podcast – the podcast from Labiotech.eu

Welcome to Beyond Biotech podcast! This is the official podcast of Labiotech.eu. Each week, our journalists talk about what is happening in the world of biotech with interviews to the top industry experts and authorities. Join us as we deep dive into the most impactful news on topics like clinical trials, drug discovery, mergers and acquisitions, and more!

A new podcast episode is available every Friday.

About Beyond Biotech podcast – the podcast from Labiotech.eu

A new podcast episode is available every Friday.

Listen to Beyond Biotech:

Podcast 15 Dec 2023

Vaxxinity making vaccines to change the world

Discover how Vaxxinity’s vaccine approach aims to democratize global health, potentially reshaping access to innovative treatments worldwide.

December 15, 2023

Podcast 8 Dec 2023

Can worms provide treatments for some diseases?

U.S. company Holoclara is looking to tackle diseases through the development of worm-derived therapeutics. Allergic and autoimmune diseases were first described in the early 1900s, which Holoclara said is the same time that gut-resident worms such as the roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, were removed from people in industrialized countries. The company, led by CEO Andrea Choe, […]

December 8, 2023

Podcast 1 Dec 2023

Ipsen drug gives hope for liver disease patients

On the podcast this week, we are looking at recent advances in treating certain liver diseases. Jennifer Schranz is senior vice president and global head of rare diseases in the R&D division at Ipsen, and she discusses a breakthrough treatment for primary biliary cholangitis and cholestatic liver disease. What is primary biliary cholangitis? Primary biliary […]

December 1, 2023

Podcast 24 Nov 2023

Company exits stealth to launch molecular gates

On this week’s podcast we have a conversation with Jordi Mata-Fink, co-founder and chief executive officer of Gate Bioscience. Gate Bioscience is a U.S.-based biotechnology company creating a new class of medicines called Molecular Gates. Founded in 2021, Gate is emerging from stealth with a novel scientific platform and $60 million in Series A funding […]

November 24, 2023

Podcast 17 Nov 2023

How can life-saving vaccines be more affordable?

Phenotypeca, a biotech business from Nottingham, UK, has been working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to produce albumin for low and middle-income countries (LMICs), offering a catalyst for making life-saving vaccines affordable globally. Global vaccine production faces several challenges. Limited availability and the high costs associated with recombinant albumin act as a barrier […]

November 17, 2023

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Podcast 10 Nov 2023

How biotech can mend a broken heart

CellProthera has been working to do the impossible – mend broken hearts. The biotech company’s ProtheraCytes cell therapy regenerates damaged tissue following a heart attack, thus restoring cardiac function. In this podcast, we investigate regenerative therapy with CellProthera’s CEO, Matthieu de Kalbermatten. While regenerative cell therapy is dependent on the patient’s own cells, and reliant […]

November 10, 2023

Podcast 3 Nov 2023

Is quantum computing the future of drug discovery?

In this episode, we explore the synergy of quantum computing and drug discovery with the chief scientific officer and co-founder of Qubit Pharmaceuticals, Jean-Philip Piquemal. Qubit Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2020 with the vision of co-developing, with pharmaceutical and biotech companies, new, more effective, and safer drugs. The company uses its Atlas platform to discover […]

November 3, 2023

Podcast 27 Oct 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 69 – improving access to cell and gene therapy

This week, our guest on the podcast is Jason C. Foster, CEO of Ori Biotech. Ori is a London, U.K. and New Jersey, U.S. based manufacturing technology company pioneering flexible process discovery with translation and scalable commercialization of cell and gene therapies (CGT), increasing access to these innovative treatments. Ori has developed a proprietary, full […]

October 27, 2023

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Podcast 20 Oct 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 68 – rejuvenation with stem cells

This week, our guest on the podcast is Mark Kotter, founder of clock.bio. clock.bio, a sister company to bit.bio, which Kotter also founded and is the CEO of, aims to extend and improve quality of life by reversing the harmful effects of time in our cells, harnessing the regenerative capabilities of human pluripotent stem cells […]

October 20, 2023

Podcast 13 Oct 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 67 – natural killer cells

This week, we speak to Artiva Biotherapeutics’ CEO, Fred Aslan, M.D. The company has demonstrated the potential for efficacy and safety with natural killer (NK) cells in two cancer clinical trials. In August, the company announced FDA clearance for an IND for lupus – marking a first for an allogeneic, off-the-shelf NK or CAR-T cell […]

October 13, 2023

Podcast 6 Oct 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 66 – treating rare diseases with tRNA

Compared to the smallest mRNA molecule, which is 300 nucleotides long, the largest transfer RNAs (tRNA) is less than a third of the size at 76 nucleotides. Scientists at Alltrna are harnessing the unique biology of tRNAs to engineer a single tRNA medicine that could treat thousands of rare diseases that share the same genetic […]

October 6, 2023

Podcast 29 Sep 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 65 – Disease X and pandemic preparedness

Disease X, a concept shrouded in mystery, represents the unknown pathogens that could unleash future epidemics or pandemics. In the wake of recent global health crises, our understanding of the profound impact of those pandemics has deepened. On this week’s podcast, we have a conversation with Hamilton Bennett, who led Moderna’s mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine development […]

September 29, 2023

Swiss biotech going strong in 2024: 18 companies to put on your radar

The ABC of biotech startup funding

Bridge RNA: A new gene editing technique that could overcome the limitations of CRISPR

Special Olympics: How is biotechnology revolutionizing sports performance worldwide?

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