Enjoy this podcast with Leonard Mazur, the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Citius Pharmaceuticals, a late-stage biopharma company focused on developing critical care. With over 50 years in the industry, there are many success lessons to be learned as Leonard has co-founded several companies, including Akrimax Pharmaceuticals and Genesis Pharmaceuticals, which he successfully sold to Pierre Fabre in 2003. DisclaimerThe information contained in this website and podcast arepurely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may beconstrued as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed.Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

Today we are honored to have Dr. Josep Bassaganya-Riera, President and CEO of NImmune Biopharma, to talk about how his company is leveraging computational modeling and bioinformatics to develop new therapeutics.DisclaimerThe information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

In this podcast, we are pleased to have Mike Walsh, CEO of Patient Advocacy Strategies as our guest. Patient advocacy may seem like a “nice to have” or an afterthought. In this podcast you’ll learn why the opposite is true – that it’s important to glean input from patient groups early on in the lifecycle and throughout the course of developing solutions for patients. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

It’s shocking that 106,000 people die every year from adverse drug reactions. Moreover, 350,000 people are hospitalized every year, 1.3 million people go to the ER, and it is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Adverse drug reactions are a behemoth problem, costing the economy almost half trillion dollars.DisclaimerThe information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

In this episode, filed at Science Square in Atlanta, we speak with David Francis and Mighten Yip of Palate Therapeutics, whose mission is to alter people’s food preferences away from sugary foods using therapeutic mouthwash. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

With over 1.5 million people suffering traumatic brain injuries a year, 80,000 stroke victims, and millions of concussions, the impact that brain impairment has on society is not to be ignored. We spoke with William Korinek of Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals, who is developing neuroprotein therapies for these conditions. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

There are 1.4 million meniscus procedures performed in the US and Europe every single year. Most of those are meniscetomy which is when the meniscus is removed. The problem is that once it is gone, so is the cushioning that protects the knee joint and cartilage, accelerating arthritis. A quarter of people continue to have pain after a few years. Millions of people have this procedure and it’s not the best answer. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

Our guest today is Dr. Ivan Liachko, the CEO of Seattle-based Phase Genomics, a company whose core technology is ultra-long range genome sequencing. He’s also the founder of Genome Startup Day, dedicated to helping new biotech entrepreneurs transition from academic settings into industry and entrepreneurship. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

Tune in for this insightful podcast with David Weinstock, the Vice President of Discovery Oncology at Merck, to find out what pharma investors really think when they are interviewing startups looking for funding. Disclaimer The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.

Our guest today is another Atlanta luminary, Dr. Marvin Whiteley, the founder and CSO of SynthBiome, Inc. Deaths are expected to increase over the next 20-30 years due to antibiotic resistant infections.   It’s common for people to go into the hospital for something innocuous, get an infection, and find that the bacterium doesn’t respond to antibiotic. There are strains infecting people outside of clinical settings, as well. As there are millions of deaths caused by this each year, the alarm bells are starting to go off because we are not developing a lot of new antibiotics. How can this trend be stopped?     Disclaimers The information contained in this website and podcast are purely informational and not considered investment recommendations. Tim Dougherty’s participation in Biotech Insights is separate and apart from his role as an investment advisor representative. Nothing contained herein may be construed as a recommendation or endorsement of any of the companies discussed. Tim Dougherty has no financial affiliation with any of the companies mentioned in this communication. Tim Dougherty makes no representation that the information conveyed in this material is accurate and is under no obligation to update this information as changes occur.