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Episode 83: How biotech VC works w/ health care journalist Maggie Fox, Vioxx and synthetic biology
23 minutes Posted Oct 10, 2019 at 8:37 pm.
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STAT's Matthew Herper joins us to dig into the history of the infamous pain drug Vioxx and a new effort to bring it back as a rare disease treatment. Then, we discuss how the synthetic biology industry is growing up and getting corporate. Finally, health care journalist Maggie Fox dials in to explain her deep dive on venture capital in biotech.