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Legal Drugs Podcast33. Investigating Cardiotoxicity in a 3-Drug Comparison for the Treatment of COVID19 with AnaBios's Dr. Najah Abi-GergesIn this episode, Legal Drugs Podcast Host, Angela Stoyanovitch, speaks with Dr. Najah Abi-Gerges, head of AnaBios Corporation's R&D. Najah walks the audience through recent publications in collaboration with big pharma on the cardiotoxicity effects of three drugs that have been posed to treat COVID19. Cardiotoxicity studies are an important step in understanding the safety of a legal drug. AnaBios uses their early-stage discovery and translational research model to test and compare Hydroxychloroquine, Chloroquine and Azithromycin in adult human primary cardiomyocytes. Cardio safety is especially personal to both Angela and Najah as both speak about their family history wi...
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Molecular Moments PodcastAngela Stoyanovitch talks Detroit Pride, Legal Drugs, and the Google of CROsIn today’s episode, Chad sits down with Angela Stoyanovitch, a director of business development at BioAgilytix and founder of the Legal Drugs podcast. She’s a podcaster, veteran business developer, social media strategist and consultant who kicked off her career in research who has held business development roles across pre-clinical research, bioanalysis and in basic research. They discuss how she fell in love with the service side of research and her advice for others interested the drug industry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lab Rat Chat15. Chat with Legal Drugs PodcastSend us a textLab Rat Chat - Episode 15 with Angela Stoyanovitch, Founding Partner and Host of Legal Drugs Podcast. Follow us on Twitter! Facebook! Instagram! https://twitter.com/thelabratchat https://www.facebook.com/labratchat https://www.instagram.com/thelabratchat In this episode of Lab Rat Chat, Danielle and I had a chat with Angela Stoyanovitch, B.A., LATG, who is the Founding Partner and host of Legal Drugs Podcast, a production of Legal Drugs Agency, LL...
2020-11-0642 minLegal Drugs Podcast31. Mitigating Animal Research Policy for the Cause of Biomedical & Scientific Progress with Tom Leach of Leach Policy Management, LLC In this episode of Legal Drugs Podcast, Host (NEW landing page www.podpage.com/site/legal-drugs-podcast), Angela Stoyanovitch, interviews Tom Leach, Esq. Tom is the executive director of the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR) and the Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR). In addition to biomedical research advocacy, Tom monitors legal and legislative develops related to animal welfare in New Jersey and across the country. Tom has extensive experience developing policy positions and legislative initiatives for association management and government affairs clients. Tom has more than fifteen years of experience working in state government and legal affairs. Tom...
2020-09-2100 minLegal Drugs Podcast30. Mental Health as the Taboo Carotid Artery to Heart Disease with Rockwell J. StoyanovitchHealth professionals have started to recognize the importance of mental health as it relates to heart disease. The American Heart Association (AHA) actually includes links to mediation and tips for a gratitude practice on their website. See link here; https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/mental-health-and-wellbeing For too long health professionals have ignored matters of mental health for our overall physical well-being as it includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. According to the information on the link above from the AHA, these things affects how we think, feel, and act along with how we handle str...
2020-09-0700 minLegal Drugs Podcast29. Overcoming Challenges in Lab Animal Science & National Meeting Updates with AALAS President Tracy Lewis ParkerLegal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, interviews Tracy Lewis Parker, current President of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) to discuss the organization's plan for a virtual meeting in lieu of the corona virus pandemic. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA this November 2020. In this discussion, members and non-members of the AALAS community will learn about the many opportunities available for this year's National Meeting along with insight into Tracy's personal background and enthusiasm for AALAS' mission. Listeners will also learn more about laboratory animal science and gain insight into animal...
2020-08-2400 minLegal Drugs Podcast28. An Alternative Narrative to Animal Research in Biotechnology & The Journey to Becoming a Lab Animal Veterinarian with Jeff MarshallIn this episode of Legal Drugs Podcast (NEW landing page www.podpage.com/site/legal-drugs-podcast), Angela Stoyanovitch, explores an alternative narrative to the field of laboratory animal research and helps to uncover mysteries animal research which is often quieted or ignored in the biotechnology sciences. Ironically, it is much in part to the discoveries animals in research afford us that allow innovations to be explored and progressed forward in the biotechnology and biomedical research field. In an attempt to open up the conversation on this important step to drug development, Angela speaks with her guest Jeff Marshall (RBP, CBSP, SM...
2020-08-1100 minLegal Drugs Podcast27. A CNS Update from AnaBios Corporation with Dr. Chris MathesLearn more about AnaBios Coporation at anabios.com and let them know you heard about them on Legal Drugs Podcast.
2020-07-2800 minLegal Drugs Podcast26. Think Zebras, Not Horses; The Not So Rare, Rare Disease, An EDS Patient’s Journey to Diagnosis with Hannah HarrellMeet Hannah Harrell, a 26-year-old self-advocating patient of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or EDS. While EDS is considered a rare disease due to fewer than 200,000 US cases per year according to Mayo Clinic, EDS communities believe it is often misdiagnosed and that its prevalence is greater than currently known. EDS is a group of genetic disorders that affect the connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues. The symptoms of EDS can range from mildly loose joints to life-threatening complications, and often causes lifelong chronic pain. While there is no cure for EDS, legal drugs...
2020-07-1300 minLegal Drugs Podcast25. How the Pandemic has Affected the Legal Drugs Manufacturing Business with Lee Rosebush of Baker & Hostetler, LLPOn today’s sponsored episode of Legal Drugs Podcast, Host Angela Stoyanovitch, speaks with Lee Rosebush, Partner at Baker & Hostetler, LLP. Lee is one of the scheduled speakers at the upcoming compounding pharmacy live stream salon hosted by PharmaSalon. To learn more about the Aug. 18-20th, 2020 event and to register, go to www.pharmasalon.com. Lee Rosebush is the Pharmacy & Reimbursement Team Leader and Co-Leader of the FDA Practice at Baker & Hostetler. With a unique background as a defense, regulatory, and registered patent attorney who has also worked as a pharmacist, Lee provides his clients with legal...
2020-06-2900 minLegal Drugs Podcast24. A New Way to Conference Legal Drugs with Vivian Juter Frankel of PharmaSalonLegal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, talks with founder, Vivian Juter Frankel of PharmaSalon, a new conference creation company. With Vivian's twenty years of conference organizing experience, PharmaSalon aims to offer a new way for experts to connect in their field. After hosting popular "unconference" sessions on topics that conference participants wanted to discuss, Vivian birthed the idea to launch PharmaSalon with an emphasis on smaller group meetings, a focus on fireside chats and collaborative learning (as opposed to a purely didactic conference style.) To learn more go to: www.pharmasalon.com. On August 18th, 19th and 20th, 2020, PharmaSalon is laun...
2020-06-1500 minLegal Drugs Podcast23. Discovering a Legal Drug for COVID19 through Centivax with Sarah Ives of Distributed BioOn today’s episode of Legal Drugs Podcast, our host, Angela Stoyanovitch, is joined by Sarah Ives, Director of Contract Research at Distributed Bio based in San Francisco, CA. Sarah starred on the Netflix docuseries, Pandemic, produced by Zero Point Zero Productions, premiered on January 22, 2020. In this episode, Angela gets to know Sarah’s life in what Sarah describes as two phases; pre and post the Netflix show. After watching the show, Angela felt Sarah’s persona was relatable in that she, too, studied biology and decided to learn more about the legal drugs business in her career. In an effort...
2020-06-0100 minLegal Drugs Podcast22. Botanical Microscopy : A Legal Drug to Replace An Illegal Drug for Research Use of 3D Tissue Clearing & ModelingAngela Stoyanovitch, host of the Legal Drugs Podcast, sits down with Dr. Tom Villani, PhD, Founder and Chief Science Officer at Visikol Inc. during the 58th annual meeting of the Society of Toxicology that took place in Baltimore, MD in March 2019. Angela and Tom record this bit in the booth during the ToxExpo exhibit hall to introduce their product, services and founding story. When Tom was a graduate student studying medicinal chemistry at Rutgers University, his advisor frequented remote villages in Africa around thirties weeks a year collaborating with medicine men and women. He returned with many var...
2020-05-1900 minLegal Drugs Podcast21. The Impact of Legal Drug Studies to Our Lives with Jody DeBold of JD Preclinical SolutionsOn today's episode of the Legal Drugs Podcast, host, Angela Stoyanovitch, spoke with entrepreneur and consultant, Jody DeBold of JD Preclinical Services. Jody speaks about the importance of building strong relationships with her clients in the early phases of the pharmaceutical process. It is important to Jody to work with strong groups who are focused on providing quality solutions while doing all they can to bring those solutions of value that improve patient care all the way to the marketplace. Jody's passion for helping people is undeniable. You may hear Jody and Angela get a little choked up when...
2020-05-0400 minLegal Drugs Podcast20. Honoring the Role of Laboratory Animals in COVID19 Research with Dr. Cindy BuckmasterThe new #COVID19 corona virus pandemic has changed the world as we knew it in many ways. As scientists and government regulatory bodies rush to find a cure, treatment or therapy for those infected and affected by this new disease, we pause to reflect on the role that laboratory animals will play in bringing a new legal drug to market. While there may be exceptions to the rule (such as in the case of state legalized marijuana in the United States), legal drugs don’t hit the market without extensive safety and efficacy testing in animal models. Anim...
2020-04-2000 minLegal Drugs Podcast19. Breaking the Rules for A Breakthrough Drug Against Corona Virus OutbreakIn this week’s episode (19), Angela Stoyanovitch, host of Legal Drugs Podcast, expands on episode 18’s reflections of the corona virus pandemic that’s shutting down the world right now. Angela notes that there is also a great opportunity to break rules of play for what it takes to get a drug to market with this new and urgent #COVID19 crisis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. has a compassionate drug use study (for Investigational New Drug or IND) for a new, unapproved drug to treat a seriously ill patient when no other treatments are availab...
2020-04-0600 minLegal Drugs Podcast18. Building Bridges Through Toxicology with Hispanic Organization for Toxicologists with Dr. Robert Casillas and Dr. Ranulfo Lemus OlaldeThe Hispanic Organization for Toxicologists (HOT) is a special interest group of the Society of Toxicology (SOT.) HOT was founded in 2004. HOT is a group of toxicologists of Hispanic origin who interact with Spanish and Portuguese-speaking scientific communities with an emphasis on outreach to the Hispanic population. They help relay information and awareness on toxicological news to global Hispanic communities. They focus on mentoring junior scientists and trainees and encourage and support collaboration among Hispanic toxicologists. https://www.toxicology.org/groups/sig/hot/index.asp(scroll down to find the Hispanic Organization of Toxicologist Award Fund) ...
2020-03-1700 minLegal Drugs Podcast17. The Umbrella of Life Sciences from Animal to Human Health with Ted Toburen Have you heard the term life-science? What is the life-science industry? On this episode of Legal Drugs Podcast, Angela Stoyanovitch, host, interviews Ted Toburen, an independent consultant focused on global strategy development and execution at his firm, T Squared Consulting, LLC. With about 25 years of global animal health and animal nutrition experience, Ted describes and defines his view on the vastness of life science fields from pharma to animal health, vaccine manufacturing and agriculture practice with a niche in poultry health. With a stent in executive search recruiting, Ted talks about how he networks at events such as the La...
2020-03-0200 minLegal Drugs Podcast16. Surviving Cancer and Curing Disease by Converging Human Organoids via Augmented Intelligence Software with Ping Yeh, CEO & Co-Founder of StemoniX Inc.During the largest health care conference in the year, JP Morgan and Biotech Showcase, Legal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, meets with visionary Ping Yeh, CEO and Co-Founder of StemoniX at a café in downtown San Francisco, CA,. StemoniX converts skin cells into stem cells for brain and heart cells that are referred to as human organoids or human microOrgan. You know we love to highlight the innovative aspects of the legal drugs business, so we are taking it up a notch! As an engineer and a survivor of cancer, Ping was trained in this business as a...
2020-02-1700 minLegal Drugs Podcast15. Reprograming the Human Computer via Gene Therapy with Jeff Galvin, CEO of American Gene Technologies International Inc.What does coding a computer and coding a human cell have in common? Jeff Galvin, CEO at American Gene Technologies International Inc. (AGT), explains to Legal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, during the week of JP Morgan/Biotech Showcase conference in downtown San Francisco, CA. Check out Episode 14 “Funding the Future of Legal Drugs from the Streets of San Francisco; A Recap of The Biotech Showcase by Angela Stoyanovitch,” for more background content on the setting of this recorded interview. You will hear Angela describe the new surge of focus on gene and cell therapies which are a mor...
2020-02-0300 minLegal Drugs Podcast14. Funding the Future of Legal Drugs from the Streets of San FranciscoIn this special one-year-anniversary edition of Legal Drugs Agency, LLC, producer of Legal Drugs Podcast, Podcast Host, Angela Stoyanovitch, walks you through her impressions on how commercial fundraising takes place, the future of legal drugs in development and new innovations on the horizon as it relates to our biologic systems and pharmaceutical developments. Every year, the largest global healthcare conference takes place in and around the streets of downtown San Fransisco, California with over 12,000 participants networking their way around their next deal in biotechnology, digital health and or many other forms of innovation with the biggest banks of the world, ven...
2020-01-2000 minLegal Drugs Podcast13. You May Know a Toxic Person but Do You Know a Toxicologist? Interview with Terry Leyden, President and Recruiter at The Leyden GroupDuring the international Society of Toxicology (SOT) annual meeting in Baltimore, MD in March 2019, I met Terry Leyden, a 37-year-attendee! Terry is both President and Recruiter at his company, The Leyden Group, in business since 1980. Terry has filled over 600 jobs in the toxicology community ranging in specialties from chemical, pharmaceutical (legal drugs), consumer product, and contract research, etc. In this episode on the Legal Drugs Podcast, Terry walks you through the exciting field of toxicology and even his own interest in become a toxicologist after spending so many decades learning about this diverse, global and vastly expanding field. He explains that...
2020-01-0600 minLegal Drugs Podcast12. Oh, the Cases Your Organs Can Go with Dr. Andre Ghetti, CEO at AnaBios CorporationIn this week's episode, Legal Drugs Podcast's Host, Angela Stoyanovitch, discusses the challenges of overcoming animal model data with Dr. Andre Ghetti, CEO of AnaBios Coporation, a human tissue company. Angela and Andre talk about some of the case studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of AnaBios' strategy along with the need for relevant, predictive data at the preclinical state in order to better guide drug discovery processes (while making note of the challenges facing drug discovery.) They tell the story of AnaBios’ challenges overcome to date and of the gaps in the marketplace for the legal drugs pharmaceutical industry as wel...
2019-12-1700 minLegal Drugs Podcast11. Human Oral Cancer Characterization for Legal Drug Discovery with Dr. Vijaya Kumar Pidugu, Ph.D.During the largest annual cancer research meeting, AACR (American Association for Cancer Research), in Atlanta, Georgia in April, 2019, Legal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, met up with LinkedIn friend, Dr. Vijaya Kumar Pidugu, Ph.D. or "VJ." VJ walks us through his poster presentation in the exhibit hall. As this is an audible recording and you cannot see all the charts and diagrams on the printed poster, you will have to use your imagination to follow along in this week's interview. Angela interrupts the recording to break things down for the listener who may not have a basic science, research or...
2019-12-0300 minLegal Drugs Podcast10. Series: “Should I Simply Pop this Pill?” #1. Introduction to LDP’s Editor and Mission in Casual ConversationHow does the legal drugs business affect you? In this week’s episode, Legal Drugs Podcast (LDP) editor, Margaret Beveridge (Maggie), asks LDP host, Angela Stoyanovitch, more about her purpose in starting this podcast along with her initial interests and background. In this casual conversation, Maggie asks questions about the industry that you may be wondering, too. This is the first dialog in this series that aims to break down communication and education barriers in the drug development process. Maggie and Angela discuss how drugs are all around us, even in our food! From the effect of a headache to...
2019-11-1900 minLegal Drugs Podcast9. Refining, Reducing and Replacing Animals in Research Initiatives of the North American 3Rs Collaborative with Alice White McVeyLegal Drugs Podcast, a production of Legal Drugs Agency is proud to highlight and endorse the work of the North American 3Rs Collaborative (NA3RsC) on the Legal Drugs Podcast. Host, Angela Stoyanovitch, partners up with former colleague, Alice White McVey, a guru on small animal research models with a passion for responsible 3Rs implementation. The 3Rs in research include: Refinement (methods which minimize pain and distress and/or improve welfare of the animals required) Reduction (methods which minimize the numbers of animals used) Replacement (methods which avoid, or replace, the use of animals) Alice explains that animals...
2019-11-0400 minLegal Drugs Podcast8. Top 10 Drug Discovery & Preclinical CROs to Watch with Brandon Miller of Key Corporate ServicesThanks to our Sponsors: This episode is supported by Key Corporate Services, LLC. Key Corporate Services is a trusted human capital partner to their clients and a confidential career advisor for their candidates while providing a fulfilling career with professional growth for their associates. Key Corporate Services is an executive search and recruitment expert firm for chemicals, pharma & biotech, food ingredients, manufacturing and finance industries. For information on their current job openings or to learn more, go to www.kcsllc.net. During the National American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS or NAALAS) annual meeting in downtown Denver...
2019-10-2200 minLegal Drugs Podcast7. A Book Review by Angela Stoyanovitch on Superbugs, An Arms Race Against BacteriaThis week's episode discusses the crux of the legal drug industry with an example of a growing global issue, antimicrobial resistance. This is a casual book review of the book, Superbugs, An Arms Race Against Bacteria, written by William Hall, Anthony McDonnell and Jim O'Neill published by Harvard University Press, copyright 2018. After being gifted the book, host, Angela Stoyanovitch, falls in love with the topic of antibiotics, a category type of legal drugs. According to the book, Superbugs, approximately 1.5 million people die every year already as a result of antimicrobial resistance. The antibiotic crisis is still developing today. Is it...
2019-10-0800 minLegal Drugs Podcast6. Rodents are Not Humans, an Interview with Dr. Chris Mathes Inside of AnaBios Corporation's Booth at ToxExpo 2019This episode of the Legal Drugs Podcast is sponsored by AnaBios Coporation. You can learn more about AnaBios Corporation at www.anabios.com During the Society of Toxicology ToxExpo exhibitor hours, Legal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, takes a few minutes to catch up with a former colleague (both previous employees at Charles River Laboratories) Dr. Chris Mathes, Ph.D., M.B.A. Today, Chris is the Chief Commercial Officer at AnaBios Corporation, a human tissue biotech company. His scientific background includes studies into electrical activity in cells using patch clamp (a laboratory technique t...
2019-09-1600 minLegal Drugs PodcastEye-opening Contract Research for Legal Drugs with Ben Burton of iuvo BioScienceDuring the annual international meeting for Society of Toxicology in March 2019, Ben Burton, President & CEO at iuvo BioScience and Oculos Clinical Research and spoke with Angela Stoyanovitch, Legal Drugs Podcast host, in order to learn more about his role as an entrepreneur and seasoned executive in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Listen and learn how Ben's background and experience resulted to him leading a service-based contract research organization ("CRO" - you will hear this referenced) with a strategic focus on medical device and ophthalmic research and development. What does all of that mean? Ben's companies test th...
2019-09-0300 minLegal Drugs PodcastDr. Raymond Singer Testifies on Toxicity in the Brain, Legal or Illegal?During the Society of Toxicology (SOT) annual scientific meeting in March 2019, Legal Drugs Podcast's host, Angela Stoyanovitch, met today's special guest, Dr. Raymond Singer. After learning Ray's unique practice in forensic neuropsychology and neurotoxicology as an international and national testimony expert, Angela jumped on the opportunity to interview him inside the SOT booth. For nearly four decades, Ray has reported his findings around neurotoxicity (toxicity in the brain) as an expert witness including cases up to the United States Supreme Court. Ray's passion for justice and public health are evident in his life's work. As Ray e...
2019-08-1900 minLegal Drugs Podcast3. Saving a Heart, Killing Disease with Rockwell J. StoyanovitchLegal Drugs Podcast Host, Angela Stoyanovitch, is excited to welcome her father, Rockwell (Rocky) J. Stoyanovitch, to the show! The most intimate stories in Angela's career in drug development are experienced through her personal and familiar relationships. The preventative treatments, cures and legal drugs she has seen in research have either made a positive impact or saved a life in just one critical moment. In her father's case, Rocky survived not just one but two heart attacks (and even three since the recording of this episode) thanks to biomedical research advancements such as medical devices and legal drugs. I...
2019-07-2900 minLegal Drugs Podcast2. From Wheelchair to Walking on Stem Cells with Andrew PodczerwinskiThe Legal Drugs Podcast welcomes our first guest to the show, Andrew (Andy) Podczerwinski, for a chat about his search for a stem cell cure! In a fluke accident, a tree tragically fell on Andy, paralyzing him from the waist down. After recovering from his critical condition, a wheelchair was brought to his room with no further explanation. Despite being surrounded by the medical community, Andy's questions went unanswered. He decided to do his own research in hope to walk again. Today, Andy works in a research lab studying stem cells and plans to bring...
2019-07-1600 minLegal Drugs Podcast1. How I Got Hooked on Legal Drugs Through Sex BehaviorLegal Drugs Podcast host, Angela Stoyanovitch, walks you through her early career history that led her an interest in how drugs are brought to market. The journey or idea of a drug that is discovered in academia does not always have a linear pathway to industry. A drug in development may not end up where you may have intended it with many turns and re-routes along the way. How could a drug with indications around cancer turn into a sex behavior drug, for example? How could a cardiovascular drug turn into a sex behavior indication? Y...
2019-07-0100 minLegal Drugs PodcastTrailerEvery day, each of us is affected by legal drugs. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the strongest, richest and yet most mysterious industries in America. Why do some drugs make it to market and others don't? Why are some drugs so expensive? And what is the human effect of this industry? Join industry veteran Angela Stoyanovitch as she explores the complex systems in place and what it means for you and me. This is the official trailer for the Legal Drugs Podcast, coming soon to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us...
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