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Asia Healthcare Podcast#015 - Venture capital investing using AI w/ Simone Song, founder and senior partner of ORI CapitalSimone Song was happily leading Goldman Sachs's healthcare investment banking for Greater China when the results of a health check changed her outlook in life. Wanting to dedicate the rest of her career to support innovative healthcare companies that are addressing the world's biggest diseases, she established ORI Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in innovative companies in the healthcare industry globally.
Simone joins me this week to share about her journey, and ORI's investing philosophies.
And also artificial intelligence.
Topics we explored:
- How...2021-09-1738 min
Asia Healthcare Podcast#014 - China biotech reporting w/ Amber Tong, Senior Editor at Endpoints NewsWho wants to be a biotech journalist?
Amber Tong, Senior Editor of Endpoints News, joins the Asia Healthcare Podcast to share her origin story and what it’s like covering China healthcare.
Topics we explored:
- How did Amber get her start in journalism
- First impressions of biotech reporting
- What's fun versus not so fun about China biotech reporting
- Our favorite reading material / source of biotech news and analysis for Asia
- Comparing the interview styles of China vs US...2021-07-2949 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#013 - How I survived a critical illness w/ JChanPharmaA serious heart infection caused by a supposedly rare non-pathogenic bacteria landed me in the hospital for a month. This is my story of how I survived a critical illness.
Topics explored:
- What is Infective Endocarditis (IE)?
- What are the odds of getting IE?
- What diagnostic tests did I undergo?
- Why you should go to a private hospital for acute events
- General tips for protecting yourself and staying healthy
Useful links:
Infective...2021-06-1524 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#012 - Pandemic preparedness w/ Lance Little, Managing Director of Roche Diagnostics APACDid you know that roughly only 2% of healthcare spending goes into diagnostic testing? And yet it informs the majority of our clinical decisions.
Lance Little, managing director of Roche Diagnostics APAC and board member of APACMed joins me this week to discuss the pandemic preparedness of Asia’s healthcare systems, and the role of diagnostics in the future of healthcare.
Topics we explored:
- How has Asia responded to the pandemic so far?
- What factors can really impact how well a country contain an outbreak?
...2021-03-2237 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#011 - Hard targets in cancer therapeutics w/ Piers Ingram, CEO & cofounder of Hummingbird BioscienceIn 2015, Piers Ingram co-founded Hummingbird Bioscience, a clinical-stage biotech company in Singapore. Leading a team of interdisciplinary scientists, the company believes that there is a better way to deliver a new generation of transformative medicine: by harnessing powerful modern approaches to systems biology and data science to better understand disease mechanisms and how to treat these, through the development of rationally engineered bio-therapeutics.
Piers joins us to talk about his experience in Asia and starting Hummingbird to develop drugs that go after 'hard targets' in cancer and autoimmune diseases.
Topics we explored:
...2021-02-2441 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#010 - From Biotech Analyst to CEO, w/ Ying Huang, CEO of Legend BiotechYing Huang spent 9 years in drug R&D and 12 years as a biotech analyst. He signed up to be Legend Biotech's CFO, but 17 months later he was named CEO. In this episode, I catch up with Ying about his transition into CEO at Legend. We also talk about cilta-cel and the new clinical trial data the company will be presenting at this year’s American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting, and his reflections on 2020.
* Cilta-cel is an investigational chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy, formerly identified as JNJ-4528 in the U.S. and Europe and LC...2020-12-0400 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#009 - Futureproofing healthcare systems w/ Rachel Frizberg, Area Head of APAC, Roche PharmaAs of this recording, we are on our way to hitting 45 million cases of Covid-19 worldwide, the majority of those have recovered but new cases are still rising in most countries and if anything, this year’s pandemic has really highlighted how vulnerable our healthcare systems can be.
Even before the emergence of Covid-19, many countries faced challenges in providing equitable healthcare access to all of their population. Today on the show, we explore what healthcare systems in the APAC region look like and why it’s important for different stakeholders to work together to find ways to i...2020-11-0200 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#008 - Japan's Shonan iPark & AI DynamicsScience parks – sometimes called research parks, innovation parks, or hi-tech parks – exist to provide an open and collaborative environment for innovative companies to connect and potentially form partnerships to accelerate the research and development of technologies and solutions of the future.
But what happens when a global pandemic forces the world into a state of physical distancing?
Shonan Health Innovation Park (iPark) is one of the few science and technology ‘hotspots’ in Asia today. Founded in 2018, Takeda Pharmaceuticals transformed its previous Shonan research site into Shonan iPark to create an ecosystem for researchers, industry experts, venture...2020-07-3134 minAsia Healthcare PodcastAn Update - Ranking the Asia Healthcare PodcastJust a quick update:
- AHP lands on the 20th spot of a list of top healthcare podcasts.
- Carrying out the mission of supporting Asia's healthcare industry.
- Can you support the podcast?
- Mulling a podcast website and video content.
- Also testing out some music.
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2020-07-3004 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#007 - Charles Stacey, CEO of CerecinAlzheimer's disease is one of the world's leading causes of death, with 50 million people suffering from the disease worldwide. The global pharmaceutical industry has spent billions of dollars on drug R&D but 99% of clinical trials have failed.
Part of the reason could be that most drug developers have focused on targeting beta amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain of Alzheimer's patients. This approach has not worked out so far, but scientists have been exploring other theories about the disease and developing treatments based on these other theories.
Cerecin (formerly known as...2020-06-1757 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#006 - Covid-19, STAT China, & Chi-Med CEO Christian HoggCovid-19 has thrown the world into chaos, but the Asia Healthcare Podcast is back with some updates. We talk about the coronavirus outbreak, why you should sign up for a China newsletter from STAT News, and the latest from Hong Kong's very own Hutchison China MediTech (Chi-Med).
Chi-Med is an innovative biopharmaceutical company aiming to become a global leader in the discovery, development and commercialisation of targeted therapies and immunotherapies in oncology and autoimmune diseases.We caught up with Chi-Med's CEO Christian Hogg, who was Chi-Med's first employee and has been with the company...2020-04-1333 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#005 - Chris Clarke, COO & SVP of Hello Health GroupDo you like to google your own symptoms before forcing yourself to see a doctor? Well I do, but I should know better so don't do it.
Seriously though, in this day and age, it's pretty common for us to want to stay informed about our health (which is good), but to self-diagnose after reading online content from a google search is a step too far. According to a news report from November 2019, 2 out of 5 Americans do this, and I suspect we in Asia face the same temptations.
Most people in North America would agree...2020-01-2237 minAsia Healthcare PodcastIDF Soundbites #3 - Tommy Kim, Country Head of Roche Diabetes Care, KoreaSoundbites from the International Diabetes Federation Congress 2019, held in Busan, Korea.
Hear from Tommy Kim, Country Head of Roche Diabetes Care in Korea
Tommy shares:
- Diabetes epidemic numbers in South Korea
- How our Asian culture and ‘consumer mindset’ for healthcare affects our health literacy and awareness
- All stakeholders need to be transparent and work together to improve a country’s overall population management
- Is Asia ready to adopt to innovation brought in from the West?
Shared...2019-12-2008 minAsia Healthcare PodcastIDF Soundbite #2 - Julia Mader, Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology & Diabetology), University of Graz, AustriaSoundbites from the International Diabetes Federation Congress 2019, held in Busan, Korea.
Hear from Julia Mader, Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology & Diabetology) at the University of Graz, Austria
Prof. Mader discusses:
- What is 2 vs 8760?
- Challenges of continuous glucose monitoring back in 2005
- Does iPDM add to the physician’s workload? Does it improve the patient-physician relationship?
- The importance of teaching patients the advantages of iPDM and using new technologies
- How some patients find it hard to stick with iP...2019-12-1712 minAsia Healthcare PodcastIDF Soundbite #1 - Rolf Hinzmann, Head of Global Medical & Scientific Affairs (Glucose Monitoring & Science) at RocheSoundbites from the International Diabetes Federation Congress 2019, held in Busan, Korea.
Hear from Dr. Rolf Hinzmann, Head of Global Medical and Scientific Affairs in Glucose Monitoring and Science at Roche.
Dr. Hinzmann talks about:
- What is Integrated Personalized Diabetes Management (iPDM)
- Why integrating data can generate important insights for patients and his/her stakeholders
- Why do we have this tsunami of diabetes
- How stakeholders, such as politicians, can play a role in addressing the diabetes problem
Shared with...2019-12-1309 minAsia Healthcare PodcastQuick Pod - I'm at IDF in Busan!I'm in Busan, Korea for the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Congress.
Short recap on how I ended up here on short notice (sorry for raw audio, and my morning voice), and what is Integrated Personalized Diabetes Management (iPDM).
Special thanks to Roche Diabetes Care.
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https://anchor.fm/asiahealthcare 2019-12-0415 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#004 – Abhishek Shah, CEO and Co-founder of Wellthy TherapeuticsAbhishek Shah was a venture capitalist interested in the healthcare space. The problem of chronic disease in Asia really hit home when his parents were diagnosed with diabetes. Leveraging his experience in healthcare, consumer tech, and entrepreneurship, Abhishek set up Wellthy Therapeutics, a digital therapeutics company that helps people live healthier lifestyles and reduce their risk of chronic disease.
- Tackling chronic conditions in a fragmented market
- Why diabetes is the perfect condition to start with
- How the Asian lifestyle and culture relates to the development of diabetes
...2019-12-0241 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#003 - Doug Corley, CEO and Co-Founder of DHB GlobalIn 2011, Doug moved to China, worked three jobs (including clinical research in a military hospital), before starting his own company to help HealthTech startups find commercialization opportunities in China. We discussed:
- Working in a Chinese military hospital, and learning the business of healthcare in the private sector
- Setting up Beijing Health Forum and DHB Global
- Mentoring with Chinaccelerator, Endeavor Global, and Antler
- Questions to ask yourself when bringing your technology to China
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of China healthcare reform
2019-10-0349 minAsia Healthcare PodcastQuick Pod - China updates NRDLJust a quick summary of China's National Reimbursement Drug List update, pulling in what I've read from the gov websites and Chinese media.
China adds 148 drugs to key insurance list: state media - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pharmaceuticals/china-adds-148-drugs-to-key-insurance-list-state-media-idUSKCN1VA1MG
National Health Security Administration's Notice of the National Basic Medical Insurance Drug List (CHN) -
http://www.nhsa.gov.cn/art/2019/8/20/art_37_1666.html
2019-08-2208 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#002 - Will Greene, Founder of TigermineHow did a New Yorker working in finance end up doing consulting with science and technology leaders in Southeast Asia? In this episode, I talk to Will Greene, founder of Tigermine, to discuss how he found his way into Asia's healthcare and technology scene:
- Will’s journey to the East
- Helping clients with investigative research and content development
- Healthcare journalism, and how furiously note-taking at a medtech conference paid off
- Working with Singapore Biodesign on Diabetes in Asia whitepaper
- Asia’s Lab Diagnostics spac...2019-08-1550 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#001 - Brad Loncar, CEO of Loncar InvestmentsIn this first episode, I sat down with Brad Loncar to talk about the China biotech sector and more:
- How did Brad get into biotech investing?
- What are the differences between the U.S. and China biotech sector? How will HKEx and Shanghai's tech board reshape the IPO market?
- How will China's drug pricing reforms impact global drug prices?
- What is the 4+7 procurement pilot program? Are Chinese pharmas shifting towards innovation?
- How will the ongoing trade war impact the industry? What is Brad's long...2019-04-0844 minAsia Healthcare Podcast#000 - What is this?This pilot episode lays out the goal of the Asia Healthcare Podcast.2019-04-0703 min