biotech

7 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Vijay Pande · across every show →

Everything said about biotech, oldest first

Jul 15, 2017 negative
Opinion
Pande: Traditional biotech requires massive capital and yields highly stochastic outcomes
“So biotech has a lot of things I don't like. It has a lot of risk. It has a requirement of a lot of money before you get to some answer, and the answer is very stochastic.”
Vijay Pande Jul 15, 2017 ▶ 0:37 On Machine Learning in Medicine and More
Mar 23, 2018
Insight
Conde: 'Land and expand' business models failed in traditional biotech
“The reason why Land and Expand historically hasn't existed in biotech is because the Expand part was really hard. Because things were so bespoke.”
Jorge Conde Mar 23, 2018 ▶ 19:32 Pande & Conde: When (and How) Biology Becomes Engineering
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Insight
Conde: Enterprise 'land and expand' failed in biotech due to bespoke science
“The famous concept of land and expand on the enterprise side. You can actually start to see some of that in biology. The reason why land and expand historically hasn't existed in biotech. Is because the expand part was really hard. Because things were so bespo…”
Jorge Conde Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:48 a16z Podcast | When (and How) Biology Becomes Engineering
Feb 28, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Nate Chang: Most biotech acquisitions target late-stage or commercial companies
“I think most acquisitions that you see in, in biotech are late stage to marketed stage companies, so they are, I think pharma companies are still very conservative in terms of making big bets on early stage platforms for acquisition.”
Nate Chang Feb 28, 2019 ▶ 11:20 What’s with All the Bio M&A in 2019?: A Quick Take
Jan 27, 2020 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rice: China coordinates government, industry, and academia to advance AI
“The Chinese, as you all know, are using all elements of their capacity, government, The private sector, academia, in complete unison to advance their capacities, whether in biotech, or AI, or you name it.”
Susan Rice Jan 27, 2020 ▶ 42:41 The Career Changing Magic of Strategic Compartmentalization
Nov 14, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Hershberg: Re-bundling biotech tools into integrated platforms is the primary opportunity
“I think that in biotech, we're in this sort of moment where there's a lot of opportunity in re-bundling. The types of platforms that I see that I'm super excited about Are this composite of incredible synthetic biology and genomics tools plus modeling you know…”
Elliot Hershberg Nov 14, 2025 ▶ 57:26 The Brutal Truth About Biotech: Why $2B Per Drug Is Killing Innovation
Jan 7, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: AI Will Transform Both Healthcare Delivery and Drug Discovery
“Biotech, you know, biotech also bio and healthcare, I think are obviously going to be transformed by AI, both on the healthcare side and on the actual drug discovery side.”
Marc Andreessen Jan 7, 2026 ▶ 1:07:50 Marc Andreessen's 2026 Outlook: AI Timelines, US vs. China, and The Price of AI
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