Biotechnology Industry
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Gil: One Top Biotech VC Shipped Zero Drugs In 20 Years
“There are certain venture funds that have done incredibly well financially in pharma, where there's one in particular I can think of that never shipped a drug. Until the COVID era, and they were in business for 20 years. And they made all this money, and they …”
Wong: Biotech needs optimization of existing modalities, not new ones
“And I actually think that we don't need to increase the number of modalities at all. If we just focused on improving what we have, this new updated list, I think that would last the industry 10 to 20 years.”
Solomon: Bridging animal testing to humans is biotech's biggest challenge
“Understanding how to bridge the gap between the human immune response and the way that drugs are being tested in animal models. Is, I believe, the biggest challenge that the biopharma and biotechnology industry should face and will face in the coming, ah, deca…”