pharmaceuticals
4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 14, 2019 by Jean Hynes · across every show →
Everything said about pharmaceuticals, oldest first
Jan 14, 2019 bullish
Hynes: Active therapeutic innovation areas have expanded from 15 to 40–50
“So if I look at over my career, there's probably been 15 areas of medicine in any rolling two or three-year period that was changing, and now there's probably 40 or 50 areas of medicine, so there's a lot more change happening in the sector than there has been …”
Nov 8, 2021 bullish
Visser: CRISPR and mRNA will extend lifespans without traditional pharmaceuticals
“With CRISPR and with the messenger RNA and knowing how to use it now, we will be able to solve a lot of problems going forward, which means we're going to be able to keep people alive longer without having to use pharmaceuticals.”
Aug 29, 2022
Feb 5, 2024 bearish
Unlike tech, pharma faces structural negative feedback loops from regulators and payors
“In technology, you have network effects. In consumer goods, you have brand virality. And in healthcare, especially in pharmaceuticals, through history, you notice there are negative feedback loops, right? You have big, major counterparties, namely managed care…”