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Episode 123: Steven Salzberg's Twitter debate, a health tech mega-deal & Covid-19 vaccine prices
Does the future of health tech look like Facebook? Can we cut corners with Covid-19 vaccines? And are journalists slowing down Operation Warp Speed?
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 122: Gary Washburn on the NBA bubble, plus a DIY coronavirus vaccine, & behind VC numbers
How much should a Covid-19 vaccine cost? What can basketball teach us about pandemic safety? And just how lucrative is venture capital?
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 121: Kate Bingham on vaccine data, Meg Tirrell on covering Covid-19, & a DNA detective story
How soon will we get a Covid-19 vaccine? Why is biotech moving airline stocks? And what can we learn from 1860s science?
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 120: Moderna's vaccine data, saving the U.S. pandemic response & systemic racism in medicine
What do we want from a coronavirus vaccine? Can the U.S.’s Covid-19 response be saved? And how can the field of medicine address structural racism?
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 119: Trump's FDA pressure, a microcosm of the pandemic, and squabbling over a vaccine
Who will stand up to the White House? How can hospitals protect workers from Covid-19? And what ever happened with Biogen?
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 118: Remdesivir’s controversial cost, early vaccine promise, and AI at the end of life
What’s a fair price for remdesivir? How do we know whether vaccines work? And does AI have a place in end-of-life care?
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 117: Covid-19’s U.S. surge, GSK’s mystery whistleblower, and cancer care under coronavirus
Is this a second wave or a rising tide? Who’s the real GlaxoSmithKline whistleblower? And what happens to cancer care in a pandemic?
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 116: Ezekiel Emanuel on vaccine politics & Tshaka Cunningham on diversifying genetic testing
Can a vaccine be an October surprise? Are journal publishers running a racket? And why is genetics so white?
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 115: The Chan-Zuck uprising, a virtual BIO, and the struggle to treat Covid-19
Can a virtual conference feel real? Do scientists have a say in their benefactors' business? And what does it take to get remdesivir in the U.S.?
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 114: The killing of George Floyd, the drug industry's response, and what comes next
The killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer has brutally underlined the systemic racism that informs policing, hou…
6 years, 4 months ago