Have Ever Met Someone who Made Your Medicine?
It’s very easy to like and respect someone in person who helped you during your illness. After all, the person just made your pain go away and/or saved your life. It’s natural to feel...
June 2020
Now is the Time to Act for the Pharma Industry.
The current events are proving conclusively what the keen observers have been predicting for years i.e. you can not ignore the public sentiment forever. If the resentment is suppressed and built up long enough,...
Should it be “The Wellness Sector” rather than “The Pharmaceutical Industry”?
I did a quick survey. I’m using the term “survey” very loosely here. What I did was ask few of my friends to tell me the first word that came to their mind when...
The Braves and the Unsung Heroes
The Pharmaceutical Companies are evil, greedy, cold-hearted, sneaky, clandestine, and rotten. They don’t care about anything other than the bottom-line. Nothing good ever comes out of the pharma companies. They are responsible for most...
Episode 9 – Prof Charles Cooney, the History and Future of Biotech and Boston Ballet
My guest today is Prof Charles Cooney. Prof Cooney received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and the S.M. (1967) and Ph.D. (1970) in biochemical engineering from MIT....
Episode 8 – David Sullivan on New Modalities, Price, Patients and the Pharma Landscape
My guest today is David Sullivan, Sr. Director and Global Lead of Vaccines and Biologics MSAT at Pfizer. He did his Bachelor’s in Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Master’s in Engineering Management from...
Episode 7 – Salvatore Mascia and Continuous Manufacturing
My guest today is Salvatore Mascia. Sal is the Co-Founder & CEO of CONTINUUS Pharmaceuticals based in Woburn, MA. He was the former Strategic Project Manager at the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing, where...
Episode 6 – Matt Roberge and the Global Pharma Forces
My guest today is Matt Roberge. He got his Mechanical Engineering degree from Villanova Uni. He currently works for Pfizer and serves as a senior director of Global technology network and Emerging market. He...
Episode 5 – Blockchain and Fake Drugs with Dr. Hariawala, Prof Vaishnav and Mr. Mankodi
Dr. Mukesh Hariawala is a world-renowned heart surgeon, a highly sought after keynote speaker and Chairman of American Healthcare International (AHI). Prof Chintan Vaishnav is a professor at Sloan School of Management at MIT...
Episode 4 – Continuous Manufacturing and Rare Events with Prof Bernhardt Trout
Professor Trout directs the Molecular Engineering Laboratory and Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. He is considered one of the pioneers to pave the way for the continuous...