0:00 Intro 1:00 AI drug development 7:04 Big picture impact of AI drug development 9:14 Counterintuitive facts about drug development 11:06 Why can't we just make novel drugs with AI? Biology is hard 19:06 Microsoft's GPT-4 healthcare play 26:48 The hardest thing about health startups 31:49 Outro Joined by:  Dr Adam Baitaineh: Longevity doctor and Co-founder Span Health (acquired by EightSleep).  Dr Imran Mahmud: Investor, Oxford-trained doctor, ex-Mckinsey and Co-founder of NYE Health.  Dr Mustafa Sultan: Creator of Big Picture Medicine and Doctor ..read more

Dr Shivdev Rao is a Cardiologist and CEO/Co-founder of Abridge, who have raised over $22M. Think of Abridge like an Alexa or Siri (or other voice assistant) that sits there whilst the physician and patient talk. Instead of the physician writing notes during the consult, or staying late and charting — Abridge listens to the conversation and writes up the notes for them. Similarly, instead of the patient frantically taking notes, or being bombarded with information — most of which they will forget — Abridge can send them an appropriately-pitched record of what was said, with key takeaways. We ta ..read more

0:00 Intro  1:27 Semaglutide (Wegovy) lowdown, use in longevity clinics  6:38 Is a 'pill for everything' a bad thing?  10:39 What's going to happen to all the DTC weight loss startups?  13:37 Is Semaglutide a TikTok conspiracy by big pharma?  14:55 The new alcohol-free alcohol, GABA  21:07 Where are all the big UK healthtech exits?  24:16 US investors/entrepreneurs are more ambitious  27:41 Is DTC digital health the way to go?  32:40 Is there much point building in the UK?   Joined by:  Dr Adam Baitaineh: Longevity doctor and Co-founder Sp ..read more

0:00 Intro  1:09 David Sinclair's New Startup   11:25 ChatGPT for Drug Development  28:32 Transhumanist Gene Editing to Sleep Less  37:38 Banter/Audience Feedback   Dr Adam Bataineh: Longevity doctor and Co-founder Span Health (acquired by EightSleep).  Dr Imran Mahmud: Investor, Oxford-trained doctor, ex-Mckinsey and Co-founder of NYE Health.  Dr Mustafa Sultan: Creator of Big Picture Medicine and Doctor ..read more

Dr Ignacio Medrano is the Founder of Savana (raised $44M dollars with over 100 employees). They use AI to unlock all the value out of clinical records and produce real world evidence. 0:00 Intro 0:34 Ignacio's story 1:30 Learnings from Neurology -> Entrepreneurship 3:27 How to build good health products/services 5:03 Downsides of being a doctor in health entrepreneurship 7:21 Just in case vs just in time learning 9:14 Perils of perfectionism in healthcare 12:34 Do you need to be a d**k to be a good leader? 14:27 Dunbar's number — leading bigger organisations 17:52 Differences in operating i ..read more

Dr Stephanie Eltz is a Trauma Surgeon and CEO and Co-founder of Doctify, which is basically Yelp/Trustpilot for Doctors. They’ve raised >£22M dollar in funding to date.   0:00 Intro  0:41 Story  2:34 Motivations  3:47 Building Doctify  8:25 Why do you have grit? Early childhood  9:21 Are patient reviews good measures of a doctor?  13:53 There is no growth hack  16:34 How to stop reviews becoming a cesspit  19:48 Monetising  21:15 It's all about the destination  22:46 Happiness as a founder  24:31 Are you full of sh*t?  26:48 F ..read more

Jason Foster is the CEO of Ori Biotech; a cell and gene therapy company who have raised $139M in funding. He also sits on the boards of companies like GripAble, Credentially, and Auxita — and is an active angel investor. 0:00 Intro  0:34 Jason's story  5:31 What was your goal?  6:39 When did you make it?  8:31 Taking calculated risks in life  10:48 Creating value vs chasing $$  12:15 When should you say no?  16:39 How to coach people  20:53 How to find a coach?  23:37 How to do cold outreach  27:16 Being a marketer and making it in biotech  ..read more

Dr Adam Bataineh is a Longevity Doctor and Founder of Span Health (acquired by EightSleep).  0:00 Intro  0:15 Bryan Johnson's Blueprint Program  12:32 Spotify's Daniel Ek Enters Healthcare  22:27 VitaDAO Raises $4.1 (from Pfizer, Balaji Srinivasan ..read more

Morgan Cheatham is Vice President at Bessemer Ventures and an MD Student at Brown. He was Forbes30u30 for Venture Capital. Morgan is a super smart guy who has lots of interesting theses and billion dollar ideas in health and life sciences, including ones in generative AI and biosecurity. We also spend lot of time talking about relationship-building, networking and using the content game to make it in health. 0:00 Intro 0:31 Relationship building 1:54 What you can offer people 3:33 Having strong beliefs as a competitive advantage 4:02 How to develop unique theses in health 6:56 How to avoid jus ..read more

Dr Adam Bataineh is a Longevity Doctor and Founder of Span Health (acquired by EightSleep). We discuss: 0:00 David Sinclair's New Ageing Paper — Legit? 15:52 Amazon RxPass — All Hype? 23:37 Metformin is San Francisco's New Birth Control  30:58 Decline in Disruptive Science — Why? Links David Sinclair's Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01570-7 Nature Decline in Disruptive Science Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x ..read more