Approved
Alex Kesin and Matthew PechLife sciences, under the hood. Deep dives into the patent filings, regulatory gauntlets, and capital-risks that shape the business of biology.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 6 | Founded | 8 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Life SciencesBusinessEntrepreneurshipScience | |||
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The wild story of how a Cold War bioweapon became Botox — and how Allergan turned a sleepy ophthalmology drug into an enduring aesthetic franchise.
Every part of this story looks nothing like your normal blockbuster drug. Botox started its developme... more
Approved tells the definitive stories behind the world's most interesting biotech ventures.
Most people learn about the industry in a fragmented, ad hoc way-- an industry article here, a clinical trial readout there, some science twitter. In contr... more
Blueprint Medicines was built to find the next Gleevec-style cancer drug. It ended up pivoting to allergic disease instead, and selling to Sanofi for $9B. This is the platform, the pivot, and who got paid.
Blueprint Medicines set out to be the natur... more
Keytruda is Merck's $31 billion a year PD-1 inhibitor and the best-selling cancer drug of all time. In Episode 3 of Approved, Alex Kesin and Matthew Pech trace the development of pembrolizumab , featuring interviews the scientists who drove the progr... more
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Brothers, your ad reads are comically bad. I’m not asking you to channel Daniel Day Lewis during them but rn they’ve got the jilted cadence of a porn actor. Figure it out. Otherwise, good pod.
Apple Podcasts5Stevie_Spielberg
United States2 months ago - Best Biotech Podcast
Where others interview today's CEO about tomorrow's pipeline, they examine what actually happened and why it mattered. They go back to primary sources — patents, SEC filings, clinical records — to reconstruct the origin story and the critical decisions that shaped it.
Best Biotech Podcast to learn the ins and outs of the industry. Highly recommend it.
Apple Podcasts5mevesavardUnited States5 months ago - Aquired for life sciences
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Apple Podcasts54k4m41
Sweden6 months ago - Fantastic work
This was fantastically interesting! Thank you
Apple Podcasts5Jk,:United States7 months ago - Great start!
Really appreciate you doing this! Re: Donald Rumsfeld, beyond serving as Secretary of Defense for two Presidents, he was also CEO of GD Searle.
Apple Podcasts5Aidan FinleyUnited States8 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #8 | United States/Science/Life Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #36 | United States/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #12 |  United Kingdom/Science/Life Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #44 |  Canada/Science/Life Sciences |
Apple Podcasts | #138 | United Kingdom/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #20 |  Germany/Science/Life Sciences |
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What is Approved about and what kind of topics does it cover?
A reporting-style show that blends science, business strategy, and dealmaking in biopharma. Episodes often trace a biotech venture from discovery through funding, regulatory hurdles, and clinical milestones, with deep dives into platform biology, pivotal drug candidates, and the capital dynamics shaping outcomes. Listeners get practical takes on market timing, strategic pivots, and the stories behind blockbuster therapies, including how teams navigate IPOs, licensing, acquisitions, and evolving scientific paradigms. A standout aspect is the willingness to reconstruct origin stories from primary sources, patent histories, and trial data, offering a rare blend of technical detail and business context that's valuable for founders, investors, a... more
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1. The Long Run with Luke Timmerman
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Approved launched 8 months ago and published 6 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on Approved include:
1. Gavin Herbert Jr.
2. Eric Johnson
3. Eric Finzi
4. Alan Scott
5. Brent Saunders
6. Carl Lamina
7. Mariana Castells
8. Tim Guzi
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