Regulatory

1. Transforming Chronic Kidney Disease With ProKidney's Bruce Culleton, M.D. 12/12/2025

   On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, Bruce Culleton, M.D., CEO at ProKidney, talks about moving from academic research to industry and the role a key mentor played in his career path.

2. T-Cells For The Win With Adaptimmune's Adrian Rawcliffe 11/17/2024

   In August of this year, the first TCR cell therapy to be approved for use in the U.S. was greenlighted by the FDA for patients with unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma who have previously received chemotherapy. It marked the first new treatment for those patients in more than a decade; a win for those patients, and a win for Adrian Rawcliffe, who’s had a hand on the wheel at Adaptimmune, the therapy’s developer and manufacturer, since he joined the company as CFO in 2015.

3. Novel Peptide Delivery With Revolo's Woody Bryan, Ph.D. 12/1/2024

   Revolo Biotherapeutics President and CEO Woody Bryan, Ph.D. is pushing the boundaries of peptide therapeutic delivery. On this episode of the Business of Biotech, we dig into Dr. Bryan’s transition to the CEO chair at the company and how that coincided with an aggressive strategic decision to alter the course of administration of its peptide candidates in allergic and autoimmune diseases.

4. Biopharma Regulatory Requirements With Bluebird Bio's Scott Cleve 4/26/2021

   Scott Cleve brings an entire career dedicated to the mastery of global biopharma regulatory standards to his role as Vice President of Regulatory Operations and Compliance at bluebird bio. Join Cleve, host Matt Pillar, and Erin Harris, chief editor at Cell & Gene, for a candid discussion on the regulatory trends shaping the advance of bluebird's pipeline of gene therapies for the treatment of serious, life-altering diseases including Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy, Multiple Myeloma, Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia, and Sickle Cell Disease.

5. Commitment To GMP With Dr. Shabbir Anik 9/13/2020

   Sutro Biopharma Chief Technical Operations Officer Shabbir Anik has contributed to 15 INDs and 10 NDA’s over the course of his distinguished career, making him a great choice to sit down for a chat about the mechanics of GMP and CMC strategy in new and emerging biopharma enterprises. Here, Dr. Anik shares stories from the front lines of Sutro's effort to move its antibody conjugate, bispecific antibody, and cytokine derivative candidates forward.

6. The Editors' Roundtable: A Midyear Look At The 2026 Life Sciences Industry 6/5/2026

   On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, Tyler Menichiello, chief editor at Bioprocess Online, host of the Better Biopharma podcast, and my Life Science Connect (LSC) colleague, convenes the broader LSC editorial team once again for a midyear discussion on what's happening now in the life sciences industry, and what's to come in the second half of the year.

7. Biosimilars And Complex Medicines For All With RNA Therapeutics' Sarfaraz Niazi, Ph.D. 4/9/2026

   On this week's episode of the Business of Biotech, we speak with Dr. Sarfaraz Niazi, Ph.D., about how biosimilar regulations have taken shape, from early FDA uncertainty to citizen petitions, lawsuits, and guideline changes.

8. Data Quality & Master Files With Dr. Robert Hariri 9/6/2020

   If ever a biotech unwittingly begged for FDA scrutiny by virtue of its business model, it was Celularity. The company is working on a host of biologic therapies, the development of which is dependent on the large-scale collection of stem cells harvested from afterbirth in maternity wards across the globe. That's an approach that simply begs for FDA oversight, which is why Celularity founder Dr. Robert Hariri makes for an excellent discussion on the importance of data quality and complete master files for FDA submissions. 

9. Regulatory Harmonization With Aurion Biotech's Dr. Daniela Drago 2/22/2022

   If you're taking a candidate into clinical trials that will be monitored by multiple international regulatory bodies, this episode is an absolute must-listen. Dr. Daniela Drago, Chief Regulatory Officer at Aurion Biotech, shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the dynamic regulatory harmonization landscape. Along the way, she offers concrete advice on creating multijurisdictional regulatory efficiencies that will smooth your journey through the clinic and beyond. Don't miss this one. 

10. The Clinical Trials Conundrum With Allan Shaw 10/18/2021

    The clinical trials status quo is a roadblock. They're slow, they're inefficient, and they're expensive. On this episode of the Business of Biotech, friend and frequent guest Allan Shaw shares some strong opinions on what's wrong with clinical trials, and what the industry (read: you) and the FDA need to do to make them right.