BDO's Health & Life Sciences Rx Podcast

The drug development process is costly, time consuming and laden with risk—with only 1% of drugs making it from pre-clinical all the way to market, according to Pharma Intelligence. To beat these odds, life sciences leaders must know when to continue funding a promising, new product and when to call it quits. In this episode of BDO’s Health & Life Sciences Rx Podcast, BDO’s Howard Levine sits down with leaders from the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Comet Therapeutics, and McDermott Will & Emery to discuss how life sciences leaders can evaluate whether to continue pursuing a drug development program or cancel it. Tune in for insights into: Why a “fast to failure” mentality is key to a successful development pipeline How leaders can redivert organizational resources after ending a program Why drug development failures can ultimately lead to positive outcomes

In this episode of BDO’s Health & Life Sciences Rx Podcast, BDO’s Todd Berry sits down with leaders from Universal Cells, Fortress Biotech, and McDermott Will & Emery to discuss how leaders in biotech can assess the current M&A and IPO landscape to choose the right exit strategy for their organization.

Nurses are already leading patient care innovation, but their full potential has yet to be unleashed. Listen to the latest episode of BDO’s Health & Life Sciences Rx Podcast to hear from the women working to change that.

In this episode of BDO's Health & Life Sciences Rx Podcast, Bobby Guy, shareholder at Polsinelli, leads a conversation about emerging areas for investment in senior living—with leaders from BlueMountain Capital Management, Lancaster Pollard, Silverado Senior Living and Summit Healthcare REIT.  Tune in for insights on: The convergence of senior healthcare and housing—and implications for healthcare REITs and private equity professionals The operational and hospitality components that make senior housing and skilled nursing facilities attractive investment prospects The importance of providing education to seniors—and their caregivers—on all available housing and care models 

Seniors—the fastest-growing U.S. age demographic—are poised to make up more than 20 percent of the U.S. population by 2029. And they’re moving to the driver’s seat of care. Now, they’re demanding elder care more rooted in empathy and designed on their own terms—and in their preferred environment. With these shifts, new types of entities—including those building alternative types of senior care communities—will form, and health organizations will need to create and fill new types of roles. In this episode of BDO’s Health & Life Sciences Rx Podcast, Welltower CEO Tom DeRosa, sits down with Patrick Pilch, managing director and national leader of The BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation, to discuss the role senior housing—and the community it can provide—plays in elder care’s future.

The growth of the aging population—and providing proper care to that population—is an urgent challenge facing the global economy. Although each market has its own regulatory and cultural intricacies, we’ve found an antidote becoming more common across borders: an empathy-based elder care system focused on preserving independence.

With KKR's $10 billion purchase of Envision Healthcare this summer, the largest healthcare buyout deal since the financial crisis, private equity's appetite for healthcare deals might well be stronger than ever. Meanwhile, with Amazon's emerging healthcare arm and an imminent deal between CVS and Aetna, providers are turning to digital innovation to help navigate industry disruption.  In this episode, Faruk Amin of Juna Equity Partners and Patrick Pilch, co-leader of BDO's Center for Health Care Excellence and Innovation, join BDO's Todd Kinney to discuss these topics and more. Additionally, BDO's Steven Shill offers an outlook for the eldercare industry. Tune into the full episode for a range of insights, including: What's triggering deal flow and high valuations across the health-care space. How healthcare companies are capitalizing on new data sources. Why elder-care providers are increasingly focused on preserving independence.

Steven Shill, partner and national leader of the BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation, talks with Bert Notini, managing director with New Mountain Capital; and Ira Coleman, chairman and partner of McDermott Will & Emery, about where investors are placing their bets in healthcare, and why consumer-centric strategies seem most poised for growth.    Tune in to the full episode to hear about: Why industry outsiders are entering healthcare How these outsiders are uniquely suited to improve customer service and lower costs What business strategies have the most potential to create growth

Patrick Pilch, Managing Director and National Leader of BDO’s healthcare advisory practice, talks with Lisa Alderson, co-founder and CEO of Genome Medical; Lee Jones, CEO of Rebiotix; Martin Kelly, founder and CEO of HealthXL; and Dr. William Payne, co-founder and CEO of myowndoctor.com, about how disruption is creating some opportunity for investments in healthcare and improving patients’ lives. Tune in to the full episode to hear about: The exponential growth in genetic testing and genomic technologies New drug therapies that are based on live organisms Innovation in technology platforms connecting patients, providers, payers, industry, and investors

Dr. Karen De Salvo—Professor of Medicine & Population Health, UT Austin Dell Medical School, former US Assistant Secretary for Health (Acting) & National Coordinator for Health IT—talks with Patrick Pilch, Managing Director and National Leader of BDO’s healthcare advisory practice, about the future of digital health and how data can be leveraged for public health purposes, population health management, planning, and disaster recovery.