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In this week’s episode Dr Adaugo shares her journey from being a surgeon to successfully transitioning into the pharmaceutical industry.
We discussed:
🩺 Motivations to study medicine
🔬 Does growing up in a science household drive curiosity?
📚 Importance of having extracurricular activities while studying medicine
🏥 Life as a F1/2 Doctor
🔪 Inspiration to build a career in surgery
👩🏽⚕️ Role as a clinical research fellow
🧑🏽🔬 Discovering the role of Medical Affairs
💼 Leveraging LinkedIn to build a network and learn more about the Pharma industry
🌟 Securing the first role as a Medical Science Liaison at Galderma
🎙️ Launching an educational podcast for GPs as a Pharma initiative
🇬🇧 How do Pharma engage HCPs in the UK
⚖️ MSL vs Medical Affairs roles at Pharma
📈 How to CCT as a pharmaceutical physician
✅ How to continue with annual appraisals and revalidation
🌱 Is the grass greener on the other side?
🗂️ Building a portfolio career within Pharma
Dr Adaugo (Diggi) Onyeador is a Senior Regional Medical Advisor (UK & Ireland) for Amicus Therapeutics. Prior to this she worked at Novartis and Galderma. She is medical doctor with seven years of clinical experience with a degree in pharmacology, a clinical research fellow at The Royal Free Hospital and was actively involved in TEDxEuston.
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Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
Wednesday Oct 02, 2024
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In this week’s episode Haris shares his journey from physicist to building an enterprise-wide AI Platform for hospitals to buy, deploy and monitor AI applications all while helping the NHS workforce get up to speed with digital innovation + transformation.
We discussed:
🔬 The career of a physicist
🧠 Developing an algorithm for hypoxic ischaemic injuries in newborns
🌳 The origin story of Newton’s Tree
🤖 Integrating and automating AI tools into clinical workflows
🔗 The challenges of interoperability and systems ‘talking’ + ‘understanding’
📊 The importance of measuring impact and evidence generation for AI tools
🏗️ Building the infrastructure layer between hospitals and AI
🎮 The cheat code for setting up Newton’s Tree
📐 The three dimensions of medical AI (How difficult is it to Build, Deploy and Prove Value?)
📈 Which part of the curve is the workforce on the adoption of AI?
🏥 The problems of procurement in the NHS and difficulty switching vendors
⚖️ The importance of remaining a vendor-neutral AI platform
🚀 How to differentiate yourself as a founder building medical AI
Haris Shuaib is Founder and CEO of Newton’s Tree. He is also a Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of the Clinical Scientific Computing section at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS FT. He is Director of the Fellowships in Clinical Artificial Intelligence, the world’s-first clinical training programme for healthcare professionals to develop practical AI skills.
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Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
Wednesday Aug 28, 2024
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In this week’s episode Philip shares his journey from paediatrician to becoming the country medical director (UK) for Moderna, a leading Big Pharma.
We discussed:
👨⚕️ Motivations to study medicine and becoming a paediatrician
🔄 Desire to explore an alternative career
💼 The role and responsibilities of medical affairs in Pharma
💊 The perception of the Pharma industry
🛠️ Core competencies required to work in Pharma
🌱 Building a growth mindset
🧠 The importance of emotional intelligence
🚀 How to build a brand around you to help accelerate your career
🎯 Securing the role of country medical director for Moderna UK
🌍 The challenges of moving countries to build your career
❓ The importance of WHY?
💡 Thinking outside the box vs Making your own box
📅 A week in the life of a Medical Director in Pharma
🎓 The benefits of an executive coach and mentorship
👥 How to be a good leader
🎙️ Becoming a content creator with the Pharma Medic Podcast
Dr Philip Cruz is the Country Medical Director (UK) for Moderna, having previously worked in senior leadership positions at AstraZeneca, Sanofi and GSK. He has a clinical background in paediatrics and more recently has launched his very own podcast - The Pharma Medic Podcast.
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
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In this week’s episode, Catriona shares her journey from dermatology to becoming a medical director at a leading healthtech company.
Interestingly, this episode uncovers why pivoting or building a diverse portfolio career doesn’t have to happen overnight but can be a slow and fluid process, even as a consultant!
We discussed:
🩺 Motivations to study medicine and becoming a dermatologist
📚 Building an academic career in medicine
🏅 How to secure a training post/number in any competitive speciality
🎨 Exploring creative outputs + writing career
🌊 Why building a portfolio career is a fluid process?
🔗 Securing the first role at Dermatica through LinkedIn
⚖️ How to balance commercial goals alongside clinical safety/efficacy
🌟 What makes a great leader?
🔬 The importance of evidence based practice across medicine and business
📱 Dealing with social media pressures around skin health and beauty
🤖 The potential for AI in medicine and dermatology
👩👧👦 How to manage work-life balance and motherhood
Dr Catriona Maybury is the Medical Director at Helios X and a Consultant Dermatologist.
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Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
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In this week’s episode Gina shares her journey from pharmacy to becoming an industry leader in pharma. Sharing her experiences from Pfizer, MSD, AstraZeneca to GSK as Global Medical Director.
We discussed:
💊 Motivations to becoming a pharmacist
🎢 Exploring a more ‘exciting’ career outside of healthcare
💔 Dealing with failure and rejection
🤝 The power of networks and mentorship
🚀 Transitioning into the first role in Pharma as a medical advisor
🏢 Life as a medical advisor at Pfizer
💡 Advice for people starting a new career in Pharma
🏔️ Moving to MSD for a bigger challenge + steeper learning curve
🌟 Becoming a leader in pharma
🏥 Medical affairs lead at AstraZeneca
👩👧👦 Balancing motherhood and career
🔄 Building a new identity after becoming a mother
💉 What happens when Pharma launches a new drug
🌍 Building a career in Pharma as a BAME
🌐 The role of a global medical director at GSK
🎯 The purpose for PharmAffinity
🔍 The lack of information online around pharma careers
🏆 Career achievements and future outlooks
Gina Bariah is the Global Medical Director for GSK, prior to serving as a Medical Affairs Lead at AstraZeneca. She was an Associate Director Medical Affairs at MSD and starter her career in big Pharma as a medical advisor at Pfizer. She has a background in hospital pharmacy.
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Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
In this week’s episode Tom shares his journey as a commercial leader taking healthtech companies from seed stage to multi billion dollar listings on the NYSE!
We discussed:
🎓 First job as a lecturer in Beijing, China
💼 Transitioning into a career in private equity
🧠 The roles and responsibilities of a strategy consultant
📈 Commercial Director at Babylon Health - The Good, Bad and Ugly
🚀 3 ways to climb the career ladder faster
🔬 How to commercialise a product in healthcare
🤝 Joining Doccla as CCO
📲 How to get buy-in + adoption of remote patient monitoring
👥 The hiring culture at Doccla
🌍 Decision making process when Doccla goes to a new country
🔄 How to turn a pilot into a contract + when to stop
💵 Bootstrapping vs Venture capital
🌱 The importance of having a sustainable business model
🏢 The pressures of working on the commercial side of a startup
🗓 A week in the life of a CCO
🌟 Being coachable is a superpower
Tom Breeze is the CCO of Doccla (Europe’s leading virtual hospital) and Founder of Breeze HealthTech. Previously served as the CCO at Vatic and Executive Commercial Director at Babylon Health. Prior to building a commercial career in healthtech he worked in strategy consulting and private equity.
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Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
In this week’s episode, Sara shares her journey of working with the NHS and healthcare clients over the last 20 years. Whilst also staying + building a career at one SINGLE company (Deloitte)!
We discussed:
📚 Studying Romance Languages and Communications at university
🎨 Creative vs Consultant
🧠 The personality traits for a career in consultancy
💼 Motivations to study for an MBA at INSEAD
🏢 Building a career at Deloitte spanning 2 decades
🔒 How do companies like Deloitte retain talent?
🏥 How has healthcare changed over the last 20 years?
🌍 What are the next set of challenges for healthcare?
🌐 How are other countries doing in comparison to the UK?
💼 How does Deloitte work with the NHS?
💉 Why we need to change the narrative of Generative AI in Healthcare
💭 Thoughts around the federated data platform for the NHS?
🤝 The role of partnership between industry and healthcare
💼 Advice for building a career in consulting
🌟 How to become a great leader and build healthy work cultures?
Sara Siegel is the Global Health Care Sector Leader at Deloitte and previously Management Consultant at A.T Kearney. She has been at Deloitte for close to 20 years with extensive experience working with NHS and healthcare clients across the UK and Europe. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
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Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
In this week’s episode, Meri shares his journey from the world of investing to breaking the bottlenecks in clinical trials as he builds the anti-CRO for life science pioneers.
We discussed:
🔄 Transitioning from venture capital into healthtech
💼 Investor vs Founder Traits, Personality and Mindset
🌱 The origin story of Lindus Health
🏗️ The first few days/weeks of building Lindus Health
🚧 Barriers to entering the pharma industry as a new startup
🔒 Securing the first clinical trial with Habitual
🍾 The bottle necks of clinical trials
🔍 The process of recruiting patients for clinical trials
❌ Where central organisations and institutions go wrong for clinical trials
🤖 The role of AI in the pharma industry
💰 Fundraising a $18m Series A with investments from the likes of Peter Thiel
🔒 How to prevent being replaced by the board and investors
🏢 How to build a healthy culture and team
🤝 How to become a great CEO and deal with co-founder conflicts
💊 Why do pharma need CROs for clinical trials and why become the anti-CRO
Meri Beckwith is the co-founder of Lindus Health and previously a venture capital investor and partner to biotech and digital health companies. He took part in the COVID-19 vaccine trials as a volunteer, where he saw trail outcomes could be improved by focusing on patient experience.
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Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
Wednesday Mar 20, 2024
In this week's episode, Samuel shares his journey in the pharmaceutical industry, a career spanning close to 2 decades working in the UK, Switzerland and US covering roles from sales rep, medical affairs to global marketing and business unit head to now gearing up to start as a country president in Central Europe, not to mention his 🦞 theory!
We discussed:
🏥 The role of medical affairs and why people should join the industry
🌟 Why 21st century leadership is about authenticity, vulnerability and entrepreneurship
💊 The process of a medicine coming to market
🇬🇧🇺🇸 Learnings from working in the UK vs US
🔬 The importance of innovation and staying competitive
🛠️ Building real solutions to real problems
🔄 Transitioning from AstraZeneca to Novartis
🌱 Growth and leadership mindset
🦞 'Be More Lobster'
🤝 Why collaboration and partnerships between healthcare systems and industry are built on trust
💼 The reputation of pharma and myth busting
🔨 How to build trust and 'Purpose-led collaborations'
📉 Learning from failures, commercial R&D and building the right working cultures
🌍 New role as country president at Novartis
🎓 Tips for building a career in the pharma industry
Samuel Hollis is the UK Business Unit Head of Novartis UK and will be starting soon as country president in Central Europe. Prior to Novartis he was UK Head of Biologics at AstraZeneca, with other roles spanning Business Unit Director, Global Marketing & Strategy Director, Brand Leader + Manager and Medical affairs.
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Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
In this week’s episode Tim shares his journey of leaving medicine just as he was about to become a renal consultant to eventually becoming the CEO of Doctors.net.uk and now co-founder of Cognitant which is an award-winning patient engagement platform and community.
We discussed:
🔍 Motivations to study medicine
🚪 Leaving medicine just before becoming a renal consultant
🔄 Transitioning from a clinical career to CEO of Doctors.net.uk
🏁 The early adopters of Doctors.net and commercialising
💪 Why persistence is an underrated skill
💼 The difficulties of an advertising business model
🔍 Being acquired by M3 and life at a large corporate
🌱 The origin story of Cognitant and the value behind co-creating patient education
💰 Selling to the NHS, ‘pilotitis’ and contracts
📈 Staying up to date with the latest advances in healthtech 📊 The value of data within the NHS
Dr Tim Ringrose is the CEO and Co-founder of Cognitant, ex-CEO of Doctors.net.uk, President of The Digital Health Section (RSM), Advisor and NED to multiple healthtech companies.
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