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RealPharma: Conversations with Pharma Pathfinders

For biopharma pros seeking insightful discussions and a deeper understanding of the pharma world, join Dr. Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt as they talk with industry leaders and luminaries to delve into biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare. RealPharma podcast aims to challenge your viewpoints, deepen your understanding of the pharma world beyond the headlines, and explore emerging trends in medical innovation.

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45:54

Formulation as Strategy: Why CDMOs Matter More Than Ever

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2025/12/15

Episode Title: Formulation as Strategy: Why CDMOs Matter More Than EverGuest: Elizabeth Hickman, President & CEO, Austin Pharmaceutics Episode Overview In this episode of RealPharma, hosts Nari Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Elizabeth Hickman, President and CEO of Austin Pharmaceutics, to unpack one of the most critical—and often misunderstood—elements of drug development: formulation and the evolving role of CDMOs. As drug molecules become more complex and solubility challenges grow, CDMOs

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46:48

Untangling the IRA with Emma Cousin

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2025/12/08

🎧 Hosts: Na-Ri Oh & Ian Wendt🎓 Special Guests: Emma Cousin (PhD Candidate, Choice Institute – UW), Amos Fung (RealPharma Intern & Student Pharmacist) 🔍 Episode Summary: In this thought-provoking episode, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Emma Cousin, a PhD candidate at the Choice Institute, University of Washington, to unpack the real-world implications of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—particularly the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. Joining them is Amos Fung, a

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51:41

Reinventing Cell Therapy with Acoustics

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2025/11/24

Reinventing Cell Therapy with Acoustics, Microfluidics & High-Throughput EngineeringIn this episode, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Dr. Andrew Gray — immune cell engineer, biotech founder, venture capitalist, and CEO of CellEcho — to explore how a new acoustic-powered gene-delivery platform may redefine the boundaries of cell therapy. The conversation spans the current state of the cell therapy landscape, the persistent barriers to scalability, and why CellEcho’s ASOP platform

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53:31

Food as Medicine: Promise, Pitfalls, and the Politics...

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2025/11/10

👩‍🔬👨‍⚕️ Hosts:Na-Ri Oh & Ian Wendt 🎧 Guest: Dr. Ron Shigeta – Biotech visionary, co-founder of IndieBio, and food innovation expert. 🧬 Episode Summary: In this deeply insightful and refreshingly candid episode, Ian and Nari welcome back biotech veteran Dr. Ron Shigeta to explore the evolving landscape where food, health, and biotech collide. From the collapse of the lab-grown meat hype cycle to the challenges of democratizing access to functional food, Ron brings hard truths, historical

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48:27

From Job Search to Power Move: How Top Talent’s...

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2025/10/27

🎙 Episode Title: From Job Search to Power Move: How Top Talent’s Playing 2025🧠 Guests: Kristiaan Rawlings, Executive Director at EPM Scientific 🎧 Hosts: Na-Ri Oh & Ian Wendt Episode Summary Layoffs. AI. Resume black holes. The biopharma hiring market feels noisy—and not in a good way. But beneath the doomscrolling, there’s a more nuanced story unfolding. In this episode, Kristiaan Rawlings returns to RealPharma to deliver a data-backed pulse check on the state of hiring across the

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55:13

Where Policy Meets the Pharmacy Counter

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2025/10/13

Where Policy Meets the Pharmacy CounterFeaturing Congressman Jake Auchincloss Episode Summary In this episode of RealPharma, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Congressman Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) to dissect the tangled web of policy, profit, and politics driving America’s drug pricing system. From pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to the politics of tariffs, this discussion explores the push for transparency, fair competition, and sustainable reform in healthcare. Auchincloss, a Marine

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52:51

Conversations, Not Campaigns: The Art of Authentic...

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2025/10/06

Episode Title:“Conversations, Not Campaigns: The Art of Authentic Engagement in Healthcare” 🗣️ Episode Summary In this episode, hosts Dr. Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Colin Hung — healthcare technologist, marketing strategist, and co-founder of the long-running #HCLDR (Healthcare Leadership) Twitter community. Colin shares his journey from biomedical engineering to becoming one of the most respected community builders in digital health. Together, they explore what authentic engagement

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47:55

Building the Highway for AI in Pharma: A Conversation...

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2025/09/22

🎙️ Episode Title:Building the Highway for AI in Pharma: A Conversation with Ilya Burkov 📍 Episode Summary In this episode of RealPharma, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Dr. Ilya Burkov, Head of AI Cloud at Nebius, to explore the critical infrastructure enabling the AI revolution in drug development. While the headlines often focus on the promise of AI, Ilya brings us backstage—where the real acceleration happens. From GPU scalability and regulatory compliance to synthetic data and

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47:23

Inside the CMC Black Box: A Deep Dive with Reza Oliyai

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2025/09/08

🎙️ Episode Title:Inside the CMC Black Box: A Deep Dive with Reza Oliyai 🧾 Show Notes: What exactly is CMC — and why is it behind more FDA rejections than any other category? In this episode of RealPharma, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Dr. Reza Oliyai, former SVP of Pharmaceutical & Biologics Operations at Gilead Sciences, and now Founder & CEO of Oliyai Consulting, to demystify the world of Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC). With over three decades of experience

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58:40

Can We Say That? Dara Katcher Levy on the AdPromo...

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2025/08/25

In this episode of RealPharma, Ian Wendt and Na-Ri Oh sit down with Dara Katcher Levy, a regulatory attorney at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.—widely regarded as one of the nation’s top firms in food and drug law. Dara brings decades of expertise in promotional review, labeling negotiations, and post-market compliance, helping life sciences companies navigate the complex world of FDA regulations.Together, they unpack the most pressing regulatory questions facing biopharma in 2025: DTC

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55:24

From Rock Star to Rare Disease Revolutionary: Casey...

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2025/08/11

Episode Title: From Rock Star to Rare Disease Revolutionary: Casey McPherson’s Fight for His Daughter’s LifeIn this deeply personal and inspiring conversation, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Casey McPherson, founder and CEO of AlphaRose Therapeutics—and acclaimed recording artist—to explore how one father’s determination to save his daughter’s life is shaking up the rare disease drug development model. Casey shares his journey from fronting rock bands to founding a biotech company,

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59:39

Behind the PBM Curtain: Antonio Ciaccia Exposes the Game

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2025/07/28

Episode Title: Behind the PBM Curtain: Antonio Ciaccia Exposes the Game Show Notes: In this compelling episode of Real Pharma, hosts Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt welcome back Antonio Ciaccia, CEO of 46brooklyn Research and President of 3 Axis Advisors, for a hard-hitting discussion on the power and pitfalls of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). PBMs remain one of the most opaque and influential forces in healthcare—shaping drug prices, patient access, and payer negotiations—often under the guise of cost

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54:38

340B or Bust: Is This Program Failing the Sick

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2025/07/14

🎙️ 340B or Bust: Is This Program Failing the Sick?This week on Real Pharma, hosts Dr. Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt dive into the tangled world of 340B with returning guest William “Bill” Sarraille—one of the most respected voices in healthcare law, an active patient advocate, and a rare disease patient himself. The 340B Drug Pricing Program was intended to help vulnerable patients by requiring drug manufacturers to provide discounted medications to covered entities. But as Bill puts it, has the

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56:54

Paging Dr. ChatGPT with Bryce Sady

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2025/06/30

Episode Title:Paging Dr. ChaptGPT with Bryce Sady AI Adoption in Healthcare: Navigating the Present and Shaping the Future with Bryce Sady Episode Description: On today's insightful episode of RealPharma, hosts Dr. Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Bryce Sady, Vice President of Product Development at PSL Group's Medical Education and Communications Division, a veteran innovator at the intersection of healthcare data, education, and AI. Together, they dive into the fascinating landscape of

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54:12

Hiring Heat Check: What’s Hot in Biotech + Pharma...

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2025/06/16

Episode Title: “Hiring Heat Check: What’s Hot in Biotech + Pharma Talent in Mid-2025”🎙️ Hosts: Ian Wendt & Na-Ri Oh 🎧 Guest: Kristiaan Rawlings, Executive Recruiter at EPM Scientific Episode Overview: This week, fan favorite Kristiaan Rawlings returns to RealPharma to give us the raw and real insights on pharma and biotech hiring trends as we hit the midpoint of 2025. From compensation curves and BD boom times to the rise of GLP-1s and the return of oncology, this episode is your ultimate

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59:53

The Future of Biotech

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2025/06/02

🎙 Episode Title: The Future of BiotechGuest: Andrew Craig, Founder of Plain English Finance | Author of Our Future is Biotech 📌 Episode Summary In this bold and wide-ranging conversation, Ian Wendt and Na-Ri Oh sit down with Andrew Craig—British investor, entrepreneur, and author—to explore how biotechnology is poised to shape the next century in the same way physics and computing shaped the last. Craig draws on his decades of experience as a London and New York investment banker and as a

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49:25

Rooted in Results: The Future of Functional Medicine...

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2025/05/19

🎙 Episode Title: Rooted in Results: The Future of Functional Medicine with Dr. Erica Armstrong 🧬 Episode Summary In this episode, Dr. Na-Ri Oh and Ian Wendt sit down with Dr. Erica Armstrong, board-certified family medicine physician and founder of Root Functional Medicine, to explore the promise, challenges, and evolution of functional medicine. Dr. Armstrong discusses how Root’s systems-based, data-driven approach is helping patients uncover the root causes of chronic disease, improve

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45:44

Cracking the Code on Patient Engagement:...

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2025/05/05

🎙️ RealPharma Podcast – Episode Title:"Cracking the Code on Patient Engagement: Conversational AI with Dan Fox" 🗓️ Release Date: May 5, 2025 🎧 Hosts: Dr. Na-Ri Oh & Ian Wendt 🎤 Guest: Dan Fox, Managing Director of Healthcare at Drips Episode Summary: In this eye-opening episode, we welcome Dan Fox, a trailblazer in AI-powered patient communication, to explore how proactive outreach and conversational AI are reshaping healthcare engagement. As the Managing Director of Healthcare at Drips,

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45:31

Healthcare Leadership and Resilience with Grace Magedman

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2025/04/21

In this powerful and deeply human episode of RealPharma, we’re joined by Grace Magedman, PharmD—former Chief Pharmacy Officer at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, functional medicine practitioner, and founder of The Magidman Group.Grace takes us inside her 20+ years of hospital pharmacy leadership, where she navigated high-stakes medication decisions, complex implementation of rare disease therapies, and the ethical strain of resource constraints. But her most transformative leadership moment

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48:24

Bridging the Gap in Cancer Care Part 2: Dr. Yaming...

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2025/03/17

In this second part of our deep dive into hematology and oncology, we welcome back Dr. Yaming Wang, founder of Alphabet Health LTD and an expert in molecular oncology, pharmaceutical strategy, and medical education. Building on our previous discussion, we explore cutting-edge advancements in cancer diagnostics and therapies, including the promise and limitations of liquid biopsies, the evolution of immunotherapy, and the expanding role of CAR-T and antibody-drug conjugates.But innovation alone isn’t

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