LIFE SCIENCES AFFINITY CLUB at the Union League

Turning scientific vision into successful biotech ventures takes more than great ideas—it demands resilience, timing, and knowing how to tell your story. Ever wondered how hard it really is to build a breakthrough life science company outside the established biotech epicenters? This episode features an inspiring conversation with Dr. Lalo Flores, a serial biotech founder whose journey from Chile to Philadelphia’s startup scene reveals the critical lessons behind starting, funding, and scaling

What if your child left their life-saving EpiPen at home on prom night—and it inspired a whole new medical device?In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Edwin Pribitkin reveals the true story behind his invention: an auto-injector that attaches directly to your smartphone, born from a father’s panic and a daughter’s stubbornness.Dive into the highs and lows of medical innovation as Dr. Edwin Pribitkin and Eric Hacherl explore what it really takes to bring a healthcare device from a sketch on the back of a

What if the most powerful lesson you’ll hear this week comes from a six-year-old’s first election loss? In this episode of the Life Science Affinity Club podcast, legendary Philadelphia entrepreneur Brian Tierney reveals how a childhood lesson about voting for himself shaped his decades-long journey at the intersection of politics, business, and media. From his roots in Upper Darby to leading the Philadelphia Inquirer through tumultuous times, Brian Tierney shares how optimism, adaptability, and

What if a simple change in a baby’s diet could prevent peanut allergies for life?On this episode of the Life Science Affinity Club podcast, we reveal groundbreaking research that’s helping childhood food allergies decline—right in Philadelphia.Host Robert Christmas sits down with Dr. David Hill, a pediatric allergist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, to discuss what’s fueling the drop in peanut allergies, how science is turning lab discoveries into real-world diagnostics, and why having CHOP