The Year That Changed Medicine Forever | Francisco Gimenez Explains the Biotech Revolution.

Francisco Gimenez is Partner at 8VC and focuses on Bio-IT investments. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford in Biomedical Informatics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley. In this episode, Francisco explains how breakthroughs in AI, gene editing, and cell therapies converged to jumpstart a new age in biology. He predicts that biomanufacturing platforms, armed with mountains of data and new tools, will bring down the costs of creating and commercializing drugs so smaller companies can treat rarer diseases and deliver more personalized cures. By decentralizing the pharma industry, Francisco is optimistic that the future of medicine will evolve from reactive care to preventative medicine that will help people fully self-actualize and lead their best, healthiest lives.

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00:00 Episode intro
04:58 The Year that transformed Medicine
12:19 Leather from mushrooms & synthetic biology
18:05 Understanding the biotech revolution
30:29 Resilience Bio and rebuilding biomanufacturing
36:54 Decentralizing the pharma industry
44:24 Optimism for the future

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