What The Health with Emily Casey The A$2.2B Myricx Bio Deal, AI's Healthcare Land Grab and Preventive Health
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About Prashanth Rajan
Prashanth Rajan is an Associate at Brandon Capital, Australia's largest life sciences venture capital firm, where he leads New South Wales activities from its Sydney office and has worked on due diligence for investments including Pheon Therapeutics and Advancell Isotopes. He joined Brandon Capital in 2021 after serving as Senior Commercialisation Manager at UniSA Ventures, the University of South Australia's commercialisation arm, and as operations manager for portfolio company AbRegen. Rajan holds a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Queensland. On What The Health, he discussed the A$2.2 billion Myricx Bio deal and AI's growing role in healthcare.
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Key moments from The A$2.2B Myricx Bio Deal, AI's Healthcare Land Grab and Preventive Health.
- 0:00Introducing the What the Health Wrap
- 8:07Myricx Bio's proposed US$1.5 billion acquisition
- 11:13Antibody-drug conjugates and Australian biotech
- 15:35AI in healthcare beyond administration
- 24:50The promise and limits of AI drug discovery
- 28:46Proposed changes to Australia's R&D Tax Incentive
- 35:22AdvanCell's US$315 million Series D
- 42:25Preventive health, longevity and primary care
- 53:28Rapid fire: platform risk, companies to watch and useful resources
The path so far.
- Now
Associate · Brandon Capital
- Earlier
Senior Commercialisation Manager · UniSA Ventures
- Earlier · Startup
Operations Manager · AbRegen
Sources: brandoncapital.vc
Brandon Capital on Day One
Brandon Capital is a Melbourne-based venture capital firm that invests in life sciences companies from seed stage through to expansion.
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