Bruce Levine, PhD, the Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Jorge Conde, general partner, and Ginger Liau, partner at a16z Bio + Health.
Bruce talks about how his time working in a lab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia inspired him to work on translational therapies. Together, they also discuss barriers to access for cancer therapeutics and how the fight against cancer is progressing.
Additional disclosures for Bruce include:
Scientific Advisory Boards: Avectas, Capstan (Chair), Immuneel, Immusoft, In8bio, Ori Biotech, Oxford Biomedica, ThermoFisher Pharma Services, UTC Therapeutics. Scientific Advisor: Kite. Past: Akron, Vycellix
Co-Founder and equity holder: Tmunity Therapeutics (acquired by Kite), Capstan Therapeutics
Board of Directors: Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy
Conflict of interest is managed in accordance with University of Pennsylvania policy and oversight.
Jorge Conde is a general partner on the Bio + Health team at Andreessen Horowitz, focused on therapeutics, diagnostics, life sciences tools, and software.
Bruce Levine
Ginger Liau is a partner on the Bio + Health team focused on biotech. She leads business development for the a16z life sciences portfolio.
Kris Tatiossian is the content lead, life sciences, on the Bio + Health team.
Olivia Webb is the editorial lead, healthcare, on the Bio + Health team.
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