“Our liquid biopsy test alone, we estimate one in four cancer patients in the US are getting it,” Helmy Eltoukhy, cofounder and co-CEO of Guardant Health, tells Bloomberg Intelligence in this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast. Eltoukhy joins BI analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss the underpinnings of the liquid biopsy revolution and how Guardant has stuck to its technology road map since its founding in 2012, launching products in each of the three major market categories. The conversations also covers the company’s recent approval of its Shield colorectal screening test as well as many of the scientific and commercial challenges to standing up the business.

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Radical Catheter Technologies has developed a new design of catheters that takes ribbon technology of different stiffness (and colors straight out of a Dr. Seuss book) to make a near-infinite amount of transitions for optimized size and structure stability, Chairman Martin Dieck explains to Bloomberg Intelligence. In this Vanguards of Health Care podcast episode, Dieck sits down with BI analyst Matt Henriksson to talk about Radical Catheter, how he sees the FDA approval of the 7F Radical Catheter for neurovascular procedures as the first step in the next generation of endovascular access and delivery products, and how he took the efforts to create credibility of the novel technology by building out the intellectual property and manufacturing capacity ahead of time.

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BioNTech has a broad and diversified cancer drug pipeline extending well beyond mRNA based approaches. Sam Fazeli, Senior Health Care Analyst, speaks to Ryan Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer, who explains the company’s approach to drug development, hopes for drug launches and what sets it apart from rivals.

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