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Better Biopharma

Better Biopharma

Written by: Tyler Menichiello
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“How can biopharma improve?” This question is the guiding ethos of the Better Biopharma podcast. Through conversations with experts across the biopharma landscape, host Tyler Menichiello explores the work being done to make better medicines and optimize manufacturing. Each episode is a dive into the guest's methods, their curiosity, and their determination. By shining a light on the visionaries pushing the industry forward, Better Biopharma aims to inform and inspire their peers to continue doing the same.



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  • The Editors’ Roundtable: A 2025 Retrospective Of The Life Science Industry

    The Editors’ Roundtable: A 2025 Retrospective Of The Life Science Industry
    Dec 31 2025

    In this special edition of “Better Biopharma,” host Tyler Menichiello is joined by fellow chief editors from across the Life Science Connect ecosystem to reflect on the year and share their industry outlooks for 2026. This editorial roundtable features Katie Anderson, chief editor at Pharmaceutical Online; Jeff Buguliskis, Ph.D., deputy chief editor at Outsourced Pharma; Ben Comer, chief editor at Life Science Leader and host of The Business Of Biotech podcast; Ray Dogum, chief editor at Drug Discovery Online; Erin Harris, chief editor at Cell & Gene and host of Cell & Gene: The Podcast; and Anna Rose Welch, chief editor at Advancing RNA.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Combining AI With Operations Research To Advance Biomanufacturing With Tinglong Dai, Ph.D., and Tugce Martagan, Ph.D.

    Combining AI With Operations Research To Advance Biomanufacturing With Tinglong Dai, Ph.D., and Tugce Martagan, Ph.D.
    Dec 17 2025

    In this episode of “Better Biopharma,” host Tyler Menichiello is joined by Tinglong Dai, Ph.D., Bernard T. Ferrari Professor of Business at Johns Hopkins University, and Tugce Martagan, Ph.D., associate professor at Northeastern University, to talk about the potential advancements that can be made in biomanufacturing by combining AI with operations research (OR). You can check out their recent paper on the subject, “Synergizing Artificial Intelligence And Operations Research For Advancements In Biomanufacturing,” here: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s10729-025-09725-7?sharing_token=RsWPImKggnLuwsztf7Y1S_e4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY7x0AE_Vqj5xOwaldIl63JrPLRzcTIZn-7Iu6LEV-lGtfKrE2ZoADSYlnvcNAipmXCnruKMpDaS19yEPXSw9A0rbab6H57jkCX1EJOGdqO_VeCnwP3qw80LUT-QFcDzr58%3D

    Follow Tyler Menichiello on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmenichiello/

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    35 mins
  • Building An Oral Vaccine Platform With Vaxart's Sean Tucker, Ph.D.

    Building An Oral Vaccine Platform With Vaxart's Sean Tucker, Ph.D.
    Dec 3 2025

    In this episode of “Better Biopharma,” host Tyler Menichiello is joined by Sean Tucker, Ph.D., founder and chief scientific officer at Vaxart, a company developing oral recombinant pill vaccines. They discuss Vaxart’s manufacturing process and how it differs from traditional biopharmaceutical production, as well as the regulatory considerations around its oral vaccines.

    Follow Tyler Menichiello on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tmenichiello/

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    28 mins
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