Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Heather Hoopes Matthews and Matthew Roberts welcome Vinnie Durand of Savills, one of the world’s leading property advisors. They discuss the exponential growth of the life sciences...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Matthew and Lauren welcome Kendalle O’Connell, President & CEO of MassBio, a powerhouse life sciences organization and the driving force behind Massachusetts’ thriving life sciences...more
Following a year of significant regulatory changes and market realignments, the health care landscape in North and South Carolina continues to undergo significant transformation driven by federal policy shifts, state...more
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This week, our hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Edward Simmer, the Interim Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Health. After leading DHEC through the latter half of the COVID pandemic and its transition...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Heather and Matthew welcome back Kimberlee Steele of SHL Medical, a global leader in medical technology design and manufacturingw. After first joining us six months ago, Kimberlee...more
Recorded at SCbio’s 2025 annual conference, Heather and Matthew welcome Arda Ural, who serves as the Americas Life Sciences Sector Leader for EY. Arda provides a rundown of his keynote, highlighting the key issues and trends...more
The 2025 annual SCbio meeting was packed full of exciting developments and collaborative innovations from South Carolina’s thriving life sciences industry. As the United State’s 6th fastest growing life sciences sector, SCbio...more
Last fall, Hurricane Helene devastated the western Appalachian region of North Carolina. Jay Kirby, the CEO of UNC Health Pardee, joins us on the podcast this week to discuss how the hospital responded to the challenges and...more
With President Trump’s 2nd term quickly approaching, Heather and Matthew sit down with Maynard Nexsen attorney Bob Coble to discuss what changes we can expect in healthcare over the next 4 years. As the former Mayor of...more
Ringing in the New Year, hosts Heather and Matthew welcome Terry McDonnell, SVP and Chief Nursing Executive for Duke University Health System. The group discusses leadership and developing the next generation of nurses,...more
Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew are joined by John Van Hoy, Executive Director of Data Science & Advanced Analytics at PPD, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher. John is an innovator...more
Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew welcome Ed Hernandez, who oversees drug product manufacturing at Eli Lilly, an international pharmaceutical company. Ed discusses how Eli Lilly...more
Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew welcome Igor Jablokov, an entrepreneur, former IBM director, and pioneer of the artificial intelligence industry who has been involved in several...more
Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew welcome back Christine Vannais from Fujifilm and her new colleague, Laurie Braxton. They dive into Fujifilm’s billion-dollar expansion in North...more
This week, Heather and Matthew welcome their colleagues Mark Moore and Michael Parente, attorneys in Maynard Nexsen’s Government Investigations and White Collar Defense practice. We sit down to discuss their insights on the...more
Recorded at NC Life Sciences Organization’s Annual Meeting, Heather and Matthew welcome back a favorite friend of the podcast, Laura Gunter, President of NCLifeSci. We discuss the highlights of the 2024 Annual Meeting such as...more
This episode, we welcome back one of our favorite guests, Dr. Kashyap Patel, a renowned practicing physician, author, and healthcare thought leader. Dr. Patel has been dedicating much of his attention to analyzing long COVID...more
Heather and Matthew welcome Jason Bernd, SVP of Novant Health, to discuss the health care provider’s vision for their expanding service in North and South Carolina. We dive into their acquisition of 3 coastal hospitals, how...more
This week, hosts Matthew and Heather welcome back James Chappell, President and CEO of SCbio, to discuss the organization’s new program, SCbioDrive, an accelerator program for emerging life sciences companies. The group...more
This episode, Matthew and Heather chat with Paul Testa, an Executive Vice President of Kyowa Kirin, a pharma group that develops innovative specialty drugs to raise the health and well being of people across the globe. Paul...more
Heather and Matthew welcome Dr. Gil Price, who has had an impressive career in the life sciences industry as a recently retired executive and currently serves as a board member for numerous companies. As an experienced leader...more
For our 200th episode, we are thrilled to welcome University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach and Olympic Gold Medalist Dawn Staley back to the podcast! Fresh off the 2024 National Championship, Coach Staley shares...more
Maynard Nexsen’s Matthew and Lauren share their insights on how artificial intelligence has permeated the healthcare and life sciences industry through applications in data storage and use, treatments, clinical research, and...more
This week, Heather and Matthew welcome the Maynard Nexsen health care team’s newest addition, Rebecca Thornhill, an experienced health care attorney who guides clients through regulatory, transactional, and litigation...more
Gaston College President Dr. John Hauser joins Heather and Matthew for episode 195 to discuss the vital work the college is doing to educate and train life sciences and healthcare workers. We learn about their impressive...more