Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico Medicine | AI Drug Development, Longevity | E39
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We chat about longevity with Alex Zhavoronkov, CEO and founder of the artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Insilico Medicine.
Born in Latvia, Alex founded Insilico in 2014, with the company raising a huge $110M Series E round this year.
Alex gives us a tour of Insilicoās sprawling pipeline, a blunt rundown of the competitive landscape in AI drug development, and explains how Insilico is navigating the huge challenges faced by longevity-focused startups.
āļø ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alex founded Insilico in 2014 after serving in senior roles at ATI Technologies, NeuroGNeuroinformatics, and the Biogerontology Research Foundation.
With an academic background in biomedicine and computer technology, he has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, and has bachelorās degrees from Queen's University, Canada, a masterās degree from Johns Hopkins University, US, and a PhD from Moscow State University, Russia.
š LINKS MENTIONED
- Insilico Medicineās website: https://insilico.com/
- Insilico Medicineās phase 2a results: https://insilico.com/blog/1112
- Insilico Medicineās Series E round: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/insilico-medicine-secures-110-million-series-e-financing-to-advance-ai-driven-drug-discovery-innovation-302401040.html
- Thomas Clozel, Owkin | What does AI Biotech really mean | E10: https://flot.bio/episode/thomas-clozel-ai-biotech/
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ā° TIMESTAMPS
- Intro [00:00:00]
- [00:01:43] Longevity: work, romances and bromances
- [00:07:56] Survival in the graveyard of longevity drugs
- [00:14:57] Insilico Medicine comes of age
- [00:23:12] Landmark efficacy in AI drug program
- [00:28:15] A sprawling pipeline for Insilico Medicine
- [00:36:34] Small molecules vs biologics
- [00:40:57] Competition and benchmarks
- [00:52:20] Alex Zhavoronkov on longevity myths
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