Small biotech companies are facing tough times, shrinking funding and uncertain futures. But beneath the surface, quiet forces of innovation and resilience are rising. This episode explores how biotechs ignite innovation despite economic headwinds, regulatory uncertainty, and fierce competition.

Small Biotechs, Big Decisions is a limited podcast series exploring the challenges and opportunities facing emerging biotech companies, hosted by Daniel Chancellor, VP of Thought Leadership at Norstella, and Claire Riches, VP of Clinical Solutions at Citeline, a leading provider of life sciences data and insights.

View the video series and find out more information here: https://www.citeline.com/biotech

How to Survive Innovation Pressure in Today’s Biotech Landscape

Summer Colling and Emma Wille speak with Nkiru Ibeanu, Anna Simmons, and David Dahan from the oncology team about some of the most exciting data presented at the 2025 European Society For Medical Oncology conference.

Datamonitor Healthcare Podcast: ESMO 2025

After two of the toughest years in biotech history, are we finally seeing a turnaround? EY's Arda Ural discusses the long-awaited recovery in biotech IPOs, the evolving capital markets landscape and how tariffs and Trump RX are reshaping biopharma supply chains.
 
In this wide-ranging conversation, Ural unpacks the three key factors driving IPO recovery — Fed rate cuts, improving valuations, and reduced macro uncertainty — while sharing hard data on what's actually working in 2024. He explains why platforms without products are struggling to raise venture capital, how the bid-ask spread in M&A deals reflects ongoing valuation disagreements and why China's emergence as a competitor in novel drug development represents a fundamental shift for the industry.
 
Whether you're navigating early-stage financing, preparing for an IPO, or planning strategic transactions, this episode delivers actionable insights on capital markets, policy impacts and the fundamentals that will determine who succeeds in the next phase of biotech innovation.

EY's Arda Ural on IPOs, Financial Markets and Tarrifs

In this special In Vivo podcast episode, executive editor Lucie Ellis-Taitt is joined by an expert panel of Citeline journalists – Ashley Yeo, David Wild, Jessica Merrill and data journalist Edwin Elmhirst – to explore the trends set to reshape the biopharma and medtech sectors as we head into 2026.

Data-Driven Insights Reveal The Growth Engines Powering 2026 Life Sciences

The UK’s consumer healthcare industry association, PAGB is publishing a series of blog posts for Self-Care Week – an annual awareness campaign in the UK organized by the Self Care Forum, held this year from 17-23 November. In this special episode of HBW Insight’s Over the Counter podcast, we catch up with the association’s CEO Michelle Riddalls, to talk about what the association is doing to promote Rx-to-OTC switch in the UK. According to Riddalls, two-thirds of PAGB members see reclassification as a key pillar of growth in the next 10-15 years. The UK government has also announced it wants to see switch applications for 16 medical conditions and categories, including sleep, pain, allergy and women's intimate health. Through initiatives like the Reclassification Alliance, PAGB is working hard to unlock this significant growth opportunity for the UK consumer health industry, Riddalls explains. 

Timestamps
3:00 – Introductions
4:00 – PAGB and Self-Care Week 
5:30 – How PAGB is helping to enable Rx-to-OTC switch
8:00 – The benefits of switching for the consumer health industry
11:00 – Riddalls’ switch experience
15:00 – UK government’s switch agenda
18:00 – Switch barriers
22:00 – Thinking outside the box

Guest Bio
Michelle Riddalls OBE is chief executive officer of PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, which represents the manufacturers of branded OTC medicines, self-care medical devices and food supplements in the UK.
Prior to joining PAGB, Riddalls was director of regulatory affairs for the Northern European Cluster at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, where she was integral in the highly successful POM to GSL reclassification of Nexium Control and the Viagra Connect POM to P switch.
Michelle has been recognized across a number of industry awards, including the Women in Trade Powerlist in 2024, and was awarded an OBE for outstanding services to consumer health in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours.

Over The Counter Special: Unlocking Switch-Driven Growth, With PAGB’s Michelle Riddalls

In this week’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights her interviews with leaders at brain-computer interface developers Synchron and INBRAIN about funding, clinical trials and partnerships. Brian Bossetta discusses Oura’s goal to secure US FDA clearance for a blood pressure feature for its smart ring. Elizabeth Orr highlights an FDA expert panel considering regulation of generative AI tools for mental health and Shubham Singh shines a light on Choice’s efforts to develop a new form of contraceptive for women.

Digital Health Roundup: BCIs Surge Ahead, Oura Eyes BP Clearance, AI Faces New Scrutiny

The UK’s consumer healthcare industry association, PAGB is publishing a series of blog posts for Self-Care Week – an annual awareness campaign in the UK organized by the Self Care Forum, held this year from 17-23 November. In this second part of a special episode of HBW Insight’s Over the Counter podcast, we catch up with the association’s CEO Michelle Riddalls, to talk about what the association is doing to promote digital health. As part of the UK government’s plans for reforming the country’s National Health Service, PAGB is asking for the widely used UK NHS app to not only advise people on how to self-care but also to take users to OTC brand websites that can help them to self-manage their conditions appropriately. We also discuss the advantage of having digital apps and self-care information generally linked to trusted umbrella brands. 

Timestamps
2:00 – PAGB’s digital health strategy
6:00 – The NHS app and self-care brands
12:00 – Self-care apps
15:30 – The importance of brands

Guest Bio
Michelle Riddalls OBE is chief executive officer of PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, which represents the manufacturers of branded OTC medicines, self-care medical devices and food supplements in the UK.
Prior to joining PAGB, Riddalls was director of regulatory affairs for the Northern European Cluster at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, where she was integral in the highly successful POM to GSL reclassification of Nexium Control and the Viagra Connect POM to P switch.
Michelle has been recognized across a number of industry awards, including the Women in Trade Powerlist in 2024, and was awarded an OBE for outstanding services to consumer health in the King’s 2025 New Year Honours.

Over The Counter Special: Enabling Digital Self-Care, With PAGB’s Michelle Riddalls

Charles River’s CSO Julie Frearson outlines the FDA’s planned transition away from animal testing, changing attitudes to artificial intelligence, and the move to New Alternative Methods.

Charles River CSO Calls For Collaboration On Non-Animal Models

Audio roundup of selected biopharma industry content from Scrip over the business week ended November 21, 2025. In this episode: obesity beyond GLP-1s; biotech leaders bullish as M&A heats up; BMS’s milvexian setback; clinicians on evolution of MASH treatment; and Japan H1 results mixed. 

Story links: https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/podcasts/scrips-five-must-know-things/quick-listen-scrips-five-must-know-things-MXUR6OEDNNAEPPTTZ4YZKH55SU/

This episode was produced with the help of AI text-to-voice and voice emulation tools.

Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/scrips-five-must-know-things

Scrip's Five Must-Know Things - Nov. 25, 2025

本期播客内容来自《Scrip》杂志，精选内容涵盖截至2025年11月21日当周的生物制药行业的商业动态。本期节目采用人工智能文本转语音及语音仿真技术制作。

本次要闻: GLP-1药物之外的肥胖治疗新局；并购热潮中生物科技巨头的乐观预期；百时美施贵宝Milvexian遭遇挫折；临床专家解读MASH疗法演进；日本企业上半年业绩喜忧参半。

Story links: https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/podcasts/scrips-five-must-know-things/quick-listen-scrips-five-must-know-things-MXUR6OEDNNAEPPTTZ4YZKH55SU/

Playlist: on.soundcloud.com/gnr7PaOwflNKiAO7QX

Scrip 五件必知要闻: 药闻周析 - 全球制药风云聚焦 (Chinese-language podcast)

최근 런던에서 열린 Jefferies 글로벌 헬스케어 컨퍼런스를 취재한 Scrip기사를 요약한 내용입니다

https://insights.citeline.com/scrip/business/start-ups-and-smes/jefferies-25-biotech-leaders-bullish-as-ma-heats-up-EAHTR2MNHJE65E74WLIMBXXK5I/

 Playlist: soundcloud.com/citelinesounds/sets/korean-language-biopharma-mini

 

글로벌 바이오 리더들, M&A 열기 속 낙관론 확산 (Korean-language podcast)

Citeline places biopharma and medical device professionals, and those who focus on these industries, at the forefront of knowledge and insight, by providing the perfect combination of news and information together with penetrating insight and analysis. Citeline is a leader in the field of healthcare industry information.

How to Survive Innovation Pressure in Today’s Biotech Landscape

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