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Sam Fazeli

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906 total appearances

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Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

Has that happened yet?

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

Or do you expect it to happen?

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

I think you're the only person who's put a positive spin on that because most people put a negative spin on it saying you want to be in biotech you've got to be in the Boston cluster or the San Francisco cluster because everything is there and everybody's there all the expertise is there.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

I mean that makes some sense but I think you're the first person who's actually put a positive spin on the fact that Europe is for want of a better phrase fragmented because it's different countries essentially despite the European Union

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

is actually an element of it that's positive, but you need to be able to leverage that, which is what I think you're talking about.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

Antoine, we've talked for half an hour.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

It feels like five minutes, but that's normal.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

I mean, I remember this sensation.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

Let's just finish on this by asking you, where have you been surprised by the application of AI in the world of drug development and medicine?

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

And where have you been disappointed?

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

Just a couple, if I'm just putting you on the spot now, because that wasn't one of my questions.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

Let's talk about the current sentiment and sector views, etc.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

So what is your, or Safinova's, overarching industry thesis at the moment?

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

There is turmoil.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

One day we see FDA doing strange things when it comes to, we are going to put a black box on vaccines.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

We're not going to put a black box on vaccines.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

We're

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

with where the data hasn't been shared.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

The next day, I see something that really excites me.

Vanguards of Healthcare by Bloomberg Intelligence
Sofinnova Partners Stays Optimistic on Biotech's Future

They give a priority voucher to Johnson & Johnson's Majestic 3 trial, which showed an enormous overall survival benefit over already a great success with CAR T's in multiple myeloma.