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Sam Fazeli

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
634 total appearances

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

So things have clearly gone in the right direction and very well for Antoine.

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

Welcome, Antoine.

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

It's really nice to have you with us.

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

Yeah.

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

I mean, you can't not be an optimist when you work in biotech, right?

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

Because it's feast and famine at times.

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

And also, you need that, I think, in order to see through the risks and look at the potential.

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

And of course, you do capital management in a sensible way to try and get the risks taken care of as much as possible.

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

But that is what biotech is.

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

And I have to say that I think Antoine is one of the most

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

optimistic people that I remember sitting on panels with, etc.

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

So it always was a pleasure to have those conversations.

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

We didn't always agree, but I think a lot of it was more for making the panels more interesting.

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

So where does Sofinova sit in the venture community in terms of approach?

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

What is special, if anything, about the group and in terms of the way you look at things?

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

Right, so when I look at these, Sophronova Capital is, for me at least, easy to understand.

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

I know what the idea is, biotech companies mostly, right?

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

Medical devices, I get that too.

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

Crossover, yeah, I get that.

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

We can talk about that in a minute, how the environment is for that particular area.