tHEORetically Speaking
Episodes
Weekly News Roundup — Medicaid Maternal Care Expansion, Breakthrough Diabetes Data, and SMA Market Shakeups
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Nadia Care’s $12M raise to expand Medicaid-focused maternal care, Eli Lilly’s breakthroug...
Weekly News Roundup — Biosimilar Policy Changes, mRNA Leadership Shifts, and Rare Disease Market Growth
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the FDA’s new guidance aimed at streamlining biosimilar development and reducing drug costs...
Weekly News Roundup — mRNA Vaccine Milestones, Obesity Drug Manufacturing, and Gene Therapy Regulatory Tensions
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Moderna’s progress toward European approval of its combination COVID-19 and flu mRNA vaccin...
INsights & OUTcomes with Radek Wasiak
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Radek Wasiak, an expert in real world data generation, and real-world evidence. He has provided research services to the life sc...
Integrated Evidence Delivery: Why HEOR belongs at the heart of the Modern CRO
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore why the traditional 'clinical-first, value-later' model is becoming a strategic liability and why integrating HE...
Weekly News Roundup — RSV Breakthrough Data, Psychedelic Approvals on the Horizon, and Major FDA Policy Shifts
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers new real-world data showing Sanofi’s Beyfortus delivering multi-season protection against R...
Weekly News Roundup — AI Drug Discovery Deals, mRNA Regulatory Setbacks, and Global Investment Shifts
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Takeda’s $1.7B AI-powered drug discovery partnership with Iambic, Moderna’s FDA setback f...
Weekly News Roundup — Regulatory RWE Battles, Capital Market Moves, and Cash-Pay Drug Pricing Disruption
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week's tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Humana’s rollout of a Google Cloud–powered AI tool to streamline 80 million annual mem...
INsights & OUTcomes with Taylor Hirschberg
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Taylor Hirschberg, an award winning writer, activist, and academic. He is the CEO of Metli Consulting, an inclusive consultancy ...
Weekly News Roundup — Rare Disease Funding Risks, Medicare Advantage Reform, and Global Trade Shifts
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the looming funding crisis for rare disease biotechs as FDA priority review vouchers expire, ...
Weekly News Roundup — Oral GLP-1 Momentum, Trade Tensions, EU Drug Security, and AI Risk Warnings
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Novo Nordisk’s early momentum with oral Wegovy amid intensifying GLP-1 competition, rising ...
Weekly News Roundup — Neurodegeneration Deals, Generative AI, and Drug Pricing Politics
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Novartis’ $1.5B Alzheimer’s licensing deal, the FDA’s push to accelerate drug developme...
Weekly News Roundup — Oncology Shakeups, FDA Wellness Crackdown, and AI-Powered Drug Discovery
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers GSK’s abrupt exit from its five-year synthetic lethality partnership with Ideaya, Whoop’s...
Weekly News Roundup — Tariff-Free Pharma, Biologics Modernization, Duchenne Trial Success, and Maternal Health Advances
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup breaks down four major developments shaping policy and biopharma. We cover the new US–UK trade dea...
Weekly News Roundup — Premium Hikes, Predictive AI Breakthroughs, and Public Health Policy Fallout
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Medicare’s 10% Part B premium hike for 2026 and its potential to push more seniors toward M...
Weekly News Roundup — Four Big Moves in Medtech, Neurotech, Biopharma R&D & Pharma M&A
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on tHEORetically Speaking, we’re covering four major stories shaping the landscape across medtech, neurotech, drug development, and global...
Weekly News Roundup – FDA Shakeups, Novo Nordisk’s Strategic Reset, and Smart Data for Diabetes Innovation
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the sudden resignation of the FDA’s top drug chief amid controversy, Novo Nordisk’s sweep...
Weekly News Roundup – Neuro Breakthroughs, Biosimilar Reform, and an Obesity Drug Showdown
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Evotec and Bristol Myers Squibb’s progress in developing next-generation therapies for neur...
Weekly News Roundup – Real-World Wins and Billion-Dollar Breakthroughs
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Astellas Pharma’s Phase 4 findings showing fezolinetant’s real-world benefits for menopau...
INsights & OUTcomes with Dalfoni Banerjee
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dalfoni Banerjee, an award-winning entrepreneur and consultant with over 30 years of hands-on experience and her expertise spans...
Weekly News Roundup – CAR-T Safety Alerts, Policy Ripple Effects, and Notable Wearables
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the FDA’s new boxed warning for J&J’s CAR-T therapy Carvykti, a major study linking p...
Weekly News Roundup – Immunology, Innovation, and Impact
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers nirsevimab’s real-world success in reducing RSV hospitalizations among infants, Boehringer ...
tHEORetically Speaking: Rethinking Decentralization in Direct-to-Patient Studies
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, Paige McGarry interviews Aaron Berger, SVP & Head of Evidence Development Solutions at UBC discussing t...
Weekly News Roundup – Medicaid Deals, Oncology Innovation, and Market Tensions Abroad
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Pfizer’s new Medicaid pricing deal with the current administration, Cartography Biosciences...
INsights & OUTcomes with Renée Arnold
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dr. Renée Arnold, the President & CEO of Arnold Consultancy & Technology, LLC (ACT), focusing on outcomes research and ...
Weekly News Roundup – Public Health Flashpoints, Pharma Innovation, and Pricing Battles
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the ACIP’s heated vaccine policy debates, growing state-level divides in COVID-19 vaccine a...
Weekly News Roundup – Vaccine Policy Shifts, AI-Powered R&D, and Billion-Dollar Investments
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the CDC’s ACIP meeting and its implications for U.S. vaccine policy, GHO Capital’s acquis...
Weekly News Roundup – Pharma Acquisitions, Trial Triumphs, and Coding Controversies
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers new research on social-genetic influences in adolescent depression, Novartis’s $1.4B acquis...
Weekly News Roundup – Obesity Drug Rivalry, Rare Disease Pathways, Vaccine Mandate Battles, and ACA Shake-Ups
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Novo’s Wegovy showing superior cardiovascular benefits over Lilly’s Zepbound, the FDA’s...
Weekly News Roundup – Ransomware Shocks, Vaccine Policy Shifts, and Billion-Dollar Pharma Investments
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers DaVita’s massive ransomware attack impacting 2.7 million patients, the FDA’s updated COVI...
Weekly News Roundup – Alzheimer’s Breakthroughs, Cancer Trial Advances, and High-Stakes Policy Battles
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers semaglutide’s potential in Alzheimer’s treatment, Delcath’s new Phase II trial for colo...
Weekly News Roundup - Pharmacist Empowerment, Financial Shifts, and Innovative Health Solutions
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the impact of pharmacists prescribing minor ailments in Ontario, significant Medicaid paym...
Weekly News Roundup - Pharma Pilots, Legal Battles, and Precision Medicine Breakthroughs
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' new 340B rebate model pilot, a laws...
Weekly News Roundup - Vaccine Triumphs, Revolutionary Trials, and Data-Driven Health Futures
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Moderna's strides toward COVID-19 vaccine approval in Europe, Eli Lilly's promis...
tHEORetically Speaking: Meeting the Resource Challenge - Why Biotechs Need a Different Kind of Partner
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Theoretically Speaking, Paige McGarry interviews David W. Miller, CEO of Genesis Research Group, discussing the unique challenges f...
INsights & OUTcomes with Matt McLoughlin
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Matt McLoughlin, Senior Vice President of Compliance and Categories at Scientist.com. With 25 years in pharma R&D and Procur...
INsights & OUTcomes with Catherine Bacon
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to INsights & OUTcomes, the newest podcast on tHEORetically Speaking from HealthEconomics.com, where we sit down with the leading professi...
INsights & OUTcomes with Vernon Schabert
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to INsights & OUTcomes, the newest podcast on tHEORetically Speaking from HealthEconomics.com, where we sit down with the leading professi...
INsights & OUTcomes with Rosa Willock
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to INsights & OUTcomes, the newest podcast on tHEORetically Speaking from HealthEconomics.com, where we sit down with the leading professi...
INsights & OUTcomes with Chris O'Neill
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to INsights & OUTcomes, the newest podcast on tHEORetically speaking from HealthEconomics.com, where we sit down with the leading professi...
INsights & OUTcomes - COMING SOON to tHEORetically Speaking
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for INsights & OUTcomes where we sit down with the leading professionals in HEOR, RWE & RWD, and Market Access, the experts shaping th...
tHEORetically speaking: Making Real-World Data Research-Ready
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of tHEORetically Speaking features Jeffrey Brown, PhD and Matvey Palchuk, MD, MS, FAMIA of TriNetX, who discuss the rise of RWD and its r...
tHEORetically speaking: Between Two Scientists: Care During Pregnancy - How RWD Can Help Balance the Needs of Mom and Baby
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of tHEORetically Speaking is the fourth podcast in Panalgo’s ‘Between Two Scientists’, featuring host Meg Richards, PhD, MPH, who s...
tHEORetically speaking: How AI-Powered Phenotyping Enhances the Patient Journey for Life Science Applications
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, Dr. Joseph Zabinksi, VP and Head of Commercial Strategy and AI at OM1, explains how AI-powered digital phen...
tHEORetically speaking: EU HTA Joint Clinical Assessments
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Dr. Rosemary Jose, Dr. Sonja Kroep, and Nick Halfpenny from OPEN Health, Dr. Ansgar Hebborn from Roche...
tHEORetically speaking: Clinical Outcomes Assessments and Training
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Kelly Lipman, Heather Dickerson, and Ryan Murphy from ICON, who answer questions from a recent webinar...
tHEORetically speaking: Cell & Gene Therapies
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Dr. Pamela Landsman-Blumberg, Amanda O’Hora, and Ajay Keshava from Magnolia Market Access, who answe...
tHEORetically speaking: Patient-Centered Real-World Evidence in Rare Diseases
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Drs. Megan Gower and Edward Chou from Takeda, and Richard Tsai, MS from Inspire, who answer questions ...
tHEORetically speaking: Real-World Evidence Generation with Disease Registries
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Drs. Javier Cid, Nahila Justo, and Delphine Saragoussi from Evidera and PPD, who answer questions from...
tHEORetically speaking: Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) Translations
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Christelle Giroudet, MA and Ana Alvarez, MA, COA Linguistic Validation Leaders with ICON, as they high...
tHEORetically speaking: Between Two Scientists - New Types of Data
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of tHEORetically Speaking is the third installment of Panalgo’s ‘Between Two Scientists’, featuring host Meg Richards, Executive Di...
tHEORetically speaking: Total System Value™ - A DYNAMIC APPROACH TO VALUE DEMONSTRATION
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HEOR Ltd. have been working on an exciting new framework called Total System Value™. This episode of tHEORetically speaking features their CEO Phil ...
tHEORetically speaking: Between Two Scientists - Labeling and Certifying your Varietal Data Blend
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of tHEORetically Speaking is the second installment of Panalgo's 'Between Two Scientists', featuring host Meg Richards, Ex...
tHEORetically speaking: How AI Can Help Dermatology: Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk, and R&D
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The hype around AI is finally translating into real-world value, and we are seeing broader adoption of real-world data in Dermatology. This episode of...
tHEORetically speaking: The Future of Diversity in Clinical Trials: Real-World Evidence
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of tHEORetically Speaking features real-world evidence experts Alexandrina Balanean, Parisa Asgarisabet, and Danielle Gentile from Cardin...
tHEORetically speaking: Between Two Scientists - Data Linkage
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of tHEORetically Speaking features our host Meg Richards, Executive Director of Solutions at Panalgo, who will be speaking with Erik Maul...
tHEORetically speaking: Detecting and Decoding Alzheimer's with Real-World Data
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The landscape for Alzheimer's disease is rapidly changing. This episode of tHEORetically speaking features Dr. Carl Marci from OM1 and Dr. Luke S...
tHEORetically speaking: Leveraging Real-World Data for Precision Obesity Treatment
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, Gary Curhan, Chief Medical Officer and Jessica Paulus, Vice President of Research at OM1, as they answer qu...
tHEORetically speaking: Medicare and Medicaid Services Market Pricing
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join ICON experts Mark McCoy, Dr. Earlene Biggs, Bruce Capobianco, Dr. Tanja Obradovic, Ki Park, and Nancy ...
tHEORetically speaking: Medicare Data for RWD Analysis
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Dr. Eunice Chang and Dr. Michael Broder from PHAR, and Mitra Corral from Genentechas they answer quest...
tHEORetically speaking: The Benefits of Linking SDOH Data with Other Real-World Data
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Dr. Pamela Landsman-Blumberg from Magnolia Market Access and Dr. Rick Chapman from Innovation and Valu...
tHEORetically speaking: Improving the Representativeness of Research
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Dr. Bruce Feinberg, Dr. Danielle Gentile, Dr. Parisa Asgarisabet, and Alexandrina Balanean from Cardin...
tHEORetically speaking: Literature Reviews and Global Value Dossiers
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Gillian Sibbring, Sue O’Leary, Ben Rousseau, Patti Peeples, and Rachel Forrest as they answer questi...
tHEORetically speaking: Health Economics and Outcome Research for Medical Technology
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Deepak Sahu as he answers questions on developing Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) studie...
tHEORetically speaking: Causal Inference In Real-World Healthcare Data
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Michael Grabner, Alexander Turchin, and Shivani Pandya as they answer questions on causal inference an...
tHEORetically speaking: Exploring Social Media Data in Different Contexts
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Elodie de Bock, Valentin Barbier, Adel Mebarki, and Joelle Malaab as they answer questions on how to c...
tHEORetically speaking: Discussing Health Technology Assessment Agencies
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Chris Waters-Banker, Maria Arregui, Rajshree Pandey, Lee-Anne Bourke, and Patti Peeples as they answer...
tHEOretically speaking: Platforms and Models for Payer Insights and Evidence Generation
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Priti Jhingran and Tijana Ignjatovic as they answer questions on opportunities for using agile platfor...
tHEORetically speaking: Delphi panels
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Jincy Paulose, George Joseph, and Michael Broder as they answer questions around leading Delphi panels...
tHEORetically speaking: Improving Health Literacy
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Danielle Drachmann, Josie Godfrey, Kristine Sorensen, Beth Lesher, Kelly McCarrier, and Gavin Jones as...
tHEORetically speaking: Infectious Disease Modeling
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Marija Zivkovic-Gojovic, Richard Pitman, and Pragya Khurana as they answer questions on infectious dis...
tHEORetically speaking: Getting Real About Real-World Data
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, Bill Saunders from IntegraConnect discusses Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence in the context of val...
tHEORetically speaking: Utilizing RWD, Machine Learning, and System Biology
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Nitin Baliga, Insitute for Systems Biology, and Thomas Brown, Syapse as they answer questions on utili...
tHEORetically speaking: How Accelerated Drug Development Requires Disruption in Market Access and Pricing
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We recently sat down with Preeti Patel, MPharm, CEO and Founder of GPI, to learn what is driving the growing importance for early stage asset value ...
tHEORetically speaking: Evidence Generation Planning
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Colin Oliver, Anila Dede, Erwin De Cock, and Arshi Gupta from Syneos Health as they answer questions o...
tHEORetically speaking: Renee Willmon on Health Storylines
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Renee Willmon as she answers questions on Health Storylines, a disease-agnostic and customizable platf...
tHEORetically speaking: Information for Healthcare Decision-Makers
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Earlene Biggs, Gary Owens, and Renee Fleming, as they answer questions regarding information sharing w...
tHEORetically speaking: Embracing FDA Guidance on Real World Data
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Raina Olexa and Mui Van Zandt as they answer questions on embracing FDA’s guidance on the use of rea...
tHEORetically speaking: Algorithms for Real World Evidence
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Eric Benchimol, Karina Raimundo, Anil Vachani, and Michael Broder as they answer questions on validati...
tHEORetically speaking: Real-World Evidence and Neonatal Outcomes
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically Speaking, join Eric Stanek, Michael Grabner, Deb Discenza, Jennifer Degl, and Thomas Miller as they answer questions ...
tHEORetically speaking: Literature Review Automation
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of tHEORetically speaking, join Shirley Sylvester, Vardhini Ganesh, Richa Goyal Rai, and Lee-Anne Bourke as they answer questions wher...