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New faces for COVID-19’s next phase, ASCO’s hot topics: a BioCentury podcast

May 19, 2020 2:34 AM UTC

In the latest edition of the BioCentury This Week PODCAST, BioCentury Editor in Chief Simone Fishburn talks to Washington Editor Steve Usdin about the appointments of Michelle McMurry-Heath as CEO of BIO, Moncef Slaoui as vaccines czar in the U.S., and veteran biotech investor Kate Bingham as the chair of the U.K.’s Vaccine Taskforce. Fishburn also speaks with Associate Editor Karen Tkach Tuzman about the hot topics in cancer she’s following at this year’s annual ASCO meeting.

McMurry-Heath will lead the biotech trade group at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has focused the world’s attention on the biopharma industry, and the public is craving leaders who speak about science and medicine with credibility, empathy and authenticity, says Usdin...