Life sciences, buy side. Ex ob/gyn and IVF doc. Roadie for @priyamayadas Adjunct at @columbia dbsable.medium.com
New York, NY
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Have not tweeted much about #biotech lately, but a recent grad asked for some advice (about to move to the HC team at an IB.) Passed these along:
First, a few tips re science/medical data:
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It’s not every day @nytimes publishes an explanation of how government price controls in healthcare backfire. But they did. nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opini…
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article's conclusions are smart:
"A better agenda would attack the causes of unjustifiably high prices. That means blocking hospital mergers and contracts that hinder competition, and fewer rules that protect existing providers from new rivals. It also means giving patients and employers real choices: transparent pricing and insurance designs that reward consumers who discover more affordable care. When patients who choose lower-priced care can share in the savings, they put pressure on prices in a way no bureaucracy policing thousands of services can match.
Price caps do not curb the costs of delivering care. They merely shift those costs to places that are harder to see. The answer is not price by decree. It is institutions that help patients, providers and payers discover better prices and better care."
It’s not every day @nytimes publishes an explanation of how government price controls in healthcare backfire. But they did. nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opini…
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Beyond PCOS: The New Name Is Great Progress
But it's not good enough
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Restorative Reproductive Med That Works?
Add a diagnostic IVF cycle.
#ivf
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Not a bird watcher, but when a cardinal poses in front of a red fire hydrant, you can’t help but take notice.
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In Praise of Barb Collura
She will always be Barb. The way Prince is Prince and Madonna Madonna.
And if you needed help starting a family, whether finding someone in your area code to talk through the stress of treatme…
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Such a compelling story. Outstanding work. Off topic: has @bradloncar ever asked a bad question? So good at what he does.
𝐀𝐒𝐆𝐂𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Physicians and scientists raced to make a bespoke gene editing therapy for an infant who urgently needed one in months - a first hand account by @kiranmusunuru. #ASGCT2025
Full video: biotechtv.com/post/kiran-mus…
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What a privilege to be asked to contribute to the Reproductive BioMedicine Online special issue RBMO at 25. My article, "How will IVF be delivered in 25 years’ time?" is up -- no paywall or registration needed. As always, comments and abuse welcomed.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1k%7E…
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Lifetime member of the @daphnezohar fan club.
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A huge shout-out to the incomparable Luke Timmerman on the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Timmerman Report. I have been a loyal subscriber ever since. A few years back, Luke gave an exceptional, freewheeling talk about...
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about the industry, his path, his approach to storytelling and how to listen to others to my Columbia University Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology class; fast forward a few months and...
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a bunch of my students were writing for TTR.
Year in and year out, one of the least promotional but most substantive leaders in #biotech.
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