Stories behind medicine

Season one · Episode 02 out now

The medicines that changed us, and the stories behind them.

A podcast exploring the business, science, and human stories behind medicine.

Good PharmaEp 02 Amgen

New episode · Episode 02

Amgen: How a Biotech Startup Became Big Pharma

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Women in white caps working on a penicillin production line.
Penicillin production, 1940s. Lilly historical collection
Two women packing cartons stamped Polio Vaccine Rush.
Polio vaccine shipments. Lilly historical collection
Portrait of Colonel Eli Lilly.
Colonel Eli Lilly, who founded the company in 1876

The Good Pharma idea

Pharma and biotech have an outsized impact, and receive undersized attention.

Behind the medicines are daring founders, accidental discoveries, difficult tradeoffs, and decades-long bets. Good Pharma follows those stories to understand how treatments are discovered, developed, and brought to the people who need them.

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Deeya Kotecha holding a large model capsule

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Deeya Kotecha

Deeya trained in medicine at Cambridge and worked as a doctor before moving into public markets and venture capital. She writes about biotechnology, the history of drugs, and the business of medicine.

The book · Volume 1 · Fall 2027

Good Pharma: A Visual History of Modern Medicine

Six parts, from the first insulin made in a factory to the search for new drugs with AI.

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