Ep. 130 - Steady as a Roche. Plus: Washington Turbulence

As Severin Schwan’s steady hand on the tiller of Roche passes to another insider, BioCentury’s podcast team examines how initiatives during the outgoing CEO’s tenure, including those related to digital and data science, handed a solid deck of cards to diagnostics head Thomas Schinecker as he takes on the top job at the Swiss pharma. Plus: Washington Editor Steve Usdin assesses Sen. Richard Burr’s attempt to deliver a “clean” user fee bill, pharma and biotech executives’ chances to revise the drug price regulation provisions of the Democrats’ budget reconciliation bill, and why it might be too late for President Joe Biden to get a nominee for NIH director through Congress.

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