Biotech Down Under with BiomeBank's Dr. Sam Costello

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Merry Christmas, Business of Biotechers! On this Christmas Day release, we’re taking a trip to the land down under to visit with Dr. Sam Costello, a former gastroenterologist-turned managing director and co-founder at Adelaide, Australia-based BiomeBank. We covered some ground on this one, most notably the unique path BiomeBank took to chalking up the first donor-derived microbiome therapeutic approval of its kind, anywhere in the world. In a segment of biotech that’s been particularly battered of late, that’s a big, big win. We also talked about what’s behind Australia’s foray onto the global biotech scene, the public/private partnerships supporting that growth, why U.S. biotechs, in particular, are flocking there to conduct clinical trials, and whether Foster’s is really Australian for beer. Don’t miss it!

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1. The Microbiome Therapeutics Market in Biotech (00:00:00)

2. Exploring the Biotech Scene in Australia (00:16:06)

3. Australian Biotech (00:23:37)

4. Potential and Challenges of Microbiome Therapeutics (00:39:03)

5. Biobank Investor Paradigm and Future Plans (00:53:44)