<figure><img src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibhX.U_x2O1w/v7/-1x-1.png"><figcaption><div></div><div></div></figcaption></figure><p>The worst thing that can happen in health-care and biomedical research is politics getting involved in choosing what research needs to be done for what disease, Dr. Elias Zerhouni tells Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli, explaining how mixing science and politics weakens innovation and public trust. On this episode of the Vanguards of Health Care podcast, Zerhouni, a former NIH director and vice chairman of OPKO Health, unpacks his new book <em>Disease Knows No Politics</em>, warns against cutting US research funding and explains why immigration is vital for scientific leadership. He also dives into OPKO and ModeX&#x2019;s cutting-edge work on multivalent vaccines and multi-specific antibodies that could change the treatment landscape.</p><p>Listen to this episode on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vanguards-of-health-care-by-bloomberg-intelligence/id1677173217" title="Click to view webpage.">&lt;meta itemprop="type" content="WebLink"&gt;Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6icX87oGAyU53WXglznscG" title="Click to view webpage.">&lt;meta itemprop="type" content="WebLink"&gt;Spotify</a>.</p>

“The worst thing that happened in healthcare is when politics gets involved.” Dr. Elias Zerhouni tells Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli why mixing science and politics weakens innovation and public trust. The former NIH director and Vice Chairman of OPKO unpacks his new book Disease Knows No Politics, warns against cutting US research funding, and explains why immigration is vital for scientific leadership. He also dives into OPKO and ModeX’s cutting-edge work on multivalent vaccines and multi-specific antibodies that could change the treatment landscape.

Vanguards of Health Care: Zerhouni on the Politics of Science

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