Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec bring together the latest news from the world of business and finance and the interesting stories of global technology, politics, economics and more by harnessing the power of Bloomberg Businessweek reporters and editor
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- Bloomberg Businessweek Daily: Investing in Life SciencesBlackstone Life Sciences, which has some $17 billion in assets under management, typically invests in late-stage medicines invented by biotech and pharmaceutical companies in exchange for a royalty on future sales. In 2024, for example, the firm invested as much as $750 million in financing for Moderna’s flu vaccine development. But Blackstone also wants to own a stake in some companies that it backs. In late March, Blackstone closed its latest life-sciences fund with $6.3 billion of commitments, the firm’s biggest haul for backing clinical trials of medicines and technologies. Dr. Jenny Rooke is Founder and Managing Director of Genoa Ventures. She discusses the cross between tech and health with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.
- Bloomberg Businessweek Daily: Health and AIWhile today's devices put the world’s information at our fingertips, they do not help us with some of the cognitive skills that are arguably more important to leading a successful life. Combining psychology, artificial intelligence, human computer interaction and neuroscience, the Fluid Interfaces group designs, develops and tests systems and experiences for supporting motivation, attention, memory, learning, creativity, critical thinking, reasoning, communication, sleep quality and emotion regulation. Dr. Pattie Mas is Professor of Media Arts & Sciences AND Head of Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab. She discusses the intersection between human psychology and large language models.
- Bloomberg Businessweek Daily: Elanco CEO Jeff SimmonsThe people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Elanco Animal Health recently reported upbeat results showing market gains against their key rival in the animal health space, Zoetis. Hosts Carol and Tim speak with Elanco president and CEO Jeff Simmons about the company's earnings and how the animal health industry could serve as a bellwether for consumer health. Today's show features: Jeff Simmons, President and CEO at Elanco Animal Health Gal Krubiner, co-founder and CEO at Pagaya Technologies Revathi Advaithi, CEO of Flex on Earnings, Spinoff Announcement