The Biotech Startups Podcast · 2026-07-27 · 23 min
The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr - helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science. As a TBSP listener, you can get exclusive perks through Excedr's partner network - special savings, promotions, and more. Explore these offers today: "Pessimists are often right, but optimists are often wealthy." In this part of the podcast, Jon and Javier explore Javier's years as technical director in Google's Office of the CTO, where he worked with the world's biggest gaming companies - Nintendo, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Unity - helping them leverage Google Cloud technology. Javier then shares the deeply personal story of how his father's passing from cancer became the turning point that pulled him into life sciences, and how he taught himself biochemistry and pharmacology through Harvard Medical School's HMX program. The conversation takes a sharp turn into the economics of drug discovery and healthcare.
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