Empowered Patient Podcast

Hamid Ghanadan, CEO of LINUS, discusses the findings of the company's recent state-of-the-science research, a semiannual survey that tracks sentiment and confidence within the life sciences. Notably, a growing gap in optimism exists between academic and biopharma scientists.  As a result, academics are seeking partnerships at a new level due to economic pressures from grant cancellations, the need for multidisciplinary collaboration to solve complex problems, and the desire for a stronger collective voice. AI was identified as the top priority for academia and biopharma, as is the need to improve communication with the public about scientific discoveries and medical advancements. Hamid explains, "We started the state-of-the-science research four years ago, so this is the eighth time that we've done it. And what we're really doing is measuring consumer confidence within the life sciences. So we track sentiment, we track funding, we track barriers and opportunities, as well as purchase intentions. And we do it