The B2B Podcast

In episode six of the Advancing the Future of Medtech with Alleima podcast series, Tom Schmid, Global Product Manager for flexible instruments at Alleima's medical unit talks through the market trends in minimally invasive treatment, what they mean for the value chain, and how Alleima, a world-leading engineering company headquartered in Sandviken, Sweden, is innovating so that these procedures ca...

This is the first episode in our second season exploring the evolving landscape of real-world data and its role in shaping healthcare decisions. This conversation will provide answers on why the same knee replacement costs dramatically different amounts depending on whether you're in New York City, Minneapolis, or Chicago – and whether moving care to an ambulatory surgery center actually saves mon...

This podcast explores the technology shifts set to reshape value creation, capital allocation and dealmaking from 2025 to 2035. Produced in association with Sterling Technology, the podcast is aimed at investors, M&A dealmakers and corporate strategists. The episode will also highlight the most important themes driving changes in the world of technology, and the opportunities that come with th...

This is the final episode in season one of Insights Uncovered: A Real-World Data Podcast Series from GlobalData, presented by MarketScan®. Episode five explores the evolving landscape of real-world data, brought to you by MarketScan, a Truven Data Solution. You will hear an open discussion on the complexities and experiences with driving meaningful insights from linked data.  The guests from...

Designed for industrials M&A dealmakers and investors, this podcast highlights the most important themes driving major changes reshaping heavy industry across the globe. The conversation covers the key themes dominating industrials: smart industry technologies, structural shifts like Industry 4.0, ESG, M&A intelligence and the macro risk to be aware of. This podcast is sponsored by Sterlin...

This is the fourth episode in our series, Insights Uncovered: A Real-World Data Podcast Series, exploring the evolving landscape of real-world data and its role in shaping healthcare decisions. The episode will take a closer look at healthcare access in the United States – a topic that continues to dominate conversations in political, public health, and economic circles. While much of the national...

Join us for the latest installment of Novotech’s expert podcast, exploring the rapidly evolving world of global obesity clinical trials and the transformative role of GLP-1 therapies. Dr. Stecco is a healthcare executive with 25 years of leadership and medical monitoring experience across the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device sectors. A former Chief Medical Officer and consultant to over...

Supply chains for critical minerals are very complex, but several markets are making advances in traceability and provenance such as IRMA certification, ISO standards, EU Battery Passport. Queensland in Australia is taking learnings to inform its own traceability framework for critical minerals. The second episode on critical minerals in Queensland gains insights into a supply chain report titled...

This episode explores the world of nitinol – a material that’s revolutionising medical device design. The episode learns more about the super-elasticity properties of nitinol, which can undergo significant deformation and still return to its original shape. These properties make nitinol an optimum material for stents and guidewires in cardiovascular care. Also discussed are how nitinol fits into t...

This episode focuses on how operators can expand revenue by staking their claim in the energy transition, enhancing grid stability as electricity demand grows and conventional plants retire. It looks at the potential of ancillary services, synchronous condensers, and hybrid Rotating Grid Stabilizer conversions, with the Townsville Power Station in Australia features as a case study. With turbine u...

Critical minerals are essential for future technologies such as electric vehicles, semiconductors, and renewable energy installations. Australia, and especially Queensland, has abundant critical mineral deposits to meet this demand. In this episode, we explore what Queensland has to offer in this vital industry. The first guest is Namali Mackay, managing director of Critical Minerals Association A...

Across some of the world’s major energy markets, rising shares of wind and solar are reshaping dispatch profiles and creating new operational challenges. How should plant owners respond? This podcast explores how a rising share of renewables in the energy mix is reshaping power plant operations and profitability. It examines the capabilities operators now need - such as faster start-ups, high ramp...

This finale in the first Zelta Podcast series follows up on an article published on 8 January on Pharmaceutical-Technology.com and ClinicalTrialsArena.com, titled ‘Clinical trial trends in 2025: Investment headwinds, wearables, and targeted AI uses’. The article examined the financial challenges facing clinical trials, which have created a more risk-averse landscape. It explored the digital soluti...

This podcast examines how real-world data (RWD) helps fill gaps in understanding maternal and infant health, particularly since pregnant individuals are often excluded from clinical trials. The latest episode in the Insights Uncovered: Real-World Data Podcast Series speaks with experts at MarketScan to learn how RWD enables linking mother-infant records to aspects such as study outcomes, assessing...

Episode four of the Advancing the Future of MedTech with Alleima series continues to cover the trend of smaller and smarter medical devices, with a focus on thermocouples.  Alleima Medical is a specialist provider of wire and wire-based solutions in advanced medical devices to sense, transmit, measure, or stimulate. The result is a life-changing difference to patients. Guests for episode four...

As sustainability becomes increasingly mission-critical, how can pharma take action? In this podcast, Sharp’s Hywel Woolf, Global Sustainability Manager, and Mitch Darnell, Structural Designer, join host Steve Jacobs to discuss how sustainability initiatives are evolving in the pharmaceutical sector and the role of innovative new packaging designs. As Woolf outlines the changing landscape, Darnell...

Migrating clinical studies to a new platform required careful planning and is the focus of episode four in the Zelta Podcast series. We will be looking at the considerations for migrating clinical studies.  Also covered are the reasons for and against a migration, the next step once a migration has been agreed upon, who builds the study, and what success looks like. Our guests are: Anjali Agr...

This podcast, designed for consumer M&A dealmakers and investors, highlights the most important themes driving major changes across the industry. The conversation covers technological innovation, evolving industry business models, ESG, the outlook for mergers and acquisitions, and the road ahead. It is sponsored by Sterling Technology—the provider of premium virtual data room solutions for sec...

This episode of Our Experience is Your Strength dives head-first into one of the most important phases in a drug’s lifecycle: the commercial launch. Steve Jacobs is joined by two seasoned experts from Sharp – Jeff Benedict, CCO, and Tonya Schmouder, Strategic Client Relationship Manager – to discuss the key steps to a smooth launch, especially when collaborating with CMOs. From missing links betwe...

Episode three of The Zelta Podcast series looks at the current state of play for ePRO in the clinical trials industry. The guest is Wes Fishburne, Principal Product Manager for Zelta by Merative. The discussion begins with hearing how trials approach ePRO, either as part of their clinical trials platform from the beginning or integrated from a 3rd-party provider.  The conversation also covers...

A key trend in the medical device market is smaller and smarter, which requires advanced materials and is the focus of episode three of the Advancing the Future of MedTech with Alleima series. We build on the market trends covered in episode two and delve a little deeper with a different perspective. Expert insight is provided by Alleima Medical, which designs, develops and manufactures many of th...

In this episode, clinical supply experts Melissa Peirsel and Sean McCaig explore the challenges of keeping clinical trials on schedule, without risking supply disruptions. With decades of experience across contract packaging and clinical services, Sharp brings insight into the common pitfalls of trial planning, from aggressive timelines to overestimated patient enrollment. Peirsel and McCaig empha...

The fourth episode in the Blockchain in Scotland series covers cybersecurity, as we further explore the transformative potential of the technology across different industries.  The guest is Bill Buchanan, professor of cryptography at Edinburgh Napier University. He is also a member of Scotland's Blockchain & Digital Trust Taskforce, and is a highly respected voice in blockchain and digita...

In this episode, we discuss how linked databases can help unlock the full potential of healthcare – gaining a complete patient view, having deeper insights, and utilizing precision in research. With an increasing amount of available data, healthcare researchers can get a comprehensive view into patient journeys, healthcare utilization, and costs. We’ll explore the importance of being able to take...

This episode explores how innovations are helping to overcome some of the main obstacles to deliver a pipeline of Scottish offshore wind projects that could far exceed 40 gigawatts in generation capacity. Our guest is Andy Macdonald, director of offshore wind development and operations at the ORE Catapult, as well as chair of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council's Innovation Working Group.&nb...