Episodes

As 2025 begins, the health industry is charging forward into a transformative era. Faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities, leaders are rethinking how health care is delivered, financed, and optimized. On this episode, Jen & Mindy dive into the pressing trends, bold outlooks, and actionable strategies leaders need to know to stay ahead in 2025. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, Inflation Reduction Act, AI, digital tools, produc...

When it comes to deploying AI technologies, there are both technical and ethical considerations – in healthcare, given the critical and sensitive data and decisions at play, these can be magnified nearly exponentially. Jen is joined by Vynamic’s AI Mobilization Lead, Todd Quartiere, and Director, Vish Kaushik to discuss core principles and applications of responsible AI for health services organizations. To learn more about applications of responsible AI in your health services organization, ch...

On November 6th, Donald Trump was announced as the 47th President of the United States, returning to the White House for his second term. In this episode, Jen, Mindy, and Ryan discuss the potential changes to the healthcare industry that Republicans could look to enact over the next four years, including limiting reproductive rights and abortion access, making changes to the Affordable Care Act, and cutting funding to Medicaid. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health po...

Last month, Life Sciences marketing, commercial and medical leaders from across the country gathered at Reuter’s Pharma Customer Engagement to address current challenges and share industry best practices. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Customer Experience Transformation Lead, Mike Zapiec, and Head of Life Sciences, Karen Baldry to share what they learned about effectively engaging customers. For more information about Vynamic’s work in Customer Experience Transformation, visit: Po...

With the first round of CMS price negotiations behind us, and the next list of targets to be released in February 2026, it’s clear that theorized implications from the Inflation Reduction Act are becoming realities for the life sciences industry. In this episode, Jen and Mindy are joined by Putnam Associates Partner, Scott Briggs, to explore how companies can navigate the new pricing pressures and negotiation frameworks while continuing to innovate and ensure patient access to critical therapies...

With increasing pressure to bring products to market faster than ever, Life Sciences companies need to balance supply chain speed with global complexities, regulatory hurdles, and digital integration to maintain competitiveness. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Dan Ahern and Roche Product Strategy Leader within Global Supply Chain, Devon Blackburn, to discuss how pharmaceutical companies are embracing change to drive launch success. Disclaimer: Devon is sharing his own opinions, whic...

Organizational AI adoption has dramatically increased over the years largely due to generative AI, leaving organizations to navigate challenges while rapidly scaling and adopting new technologies. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Chris Wuenschel & Frank Longo, as well as AI Mobilization Offering Lead, Todd Quartiere, to discuss their experiences with different factors that can make or break AI transformation programs. To learn more about implementing AI within your organization, chec...

In today’s competitive and dynamic pharmaceutical landscape, mastering the art of brand planning and management is crucial to success. In this episode, Jen and Mindy are joined by Vynamic’s Brand Strategy Offering Lead, Liza Flaherty, to discuss common challenges, best practices, and latest trends impacting the process of creating an effective brand plan. For our listeners, if you want to learn more about Vynamic’s Brand Strategy offering and brand planning capabilities, please visit our websit...

Two years after the announcement that Veeva and Salesforce would part ways, Life Sciences organizations are racing to evaluate their options and select their CRM partner before the 2025 cutover. Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Life Sciences Commercial Operations Lead, Jeremy Shirey, and Tech & Digital Transformation Service Lead, Vince Annerhed-Harris as well as special guests, CodeScience’s CEO, Mike Utell, and Chief Revenue Officer, Sean Hogan, to discuss how Life Sciences leaders should approach t...

In this episode, Jen, Mindy, and Ryan discuss recent newsworthy items, including the Supreme Court’s overturning of Chevron Deference and what this will mean for the health industry, as well as strategic shifts made by Walgreens under their new CEO, and the ongoing impact of Microsoft’s global IT outage on health systems, hospitals, and clinics. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, Supreme Court, Chevron Deference, Walgreens, pharma, pharmacy, ...

One of the advantages of serving clients across multiple geographies is that Vynamic can see firsthand how the differences in health systems play out in terms of spend, outcomes, and innovation. Jen & Ryan are joined by Vynamic London’s Oliver White to discuss key differences between the health systems in each country and what they can learn from one another as they move healthcare delivery out of the hospital and into the community setting. In one sense, the US and UK represent two extremes on ...

The FemTech sector has seen major growth in the last 5 years – and as the healthcare industry increases its focus on equity, is only projected to keep growing. In this Women’s History Month episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Diana Kuritza, Jen Proietti-Fox and HelloGina’s Daphne Petrich to discuss the latest trends in FemTech and what it could mean for women’s health going forward. Podcast Tags: healthcare, health tech, women’s health, women’s history month, health equity, digital health Sour...

The re-emergence of clinical research into psychedelics as mental health treatment has become a promising development – particularly in light of the current global mental health crisis. However, persistent stigma around psychedelics, regulatory hurdles, and research challenges are a few factors to overcome before psychedelics could be more widely available. In today’s episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Nick Fletcher and Grace Burtonwood to shine light on the opportunities and challenges psyched...

In this episode, Jen and Ollie discuss recent newsworthy items, including the political shifts taking place across Europe and their potential impact to the pharma sector, as well as the challenges posed by medicine stockpiling and breakthroughs in hemophilia treatment. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, public health, Labour, pharma, medicine stockpiling, haemophilia, NHS, Novo Nordisk Source Links: With Europe facing right turn, how will public health be affected? Pharma responds to ...

The healthcare industry is in an unprecedented era of change as rapidly advancing technologies, changing consumer expectations, and rising costs force organizations to adapt. With a landscape that is becoming increasingly more competitive, organizations are facing a choice: transform traditional models of healthcare delivery or face the risk of being left behind. Today, Mindy and Jen are joined by Vynamic’s Executive and Head of Health Technology Sector, Mary Virzi, to discuss this call to actio...

In this episode, Jen, Mindy, and Ryan discuss recent newsworthy items, including the recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the declaration of bankruptcy by the Massachusetts-based Steward Health Care system, and the combination flu and COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, Supreme Court, abortion, mifepristone, telemedicine, IVF, in vitro ferti...

In this episode, Jack and Jen welcome special guest Nico Renner, Patient Partnership Lead at Roche, to discuss the transformative impact of social media on patient engagement. Together they explore how pharmaceutical companies can embrace this shift to enhance patient interaction and outcomes. Podcast Tags: healthcare, life sciences, patient engagement, patient centricity, patient outcomes, social media, metrics, innovation Disclaimer: Nico is sharing his own opinions, which might not necessar...

In this episode, Jack, Jen, and Ollie discuss recent newsworthy items, including a roundup of key insights from the NEXT Pharma Summit, AstraZeneca’s announcements at ASCO, and the NHS’s groundbreaking trials for personalised cancer vaccines. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, NEXT Pharma Summit, life sciences, Novartis, generative AI, Lilly, omnichannel, AstraZeneca, Tagrisso, lung cancer, ASCO, NHS, vaccine Source Links: Summit Therapeutics, AstraZeneca And More From The Year’s Bigg...

As healthcare organizations strive to accelerate innovations through Artificial Intelligence (AI), it can be complicated to navigate through the number of possibilities that exist and know how to get started. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Tech & Digital Transformation Service Lead, Vince Annerhed-Harris and Lantern’s Chief Experience Officer, Brian Sturgeon, to discuss how healthcare leaders can plot the course for their AI journey and prioritize their investments to better acceler...

In this Trending News US episode, Jen, Mindy, and Ryan discuss recent newsworthy items, including legislation aimed at addressing drug shortages and telehealth regulations, the ongoing legal challenges to the Inflation Reduction Act, and the role of ride share apps in healthcare. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, health policy, drug shortages, Medicare, hospitals, providers, FDA, telehealth, inflation reduction act, IRA, ride share, Lyft, Uber Source Links: Senators float Medicare pr...

During Fierce Life Science’s MASS East, Medical Affairs leaders gathered to address current challenges and share industry best practices. In this episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Tamaron Bertelli and Head of Life Sciences Europe, Gemma Pfister to share what they learned about transformation and operating with impact. To receive a copy of Vynamic\’s \”Operating with Impact: Topical Transformation Dilemmas and Decisions\” presentation, please email For more information about Vynamic\’s work in...

In this Trending News Europe episode, Jack, Jen, and Ollie discuss a few recent newsworthy items, including an increase in cyberattacks on the healthcare sector, Europe’s plan to future-proof its Biotech Sector and New Research from the University of Oxford into psilocybin as a potential treatment for depression. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, NHS, cybersecurity, biotech, research & development, pharmaceuticals, depression, psilocybin, mental health, psychedelics, men...

As competitive and regulatory pressures increase, Life Sciences organizations are tightening their timelines and budgets when bringing products to market. In this environment, it’s become essential to start commercialization planning earlier to ensure a successful launch and hit revenue targets. In this deep dive episode, Jen is joined by Vynamic’s Product Launch Service Leads, Ashley Stanley and Brian Stamm, as well as Managing Director of PROPENSITY4, Chris Savage, to discuss why early plannin...

In this episode, Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss recent newsworthy items, including the FDA approval of Rejoyn, the first prescription digital treatment for major depressive disorder. They also discuss the ongoing drug shortage crisis, as well as changes coming out of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the impact those decisions will have over the next year. Podcast Tags: healthcare, healthcare news, life sciences, health policy, public health, depression, mental health, digital trea...