This is ZAGENO: Recent Episodes

Greg Vitarelli

A podcast by ZAGENO, a leading enterprise marketplace solution connecting eCommerce to life science. ZAGENO supports researchers pursuing breakthroughs that improve our lives. Through a marketplace that includes tens of millions of specialty, commodity, and industry-leading products, ZAGENO is the single source for researchers’ needs. ZAGENO's digital tools transform the process of product comparisons, availability, and price. Founded in 2015, ZAGENO is a global company with offices in the US, UK, Germany, Belgium, and India. Learn more at https://www.zageno.com/.

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Inside the life science sales process with Bob Fortin, ZAGENO's director of strategic partnerships.

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In this episode, we look back at our 2021 podcasts and revisit some of the fascinating insights from our subject matter expert guests.

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A conversation with Michael Norden, head of procurement at the Babraham Institute.

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A conversation about ZAGENO's new financing round with Co-founder and CEO, Florian Wegner.

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An interview about the widespread use of PCR and the business of science with former LabCorp CEO, and former president of Roche, Tom MacMahon.

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Part two in our series of data-driven conversations focused on the life science supply chain. In this discussion, we speak with James Pavlovich, ZAGENO's VP of customer success about the direct savings realized through a subscription model.

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A podcast with Colleen Lyons, marketing manager at Marathon LS,  about Marathon's core business as well as new directions and programs it has taken in response to the pandemic.

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Part one in a series of data-driven conversations focused on the life science supply chain. In this discussion, we speak with James Pavlovich, ZAGENO's VP of customer success.

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A conversation about being an emerging supplier in the life science industry with Lori Oakes, co-founder and managing partner of Captivate Bio.

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A conversation with Dr. Jennifer Gentile, who discusses her professional journey from the academic and clinical world to the corporate world.

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A conversation about Life Science investment trends with Michelle Dipp, MD PhD, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Biospring Partners.

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A conversation with Dave Raymond, ZAGENO’s VP of Operations, and Jason Krupp, Senior Director of Operations Excellence at ZAGENO about their partnership and journey from helping build a world-class operations model at Wayfair to tackling the complexities of operations within ZAGENO’s Life Science marketplace. 

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A "best of 2020" compilation from our This is ZAGENO subject matter experts.

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Part two in our conversation about mRNA therapeutics and vaccines with Dr. Richard Wooster, chief scientific officer at Translate Bio.

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Part one of two in a conversation about mRNA therapeutics and vaccines with Dr. Richard Wooster, chief scientific officer at Translate Bio.

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Part 2 in our discussion with procurement expert, Brian Shanahan, which focuses on purchasing and supply chain best practices within life science. 

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A podcast about procurement and the supply chain with business leader, Brian Shanahan.

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Renowned business writer, Adam Morgan discusses the challenger mentality and how channeling intelligent naivety and embracing constraint helps navigate business challenges.

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Renowned business writer, Adam Morgan discusses the impact COVID-19 is having on new and established brands along with strategies to successfully navigate this era of disruption. 

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Part 2 in our discussion with co-founder, former Parexel CEO, and ZAGENO Chairman, Joe von Rickenbach. In this episode, he addresses the collaboration needed from life science to produce and distribute an eventual COVID-19 vaccine.

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Co-founder, former Parexel CEO, and ZAGENO Chairman, Joe von Rickenbach address best practices for business resiliency amid an economic crisis - part 1.

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The evolution of ZAGENO’s life science marketplace with Director of Product Marketing & Innovation, Julia Rabkin, and ZAGENO Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, David Pumberger. 

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Part 2 in our discussion about navigating challenging economic business conditions with Paul Melchiorre, who built Ariba and SAP during complex industry downturns.

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Part 1 in our discussion about navigating challenging economic business conditions with Paul Melchiorre, who built Ariba and SAP during complex industry downturns.

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Part 2 of 2 - a discussion about the global supply chain, pre-post COVID-19, with Professor Nick Vyas, the co-founder and executive director of global supply chain management studies at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. Previously, Prof Vyas was a supply chain leader for fortune 100 companies like Toys R Us, Sears and Duty Free International.

For more information about this podcast visit: https://blog.zageno.com/news/part-2-podcast-leadership-series-the-supply-chain-pre-and-post-covid-19-with-professor-nick-vyas-of-uscs-marshall-school-of-business

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Part 1 of 2 - a discussion about the global supply chain, pre-post COVID-19, with Professor Nick Vyas, the co-founder and executive director of global supply chain management studies at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. Previously, Prof Vyas was a supply chain leader for fortune 100 companies like Toys R Us, Sears and Duty Free International.

More about this podcast is available here: https://blog.zageno.com/news/podcast-the-supply-chain-pre-and-post-covid-19-with-professor-nick-vyas-of-uscs-marshall-school-of-business-part-1

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The focus of this podcast is the concept of change management, more specifically operational changes within life science. Leading the discussion is James Pavlovich, ZAGENO’s vice president of commercial operations. James is responsible for the onboarding process undergone by our customers and supply partners. Before ZAGENO, he held a number of senior consulting roles with PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he oversaw the organizational transformations within the pharma R&D industry. His career began as an analyst for Pepsi where he was responsible for instituting change to its order fulfillment processes. 

More about this podcast is available here: https://blog.zageno.com/news/change-management-in-life-science

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As part of our ongoing leadership series, we recorded the following conversation with ZAGENO's VP of Operations, Dave Raymond. In it, Dave shares his expertise about the infrastructure and user experience found in both unmanaged and fully managed e-commerce marketplaces. He further explains ZAGENO's unique framework of designing and delivering the best of both models and how the company's operations team is uniquely focused on ensuring a positive customer experience. More information about this podcast is available here: https://blog.zageno.com/news/dave-raymond-e-commerce. 

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A discussion with Stan Lapidus, a successful serial entrepreneur who, over the past 30 years, has founded and led four different medical start-ups. These include Cytyc Corp. which revolutionized early detection of cervical cancer through the development of the modern Pap test and EXACT Sciences, which revolutionized early detection of colorectal cancer with its FDA-approved non-invasive test, Cologuard.

Stan was also an instructor at MIT; he holds 37 patents and was elected as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2014.

More information about this podcast is available here: https://blog.zageno.com/news/leadership-series-a-conversation-with-healthcare-entrepreneur-stan-lapidus.

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In this podcast, ZAGENO CEO, Dr. Florian Wegener addresses COVID-19 through the actions of our supply partner community whose novel antigens, to help researchers locate a vaccine, are available on our marketplace. We will also touch on the work of customers whose aim it is to develop vaccines that will reach clinical testing within a few months. Further, he will explain how labs are restructuring their staffing to ensure they can stay productive over this unprecedented period of disruption. More information about this podcast is available here: https://blog.zageno.com/news/podcast-leadership-series-helping-labs-remain-operational-amid-covid-19-with-zageno-ceo-dr.-florian-wegener.