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January 30, 2025 24 mins

Healthcare heavyweight investor, Bill Taranto, President of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, joins us to share his investment strategies. 

Taking a patient-first approach, he looks for use cases that need solved, and finds aligned organizations to create an integrated solution that will positively impact patients. 

This interview is an absolute can’t-miss!! Bill shares how he evaluates opportunities, the relationship between CVC investors and tech investors, the regulatory environment, and shares some career successes.

Topical time codes:

1:41 - Ecosystems are better for patient care - evaluating opportunities

3:17 - Use cases- patient access example 

6:00 - Investment in pharma 

8:20 - CVC investors and Tech investors 

12;04 - Access considerations

15:56 - The regulatory environment 

19:08 - AI and drug discovery 

20:46 - A successful, long-term venture 

Connect with Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-taranto-1b039b/  

Learn more about Merck Global Health Innovation Fund: https://www.merckghifund.com  

Connect with Sherri Douville: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdouville/  

Learn more about TTIC: https://medium.com/@news_52674/about 

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