Thanks everybody for joining us on episode #11 of Slice of Life Sciences.

I’m very much looking forward to today’s episode as I am joined by Jake Lombardo, Co-Founder and CEO at Anodyne Nanotech, which is a venture-backed, preclinical-stage biotech company developing differentiated, transdermal forms of high-value drugs.

In this episode you'll learn about: 

• Lombardo's background
  • Where he grew up, and how he gained interest in biotech
  • His mentors that inspired him early on  
  • His time at Union College, and his research projects there
  • His time at Tufts University’s Gordon Institute to receive a Master of Science in Innovation and Management
• The founding of Anodyne Nanotech
  • the genesis of the company
  • The problem the Anodyne team is solving and what applications on the world their science/technology can have
• The Hero Patch 
  • Pharmaceutical partners that Anodyne is working with
• The seed round received last April
  • What this means for the growth of Anodyne, and what the investment been put towards 
• The challenges Lombardo has faced with Anodyne Nanotech, and what continues to excite him 
• How he's juggled hiring, fundraising, and managing a team?
• and about being an entrepreneur: 
  • Was there a specific moment Lombardo knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur, or did it happen organically? And 
  • any advice he’d give to another ‘Jake Lombardo’ getting his master’s about to start a company? 

Jake, thanks so much for taking the time to chat with us...can’t wait to continue hearing about your 

teams’ successes and growth!

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