Healthy Talk

By Natasha Zaman

Bringing you weekly market trends and insights through expert interviews and curated content! Healthy Talk is a community of Medtech founder, clinicians, healthcare administrators, and investors acros... more

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The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.

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January 23, 2025 Ep 17: Geropsychology and Aging Population
Our theme today is Geropsychology and Aging Population.
Ageing impacts us all. In Singapore, the proportion of seniors aged 65 and above has surged from 1 in 10 a decade ago to about 1 in 6 today. In the next 10 years, it's projected to reach 1 in 4. This demographic shift underscores the need for robust support systems for the elderly. Today, we'll hear from Dr. Wayne Chong about Singapore's initiatives to cater to the aging population.
Dr. Wayne Freeman Chong is a respected gerontologist in Singapore. He has a diverse background in social science, geropsychology, entrepreneurship, and education. He played senior roles at organizations like Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Gerontological Society, Agency of Integrated Care, Centre for Seniors, Hope Worldwide.
Wayne's research focuses on long-term care services, caregiver experiences, and geropsychological tools. He is passionate about teaching on topics such as informal caregiving and dementia prevention. Inspired by his family’s journey, Wayne is dedicated to improving the well-being of older adults and caregivers in the healthcare sector.
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26min
November 11, 2024 Ep 16: Fundraising & Building Tech on Women’s Health in SEA
Join me in ep 16 as I interview Sastya Wardani. Sastya has experience in corporate marketing and advertising, where some of the projects she ran women education programs.

Sastya has been a strong advocate for empowering women with access to healthcare. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Plans, a modern women's personal assistant for fertility, bridging women and healthcare providers with a.n AI-powered data-driven platform to assist early diagnosis and maintenance of reproductive health.

PLans operates in Indonesia and Singapore, and soon to Malaysia and Hongkong.

(0:00) Introduction
(1:28) Fundraising process as a female founder in Femtech
(5:23) Thoughts on male founders in Femtech
(10:18) Growing a Femtech company in Southeast Asia
(17:55) Advice moving into entrepreneurship from corporate
(20:50) Advice fundraising as a female founder

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#HealthTech #MedicalInnovation #Biotech #VentureBuilder #SocialImpact #AsiaPacific #Healthcare #HealthcareInnovation #Entrepreneurship #MedicalDevices #SoutheastAsia #SocialChange #MedicalCommunity
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24min
October 24, 2024 Ep 15: Considerations for Social Impact Medical Innovators
Join me in ep 15 as I interview Dr Jaemin Park. Dr Park has two decades of experience in private markets investment, business development, and commercialization in the healthcare sector, with a focus on diagnostic services, hospital medicine, and cancer research.

As a managing partner at Heal Venture Lab, he leads a venture builder community that brings capital and medical innovation to Asia Pacific with social impact goals in mind.

(0:00) Introduction
(4:50) Collaborations between USA and Philippines
(6:15) Why Asia Pacific/South East Asia Market?
(10:13) About Heal Ventures
(12:03) Social Issues & Medical Innovations in South East Asia
(19:21) Considerations for Social Impact Medical Innovators

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#HealthTech #MedicalInnovation #Biotech #VentureBuilder #SocialImpact #AsiaPacific #Healthcare #HealthcareInnovation #Entrepreneurship #MedicalDevices #SoutheastAsia #SocialChange #MedicalCommunity
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25min
October 11, 2024 Ep 14: Regulatory tips for a faster product/drug launch
Join me in ep 14 as I interview Adj Prof Jack Wong. Jack has over 20 decades of experience in regulatory work across the Pharma and MedTech sector, in both academia and the industry.

Some of the experiences he has accumulated - Founder of the Asia Regulatory Professionals Association, Adjunct Prof in numerous universities, book author, and CEO of RNAsncence (Biotech start-up spin off from Nanyang Technological University and National Skin Centre Singapore).

(0:00) Introduction
(2:01) Balancing industry roles and academia
(3:28) Stereotypes of people in regulatory affairs
(5:37) Founding the Asia Regulatory Professional Association
(7:28) Regulatory advice for founders & market opportunities in Asia
(14:33) Regulatory harmonization in Japan, Singapore, and Australia
(19:25) Evolving healthcare technology and compliance

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#HealthTech #MedicalDevice #Biotech #RegulatoryAffairs #Pharma #MedTech #Startups #Innovation #Healthcare #RegulatoryCompliance #AsiaRegulatory #CloudTechnology #Pharmaceuticals #Biotechnology
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23min
September 26, 2024 Ep 13: Updates - Health Tech Events in Singapore
Join me in Ep 13 as I share updates on the health tech conferences and events happening in Singapore this September!

We start off we one of the largest medtech conferences in Asia, MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2024, held in Singapore in September, where there were over 13,000 attendees coming in from across the globe.

And health tech accelerator, Medtech Actuator, held their showcase for their origin program, featuring founders from Singapore and Japan.

(0:00) Introduction
(0:48) Turnout & exhibits at Medical Fair Asia 2024
(3:08) Medtech Actuator Showcase

#HealthTech #MedicalFairAsia #Innovation #DigitalHealth #Healthcare #Networking #Startups #MedtechActuator #MedtechActuatroOrigin #Podcast
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5min
September 06, 2024 Ep 12: Unique hurdles in Southeast Asian biotech ecosystems
Join me in ep 11 as I interviewed the Head of Emerging Biotech (Southeast Asia, Taiwan & Oceania) from Merck Life Science, Dr David Loong!

Founded in 1668, Merck Life Science is the world's oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company with three businesses focused on healthcare, life science and electronics.

Dr David Loong holds a PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemisty from the Australian National University, and has experiences in Biotech startups, consulting, contract research services, and GMP manufacturing.

(0:00) Introduction
(3:36) Unique challenges for biotech companies
(4:40) Investors & Biotech startups
(6:29) Funding landscape in Singapore market
(7:48) Role of government support
(9:24) Future trends
(12:06) Advice to aspiring scientists and/or founders

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#MerckLifeScience #BiotechIndustry #HealthcareInnovation #EmergingBiotech #DavidLoong #PhDChemistry #BiotechStartups #FundingLandscape #SingaporeMarket #GovernmentSupport #FutureTrends #AspiringScientists #Medtech #Biotech #TechnologyAndHealthcare

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15min
August 28, 2024 Ep 11: How to Attract and Develop Health Tech Talents
Join me in ep 11 as I interviewed founder of Resource Impactz, Soma Roy!

Resource impactz is a HR consultancy firm that specializes in providing personalised HR audit services designed for startups and SMEs to help cut costs and boost operations long term.

Soma has experiences in developing and implementing HR policies across APAC in Medtech and also Fintech.
(0:00) Introduction
(2:30) Advice to founders on attracting talents
(6:00) Startups: issues & solutions in talent management & retention
(9:15) Maximising operations through HR audits
(14:08) Trends in Health Tech talent management
(18:16) Advice to professionals moving to management roles

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#ResourceImpactz #HRConsultancy #Startups #TalentManagement #EmployeeRetention #HRAudit #HealthTech #Medtech #Fintech #Leadership #CareerAdvice #BusinessGrowth #SMEs #Podcast #Innovation #TechAndHealthcare #Entrepreneurship #HRTrends #ManagementRoles #WorkplaceCulture
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21min
August 23, 2024 Ep 10: Oxford Nanopore: Creating Value through Local Partnerships
Join me in ep 10 as I interviewed co-founder and CEO of Oxford Nanopore, Gordon Sanghera, and SVP of Population Health & Precision Medicine, Kathleen Barnes, during their visit to Singapore earlier this week.

(0:00) Introduction
(1:42) About Oxford Nanopore
(3:51) Applications in agriculture, food & environment
(5:11) Collaboration with Ministry of Health Singapore
(6:52) Collaboration with local ecosystem
(11:27) Challenges and opportunities in Southeast Asia
Oxford Nanopore was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford. They developed the world’s first and only nanopore DNA and RNA sequencing platform — that offers scalability to portable or ultra-high throughput formats, real-time data delivery, and the ability to elucidate rich biological data.
Dr Gordon Sanghera is co-founder and CEO of Oxford Nanopore. He has led the company through multiple finance rounds, and in 2021, a listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Kathleen Barnes is the SVP of Population Health & Precision Medicine at Oxford Nanopore. Kathleen’s career spans >30 years focused on genomic medicine and precision-driven health equity.
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#precisionmedicine #precisionmedicine #deepmedtech #Medicalpodcast #Southeastasia #SEA #Medtechpodcast

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15min
August 13, 2024 Ep 9: How Precision Medicine is Changing Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment
Join me in ep 9 as I sit down with CEO of Oncode, Su Wen Lim. Su Wen shares several ways that precision medicine is changing cancer diagnosis & treatment; being at the forefronts of precision medicine in cancer diagnostics; and advice to aspiring scientists looking to make a change in healthcare.

(0:00) Introduction
(2:12) How precision medicine helps cancer diagnosis
(2:57) Early detection of relapses and cancers
(3:31) Oncode's unique propositions compared to other diagnostic solutions
(5:51) Gaining market access as one of the first precision medicine lab
(8:02) Raising funds as a female entrepreneur in healthcare
(10:14) Making precision medicine accessible
(13:39) Advice to aspiring scientists

Oncode is a precision medicine laboratory with a niche in cancer molecular diagnostics. They are the first precision medicine center in Malaysia, with full world-class facilities.

Su Wen Lim holds a PhD in BioSciences, Oncology and Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Culture from the University of Nottingham. She holds experiences as a scientist in both commercial and academia settings, and is now the Founder & CEO of Oncode Scientific.

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#precisionmedicine #precisiononcology #precisionmedicinecancer #Cancertreatment #deepmedtech #Medicalpodcast #Southeastasia #SEA #Medtechpodcast
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July 24, 2024 Ep 8: Market Entry Considerations for Deep Medtech
Join me in ep 8 as I sit down with Business Unit Leader of Osteopore, Frederick Ching. Frederick shares his experience doing business development for the orthopaedic line, main considerations to market entry, and his motivation for working in deep MedTech.

Osteopore (ASX: OSX) is a Singapore-based company that 3d prints bioresorbable implants that support natural bone healing and reduce post-surgery complications. Osteopore products are used across all major continents.

(0:00) Introduction
(3:58) Orthopaedic applications
(7:52) Commercialization process
(10:03) Market entry considerations
(15:19) Motivations working in deep MedTech

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#3dprintedimplants #bioresorbableimplants #deepmedtech #Medicalpodcast #Southeastasia #SEA #Medtechpodcast
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FAQs about Healthy Talk:

How many episodes does Healthy Talk have?

The podcast currently has 18 episodes available.