Mathai Mammen, CEO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Parabilis Medicine, on developing alpha helical peptide molecules against hard targets of disease.

Gary Nabel, CEO of Weston, Mass.-based ModeX Therapeutics, on developing a vaccine for Epstein-Barr Virus.

Jason Coloma, CEO of South San Francisco-based Maze Therapeutics, on developing small molecule drugs based on human genetics for kidney diseases.

Lyn Baranowski, CEO of Boston-based Avalyn Pharma, on developing inhalable medicines for severe lung diseases.

Heather Turner, CEO of New York-based LB Pharma, on developing a new schizophrenia drug designed to better cross the blood-brain barrier, be dosed once daily, and make it easier for patients to take long term.

Troy Wilson, CEO of San Diego-based Kura Oncology, on his career in biotech and developing targeted cancer drugs.

Sri Kosuri, co-founder and CEO of Emeryville, Calif.-based Octant Bio, on small molecules designed to correct protein misfolding and mistrafficking at the root of many diseases.

Becky Pferdehirt, CEO of Emeryville, CA-based Radial, the life sciences unit of Astera Institute, on reimagining biology to take advantage of advances in AI.

Jeremy Levin, executive chair of Ovid Therapeutics, discusses his new book "Biotech in the Balance: Saving a Strategic Industry in an Age of Distrust."

Alkermes CEO Richard Pops reflects on his 35-year career leading the company and its new opportunity in orexin biology for sleep disorders and more neurological conditions.