In our first episode recorded live in front of an audience, we’re with Lovisa Afzelius, the General Partner of the European branch of Flagship Pioneering 🇸🇪

We talk about Flagship, including its EU activities. We also talk about company-building and Lovisa’s personal journey to be one of the leading Swedish leaders in biotech.

⭐️ ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Lovisa is an icon in the EU biotech and pharma world, having been a CEO, co-founder, president, board chairman, and executive director in many emerging companies. Joining Flagship in 2020, she became the founding CEO of Alltrna, and co-founded/CEO of Apriori Bio, Metaphore Biotechnologies, and Prologue Medicines. Lovisa has received many accolades. A few include being listed on Inc. Magazine’s Female Founders 250 List in 2024, 2023 she featured in the PharmaVoice 100 list of life science industry leaders.

🔗 LINKS MENTIONED

- Moderna and Merck Announce mRNA-4157/V940, an Investigational Personalized mRNA Cancer Vaccine, in Combination with KEYTRUDA(R) (pembrolizumab), Met Primary Efficacy Endpoint in Phase 2b KEYNOTE-942 Trial: https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2022/Moderna-and-Merck-Announce-mRNA-4157V940-an-Investigational-Personalized-mRNA-Cancer-Vaccine-in-Combination-with-KEYTRUDAR-pembrolizumab-Met-Primary-Efficacy-Endpoint-in-Phase-2b-KEYNOTE-942-Trial/default.aspx?os=vb&ref=app
- Agnete Fredriksen, Nykode | Being one of the top 50 women in 🇪🇺 Bio | E07: https://flot.bio/episode/agnete-fredriksen-top-women-bio/
- BioNTech to Present Clinical Data Updates Across mRNA and Immunomodulatory Oncology Portfolio at ESMO Congress 2024: https://investors.biontech.de/news-releases/news-release-details/biontech-present-clinical-data-updates-across-mrna-and
- Nouscom Raises €67.5 Million ($72 Million) In Oversubscribed Series C Financing Round: https://nouscom.com/2023/11/14/nouscom-raises-e67-5-million-72-million-in-oversubscribed-series-c-financing-round-2-2/
- Otello Stampacchia, Omega Funds 🇮🇹 | Competition, Boston & Pasta | E18: https://flot.bio/episode/otello-stampacchia-omega-funds/

📜 TRANSCRIPT
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⏰ TIMESTAMPS
[00:00:00 ] Intro
[00:02:08 ] Flagship Pioneering and their EU biotech initiatives
[00:06:18 ] Being creative in many biotech spheres
[00:08:37 ] Why invest 50m in first seed Series A every time?
[00:11:42 ] The Flagship Pioneering business model: invest early
[00:15:57 ] VC-created vs founder-led biotechs
[00:17:46 ] Raising one of the largest biotech funds
[00:19:19 ] Flagship Pioneering’s biggest returns
[00:22:36 ] AI & biotech
[00:26:31 ] What does success mean to Flagship Pioneering
[00:29:20 ] How to help biotech spinoffs grow and advice for women to be biotech leaders
[00:34:03 ] How to move from computational to translation sciences & bring drugs to market faster
[00:37:14 ] What can the EU learn from the US to create biotechs
[00:40:36 ] How do you bridge the gap between biotech company creation in the US vs EU
[00:43:07 ] Lessons for an early-stage biotech career
[00:47:18 ] How to attract the best biotech talent
[00:48:38 ] Moving to Boston
[00:52:13 ] Quickfire
[00:55:41 ] Thanks for listening