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The inedible world of healthcare with Mariano García-Valiño, CEO of Axenya

January 26, 2026 • Qualio • Episode 125

In this episode of From Lab to Launch, we’re excited to welcome Mariano García-Valiño, a four-time entrepreneur and CEO of Axenya, one of Newsweek’s World’s Best Digital Health Companies. He’s built and exited firms worth billions, blending tech, data science and human-centered care to transform healthcare across the globe.

Mariano brings deep insights into scaling companies, AI in healthtech, and the future of innovation in Latin America. His Amazon #1 bestseller, Inedible, explores the curious resistance of the healthcare sector to the software-led transformations that we’ve seen in other industries. He’s also an experimental art photographer.

Mariano joined Meg for a fascinating chat about the lessons he's learned leading his company, the role of tech in healthcare, and what the future of a stubbornly 'inedible' sector looks like.

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