
WTR Healthcare Happenings
WTR Healthcare Happenings is a weekly conversation with healthcare executives, medical experts, and investors on recent clinical data or industry-driving events in healthcare.
Episodes
19 episodes
Psychedelics Sector Deals 2025: AbbVie/Gilgamesh Impact and Market Outlook
In this special Flashcast edition of the WTR Small-Cap Spotlight Podcast, host Tim Gerdeman sits down with Robert Sassoon, Senior Research Analyst at Water Tower Research, to discuss the recent wave of deal activity in the ...
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Episode 19
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6:55

Ludwig's Dr. Marvin Hausman on Why Its Cheek-Swabbing mRNA Technology Platform Promises to be a Revolutionary Diagnostic Tool
In this episode of the WTR Healthcare Happenings podcast, we are joined by Ludwig Enterprises (OTC: LUDG) Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Marvin Hausman MD to talk about the company's innovative and proprietary mRNA genomic technology. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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34:22

CEO Brent Lucas on Why Envoy Medical's Device Technology is Currently the Only Change Agent in Hearing Health
CEO Brent Lucas of Envoy Medical (NASDAQ: COCH), an innovative hearing health technology company and sole US-domiciled cochlear implant company joins the WTR Healthcare Happenings podcast to talk about hearing loss, the third most chronic...
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Episode 17
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31:33

Ainos' Director of Corporate Development Jack Lu on Why SmellTech Platform AI Nose is a Foundational Product in AI
In our latest WTR Healthcare Spotlight podcast, we were joined by Jack Lu, Director of corporate Development at Ainos (NASDAQ: AIMD) to discuss the company's pioneering smell digitization AI technology platform, AI Nose; diversification o...
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Episode 16
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23:44

Lisata Therapeutics' CEO Dr. David Mazzo and CMO Dr. Kristen Buck On the Promise Of Certepetide for Pancreatic Cancer
In this episode of WTR Healthcare Spotlight podcast, we are joined by Lisata Therapeutics' (NASDAQ: LSTA) CEO David Mazzo, PhD and Chief Medical Officer Kristen Buck, MD to talk about, Certepetide, the company's novel solid tumor targeting and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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23:27

Cybin CEO Doug Drysdale On What Distinguishes CYB003 from Other Aspiring Novel Depression Treatments
In our first rebranded WTR Healthcare Spotlight, Cybin CEO Doug Drysdale joins Water Tower Research’s Tim Gerdeman and Senior Analyst Robert Sassoon to discuss the company's non-traditional financing strategy as it continues to ad...
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Episode 14
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21:04

A Conversation with PharmAla Biotech CEO Nick Kadysh on What the Trump FDA and AI mean for the Biotech Landscape
In this episode of the WTR Biotech Spotlight, Water Tower Research’s Tim Gerdeman is joined by Nick Kadysh, Founding CEO and President of Toronto-headquartered Life Sciences company, PharmAla Biotech (CSE: MDMA; OTCQB: MDXXF)
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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24:20

Trevi Therapeutics CEO Jennifer Good Discusses Oral Haduvio Benefit in Chronic Cough
Trevi Therapeutics CEO Jennifer Good joins us on this week’s WTR Biotech Spotlight to talk about the recent and impressive clinical data for Haduvio in IPF-associated chronic cough and refractory chronic cough. We discuss Haduvio’s unique mecha...
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Episode 12
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29:31

How the Biomarker Era Will Transform the CNS Treatment Landscape with Psilera CEO Dr. Chris Witowski
In this episode of the WTR Biotech Spotlight, Water Tower Research’s Tim Gerdeman is joined by Dr. Chris Witowski, CEO of Psilera, and WTR Senior Analyst Robert Sassoon for an insightful discussion on the company’s p...
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Episode 11
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14:57

Apimeds Pharmaceuticals CEO Erik Emerson Discusses Purified Bee Venom for Knee Osteoarthritis and Other Inflammatory Conditions
On this week’s WTR Biotech Spotlight, we speak with Apimeds CEO Erik Emerson about the newly NYSE listed company and the development of Apitox, a purified honeybee venom, for knee osteoarthritis and multiple sclerosis. We discuss the therapeuti...
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Episode 10
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29:42

Zomedica's (OTCQB: ZOMDF) CEO Highlights Its Innovative Product Offerings and Significant Growth Opportunities in the Animal Healthcare Market
CEO of Zomedica (OTCQB: ZOMDF) Larry Heaton joins WTR's Tim Gerdeman and Robert Sassoon in this week's WTR Small-Cap Spotlight episode. Since 2021 Zomedica has expanded its suite of innovative offerings from one product to six. All are pr...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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17:48

Enlivex Therapeutics CEO Oren Hershkovitz, PhD Discusses Allocetra Cell Therapy and Recent Knee Osteoarthritis Data
Enlivex Therapeutics CEO Oren Hershkovitz, PhD joins us on this week’s WTR Biotech Spotlight to talk about how the company’s cell therapy, Allocetra, reprograms macrophages to treat inflammatory diseases. We dive into the recent Phase 1 data in...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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27:34

Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing Lacks Executive Plan
Tim Gerdeman and Do Kim discuss President Trump’s executive order on lowering drug prices through Most-Favored-Nation reference pricing. They talk about the goal of the executive order and whether the government has the authority for price-sett...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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9:09

Current State of Biotech, Market Pressure Points, Obesity and PD-1/VEGF
Tim Gerdeman and Do Kim discuss the current state of biotech, what brought us here, and how the rest of year may look for the group. They also review recent market-shaping events in the obesity space and progress of the Keytruda-busting PD-1/VE...
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Episode 6
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18:59

WTR Biotech Flashcast: Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s and Biogen IOC
On this week's episode of WTR Biotech Spotlight, Tim Gerdeman and Robert Sassoon sit down for a quick flashcast to review Robert's last three reports; Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s and Biogen IOC.
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Episode 5
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16:01

Annovis Bio's CEO Discusses the promise of Buntanetap in Redefining the Treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and Next Steps
Founding CEO and President of Annovis Bio (NYSE: ANVS) Dr Maria Maccecchini joins WTR's Tim Gerdeman and Robert Sassoon in this week's WTR Biotech Spotlight episode. Annovis is a late clinical-stage drug platform company developing novel ...
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Episode 4
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18:23

Veru, Inc. CEO Mitch Steiner Discusses Recent Enobosarm Data and Preserving Muscle While on GLP-1 Obesity Drugs
CEO Mitch Steiner joins us on this week’s WTR Biotech Spotlight to talk about the next generation of drugs focusing on lean mass (muscle) preservation for obesity patients on the popular GLP-1 therapies. He reviews the recent enobosarm Phase 2b...
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Episode 3
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34:32

OS Therapies CEO Paul Romness and CBO Gerald Commisiong Discuss Recent OST-HER2 Phase 2b Data and Next Steps
CEO Paul Romness and CBO Gerald Commisiong of OS Therapies join us on our WTR Biotech Spotlight podcast to talk about the OST-HER2 Phase 2b data in recurrent, liver metastatic osteosarcoma and what it could mean for patients with this aggressiv...
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Episode 2
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25:42

Launch of WTR Biotech Spotlight Podcast with Tim Gerdeman and Do Kim
We are launching a WTR Spotlight podcast focused on biotech companies and industry. Listen to Tim Gerdeman, Vice Chair & Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Water Tower Research, and Do Kim, Senior Research Analyst, discuss what to ex...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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