# Rewriting Biopharma's Playbook with Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO IntraBio Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-next/rewriting-biopharma-s-playbook-with-mallory-factor-founder-and-ceo-intrabio Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-next/rewriting-biopharma-s-playbook-with-mallory-factor-founder-and-ceo-intrabio.md Podcast: [Austin Next](https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-next) Published: 2025-02-19T14:42:24+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/c8e8375f Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/c8e8375f/1a1fa79a.mp3 Processing state: failed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/austin-next/episodes/rewriting-biopharma-s-playbook-with-mallory-factor-founder-and-ceo-intrabio Duration seconds: 2965 ## Resource A unicorn biopharma that ignores the traditional playbook, breaks development speed records, and chose Austin over the traditional biotech hubs. Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO of IntraBio, joins us to share how his Oxford-born company created an FDA-approved drug in record time while doing everything differently. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore how finding unconventional talent, maintaining ruthless focus, and embracing a different mindset has led to transformational success in an industry resistant to change. Episode Highlights Building a Different Kind of Biopharma Company Breaking Speed Records in Drug Development Finding Unconventional Talent Challenging Traditional Pharma Thinking Why Austin Over Boston and San Francisco The Power of Focus in Drug Development Austin's Creative Collisions and Future What's Next Austin? "Austin has some political problems that's going to have to clear up to make it a better city. Hopefully in time it will and it'll catapult it into the top five, six cities in America" Mallory Factor , IntraBio , Aqneursa ------------------- Austin Next Links: Website , X/Twitter , YouTube , LinkedIn Ecosystem Metacognition Substack ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/austin-next/episodes/rewriting-biopharma-s-playbook-with-mallory-factor-founder-and-ceo-intrabio/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/austin-next/rewriting-biopharma-s-playbook-with-mallory-factor-founder-and-ceo-intrabio.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.