# Rahul Gupta: Can Biotech Fix U.S. Healthcare Faster than Policy?

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Podcast: [Behind the Breakthroughs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/behind-the-breakthroughs-7055075)
Published: 2025-11-12T08:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/behind-the-breakthroughs-by-inside-precision-medicine/episodes/rahul-gupta-can-biotech-fix-us-healthcare-faster-than-policy
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## Resource

When Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, stepped down in January 2025 as Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, he closed a historic chapter as the first physician and first immigrant to serve as America’s “drug czar.” He steered national drug policy toward a public-health approach, advancing harm reduction, expanding naloxone access, and reframing addiction as a treatable condition amid the deadliest years of the fentanyl crisis. Now, as President of GATC Health, Gupta is channeling his experience into biotechnology and AI, seeking to accelerate drug discovery and use data-driven tools to outpace the slow machinery of government. Produced and hosted by Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD Audio mixed and mastered by Erick Ziegler Brought to you by Inside Precision Medicine (SAGE Publishing) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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