{"podcast":{"title":"The Readout Loud","slug":"the-readout-loud-1134305","podcast_index_feed_id":1134305,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/thereadoutloud","website_url":"https://soundcloud.com/readout-loud","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2700b5c2-6d26-11ee-87eb-1f9099431c15/image/517bb4949d560305bb39448edbb32d7a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"STAT","episode_count":414,"summary":"STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, breaking down the latest news, digging deep into industry goings-on, and giving you a preview of the week to come.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T08:20:19.054206+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-readout-loud-1134305"},"episode":{"title":"402: Guarding biotech from China and big bets in longevity","slug":"402-guarding-biotech-from-china-and-big-bets-in-longevity","published_at":"2026-05-21T18:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-readout-loud-1134305/402-guarding-biotech-from-china-and-big-bets-in-longevity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-readout-loud-1134305","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TTSAA3656178567.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TTSAA3656178567.mp3","summary":"On this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD,” the hosts discuss STAT's Breakthrough Summit West, where powerful leaders from health care and science rubbed shoulders. They share some of the juicy conversations and insights, including BridgeBio CEO Neil Kumar's comments that the company is publishing “not the right structures” in their research publications. Listeners also will hear Allison's interview with Joe Betts-LaCroix, CEO of the Sam Altman-backed longevity company Retro Biosciences. Retro is preparing for its first clinical data readout and examining just how much impact AI can have in drug development. The hosts also discuss colleague Damian Garde's article on how China is tearing biotech apart and one self-appointed spokesperson’s strategy.","meta_description":"On this week’s episode of “The Readout LOUD,” the hosts discuss STAT's Breakthrough Summit West, where powerful leaders from health care and science rubbe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2648,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-readout-loud-1134305/episodes/402-guarding-biotech-from-china-and-big-bets-in-longevity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-readout-loud-1134305/402-guarding-biotech-from-china-and-big-bets-in-longevity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}