Billion dollar moves in Big Pharma with Brent Saunders, CEO of Bausch + Lomb, Allergan

Joey (‪@Betr‬ CEO) and I sit down with ‪@BauschLomb1‬ CEO & Chairman Brent Saunders for a masterclass on Big Pharma, multi-billion dollar mergers & acquisitions, and how to be a Fortune 500 public company CEO.
Brent's orchestrated some of the biggest transactions in the pharmaceutical industry including helped lead various mergers and acquisitions, including the $63 billion acquisition of Allergan by Abbvie.
2:30 - Why does everyone think Big Pharma is shady?
5:30 - The timeline of a medicine going from ideation to consumer
12:05 - How does the pharmaceutical industry keep up in this new age of social media?
13:54 - “There is no such thing as a safe drug…”
17:40 - Why did Brent's massive Allergan x Pfizer merger fall through under the Obama Administration
20:50 - How to be a good leader as a CEO
27:10 - Public vs. private companies
33:35 - How do you determine when to invest in a person/company/idea?
36:25 - AI and how powerful it can become?
46:15 - Do we have longevity of life coming soon?
48:40 - “I think we’re closer to the cure for cancer than we’ve ever been”
51:35 - How can we bend the lifespan curve?

[@SiraSam]

Great insight, love the show!

[@aqua_cod]

Good inverview