MassBio’s 2025 Snapshot: VC Gravity, Policy & a Competitiveness Playbook | Kendalle Burlin O’Connell | Incubate Coalition | Season 1, Episode 9
From the podcast description: This week, John Stanford sits down with Kendalle Burlin O’Connell (CEO & President, MassBio) to unpack the 2025 Industry Snapshot – why Massachusetts still attracts 22% of U.S. biotech VC and how advanced modalities keep the state at the cutting edge. We dig into the “flywheel” of the bioeconomy, from NIH and SBIR to FDA uncertainty, tariffs, and MFN. Kendalle lays out a unifying policy roadmap – a comprehensive competitiveness package – to keep the U.S. leading in life sciences. We also talk capital concentration, China’s rapid rise, and what it will take to avoid losing our edge in the next 2-5 years. Stick around for a candid, optimistic close on how the ecosystem rebounds.