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What happens when a patient cures himself in his garage, then builds a biotech company from scratch? You get The Breaking Brad Show — where rebellion meets research and the impossible becomes inevitable.
Hosted by Brad Burnam, founder and CEO of Turn Therapeutics, the show explores what it takes to build something that shouldn’t exist — from breakthrough cures to bold startups to movements that challenge the establishment.
Each episode dives into the world of Rebel R&D — not just research and development, but rebel and defy. You’ll meet founders, scientists, policymakers, and inventors who refused to wait for permission, funding, or precedent — and built their own way forward.
Because the future doesn’t belong to the biggest institutions.
It belongs to the people crazy enough to build the impossible — one idea, one risk, one breakthrough at a time.
Behind Closed Doors: The Hidden Forces Driving Drug Prices
The Breaking Brad Show
1 hour 7 minutes
3 months ago
Behind Closed Doors: The Hidden Forces Driving Drug Prices
In this episode of Breaking Brad, Brad and drug pricing expert Alex Gelfand, PharmD, attempt to demystify the opaque worlds of drug pricing and health insurance in the United States. They discuss the chain of custody for a drug—from the manufacturer to the patient who picks it up at the pharmacy—and highlight the many "hands in the pocket" along the way. They discuss the powerful role pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play in the pricing, as well as insurance companies that own every link of the drug custody chain. They argue for greater transparency and simpler distribution models using examples such as Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Pharmacy.
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The Breaking Brad Show
What happens when a patient cures himself in his garage, then builds a biotech company from scratch? You get The Breaking Brad Show — where rebellion meets research and the impossible becomes inevitable.
Hosted by Brad Burnam, founder and CEO of Turn Therapeutics, the show explores what it takes to build something that shouldn’t exist — from breakthrough cures to bold startups to movements that challenge the establishment.
Each episode dives into the world of Rebel R&D — not just research and development, but rebel and defy. You’ll meet founders, scientists, policymakers, and inventors who refused to wait for permission, funding, or precedent — and built their own way forward.
Because the future doesn’t belong to the biggest institutions.
It belongs to the people crazy enough to build the impossible — one idea, one risk, one breakthrough at a time.
