Episodes 23
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Oct 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

A Call To Lead is a series shining a light on the leadership, vision, and impact of European life science CEOs who are proving that world-class ventures don’t need to be built in Boston to shape the future of healthcare. Each episode features a one-on-one conversation with a European life science CEO and member of the LifeScience ORG community. Our conversations are not about companies or pipelines; instead, guests reflect on their personal journeys, the pivotal choices that shaped their careers, and the future they are helping to build. These kinds of insights are rarely shared publicly. New episodes are released every Thursday.

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S3E6 Stefanie Flückiger, TOLREMO Therapeutics

Jun 03, 2026 33m

What happens when the science you built a company on becomes the science you desperately wish could save someone close?How do you transform as a leader as your company evolves?And why should you…

S3E5 Marc Gitzinger, BioVersys

May 27, 2026 38m

Why is self-awareness the secret ingredient to good leadership?How do you let go of a critical early team member?And what does it take to found a company during your PhD?Today I’m joined by Marc…

S3E4 Namir Hassan, Zelluna

May 13, 2026 37m

Why do people with a sense of service make better leaders?How do you walk into the boardroom – on the cusp of clinical trials – and tell them the strategy is set to fail?And what does it mean to go…

S3E3 Reagan Jarvis, Anocca

May 06, 2026 36m

What does it take to follow the science halfway round the world?How do you persuade a team of brilliant scientists to go from asking questions to building solutions?And why is “If you’re explaining,…

S3E2 Yogev Debbi, Mana Bio

Apr 30, 2026 50m

How do you run a company that is – quite literally – in a warzone?Why should you define your culture before building the company?And what is the secret to a co-founder relationship that’s lasted…

S3E1 Jean-Pierre Latere, EsoBiotec

Apr 22, 2026 43m

What do you do when a family member gets a life-changing diagnosis?How do you convince investors to back the impossible?And why should you ask every expert to kill your idea?I’m joined by JP Latere,…

S2E8 Ola Wlodek, Constructive Bio

Mar 25, 2026 37m

Why is leadership development a bit like working out? How does a self-confessed introvert and data-driven scientist rewire themselves to make high-stakes decisions with incomplete information?What…

S2E7 Eliot Forster, Levicept

Mar 18, 2026 36m

Why is celebrating failure in life science just as important as celebrating success?How do you make the psychological shift from being one expert among many in the room to being a leader of…

S2E6 Szabolcs Nagy, Turbine

Mar 11, 2026 40m

How do you lead a company that’s one of the first of its kind?What can a geocaching game on a company retreat teach you about leadership style?Can AI tackle the big challenges in drug discovery…

S2E5 Kärt Tomberg, ExpressionEdits

Mar 04, 2026 35m

What do you do when entrepreneurship calls and your partner lives overseas?How much can you really delegate as a CEO?Why does a 50-year-old gene expression problem still exist – and what happens if…

S2E4 Camilla Easter, Oxford Medical Products

Feb 25, 2026 38m

Why lead a company into the increasingly crowded obesity space?How do you go from a career in veterinary surgery to CEO of a medtech company?And what is so magical about Oxford when it comes to life…

S2E3 Victor Bustos, Refoxy Pharma

Feb 18, 2026 29m

Why does the perception of facts matter when talking to investors?How do you attract a US-based chair to a European company’s board?And what are the advantages of running a virtual biotech with no…

S2E2 Mark Gaffney, Calluna Pharma

Feb 11, 2026 31m

How does a United States Air Force officer end up leading a European biotech company?Is there an advantage to leading a company that’s based half a world away?And are you doing a regrets analysis as…

S2E1 Maximilien Levesque, AQEMIA

Feb 04, 2026 29m

What inspires a theoretical physicist to start a drug invention company?How do you choose the right co-founder when you're coming from academia?And, in a multi-site, multi-cultural European…

S1E8 Jack O'Meara, Aerska

Nov 19, 2025 31m

This isn't Jack O'Meara's first rodeo. As CEO of Ochre Bio, he saw the company bring in millions to develop pioneering RNA therapies for liver disease. With his new venture Aerska, he's looking at…

S1E7 Avencia Sánchez-Mejías, Integra Therapeutics

Nov 12, 2025 32m

Biotech leader Avencia Sánchez-Mejías, CEO of Integra Therapeutics, joins A Call to Lead to share her leadership and entrepreneurship story, as well as her take on innovation in Europe’s fast-rising…

S1E6 Samir Ounzain, HAYA Therapeutics

Nov 05, 2025 36m

How do you lead a company across continents and through uncertainty?In this episode of A Call to Lead, David Kirk speaks with Samir Ounzain, CEO and scientific co-founder of Haya Therapeutics. Samir…

S1E5 Alexandre Le Vert, Osivax

Oct 29, 2025 33m

The birth of Alexandre Le Vert's daughter amidst a global 'flu scare put him on the path to leadership.Now, he's the co-founder and executive Chair of Osivax, a clinical-stage biotech company…

S1E4 Lisa Deschamps, AviadoBio

Oct 22, 2025 36m

Lisa Deschamps comes from a commercial, non-scientific background and now leads London-based CNS gene therapy company AviadoBio, following a highly successful career at Novartis Gene Therapies. In…

S1E3 Dominik Schumacher, Tubulis

Oct 15, 2025 31m

Some entrepreneurial lessons are learned early – like the power of not going it alone.In A Call To Lead, Dominik Schumacher, CEO of Tubulis shares his thoughts on the leaders’ role in European life…

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How many episodes does A Call to Lead @LifeScience ORG have?

A Call to Lead @LifeScience ORG has published 23 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.

Is A Call to Lead @LifeScience ORG still active?

A Call to Lead @LifeScience ORG is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 35m.

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