185 - Medicine Without Permission | Niklas Anzinger

About this episode

Niklas Anzinger discusses self-sovereign medicine, the FDA's monopoly, and innovations in longevity biotech.

Self-Sovereign Medicine: Biotech, Right to Try, and the Cracks in the FDA's Monopoly – Niklas Anzinger is a German entrepreneur who has probably done more than any single person to put Próspera on the longevity biotech map. He is the founder and General Partner of Infinita VC, the first VC fund based in Próspera, Honduras, and the founder and CEO of Infinita City, formerly known as Vitalia, a network of hubs for longevity biotech acceleration. He also hosts the Stranded Technologies podcast, which has featured guests including Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan. Niklas is a returning guest to the show. Timothy Allen sits down with Niklas in Austin, Texas, a few days after spending a month living alongside him in Próspera, for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from aging as a disease and the FDA's 1962 turning point, through China's rise to 30% of global pharma licensing deals in just ten years, Sid Sijbrandij's AI-assisted cancer fight and the Australian who built a personalised cancer vaccine for his dog using AlphaFold for roughly the cost of a genome sequence, to the Right to Try movement taking shape in Montana and New Hampshire and the regulatory model that could…

People in this episode

Host: Timothy Allen

Guest: Niklas Anzinger

Topics covered

• self-sovereign medicine
• biotech
• FDA regulation
• Right to Try movement
• longevity
• Próspera
• cancer treatment

Keywords

• self-sovereign medicine
• biotech
• FDA
• Right to Try
• longevity
• Próspera
• cancer vaccine
• AlphaFold
• pharma licensing
• regulatory model

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Infinita VC, Infinita City, FDA, AlphaFold, Ciudad Morazán

Places: Próspera, Montana, New Hampshire, Austin, Texas

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