Get Real with Jim Weiss

Isaac Barchas Sees The Next Biotech Boom

June 10, 2026·45 min
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For decades, the biotech industry has been concentrated in a handful of coastal hubs. But according to Isaac Barchas, one of the most significant opportunities in medicine may be hiding in plain sight.In this episode of Get Real, Jim Weiss sits down with Isaac Barchas, co-founder of Arsenal Bridge Ventures, to discuss why world-class scientific research is happening far beyond Boston and Silicon Valley, and why investors have been overlooking it for years.Isaac shares Arsenal Bridge's mission to identify breakthrough discoveries emerging from universities and research institutions across America's heartland, provide the capital and leadership needed to commercialize them, and help transform promising science into life-changing therapies.Together, Jim and Isaac explore the future of biotech innovation, the challenges of building companies outside traditional venture capital hubs, and why investing in overlooked regions could be good for patients, good for business, and good for America.

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