The Biotech Startups Podcast

🧬 Pharma's Coordination Tax & the 2 Paths That Could Actually Disrupt It | Alex Telford (3/4)

June 8, 2026·28 min
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In this episode, Jon Chee sits down with Alex Telford, founder of Convoke, to examine why large pharma resists AI transformation. Drawing on seven years at Charles River Associates, Alex maps the coordination tax of siloed orgs, the tacit knowledge lost when experts retire, and why software efficiency is the wrong axis to compete on. His frame: factory electrification — the gains don't arrive until you redesign the whole org around the technology.

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