Salvatore Viscomi, M.D. Physician, Founder and Investor - GoodCell

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Salvatore Viscomi, MD founded his own startup and is now with GoodCell which isolates and stores cells of healthy patients who may need them for future cell therapies. The startup is founded by David Scadden, MD of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. A truly informative interview.

Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney.

Highlights:

• Sal Daher, CFA Introduces Salvatore Viscomi, MD, Physician, Founder & Investor
• “...to isolate and store cells that you may utilize for future therapy.”
• “The ability to not only isolate and store the cells but to be able to say, "These cells are of good quality for future therapy...”
• “One of the unique capabilities we have is looking at what are the genetic changes that happen in our lives that cause risk.”
• “...two years from now, and we can always reference your biobank material to see what your baseline levels were.”
• GoodCell Co-Founders: David Scadden, MD, Trevor Perry, CEO, Brad Hamilton, CSO
• Salvatore Viscomi Was Vetting GoodCell for a Friend but Ended Up Investing and Coming Aboard as Chief Medical Officer
• Raised $30 million Series Seed, Looking for Strategic Collaborations
• GoodCell Has Expanded on the Intellectual Property Licensed from the Broad Institute
• “The second filing was around the ability to determine the quality of cells that go through a manufacturing process.”
• Owned Patents Also Cover Matters Related to Autoimmune Disease
• How GoodCell Tests for CHIP (proliferation of unhealthy cells) Works
• Possibility that a Therapy for CHIP Will Be Developed
• A Plug for Purdue University Entrepreneurship & Peter Fasse, Patent Attorney
• “Purdue is in the middle of the country in West Lafayette, Indiana and so they're really making a big effort to reach out to angel investors in both coasts.”
• Salvatore Viscomi’s Father was a Stone Mason from Italy Who Moved to US via Argentina
• How Salvatore Viscomi, MD Got the Entrepreneurial Urge
• The Resistance of Certain Academic Institutions to Entrepreneurial Ventures
• “...taking that idea and making a business out of it, which is probably what was really the most fun for me...”
• How Being an Immigrant Makes People More Prone to Entrepreneurship
• “No matter how smart you are, no matter how smart your idea is, it's very difficult to do it alone.”

Topics: biotech, co-founders, discovering entrepreneurship, IP / patents