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Health UnaBASHEd: BIO 2026 China, Clinical Trials, and California's Moment of Reckoning

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Published
August 20, 2026
Duration
28:32
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Last updated
Sep 6, 2026

Discusses Recorded live from BIO 2026 in San Diego, Gil sits down with Sam Chung, Senior Vice President of Gov…

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Recorded live from BIO 2026 in San Diego, Gil sits down with Sam Chung, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs at California Life Sciences (CLS), to examine a stark and urgent question: Is America's leadership in biomedical innovation still a given? Against the backdrop of NIH funding cuts, a 34% drop in San Diego venture capit…

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Recorded live from BIO 2026 in San Diego, Gil sits down with Sam Chung, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and External Affairs at California Life Sciences (CLS), to examine a stark and urgent question: Is America's leadership in biomedical innovation still a given? Against the backdrop of NIH funding cuts, a 34% drop in San Diego venture capital, California's post-2030 R&D tax credit rollback, and China's explicit, government-backed commitment to dominating the global life sciences s