The Top Line
Fierce Life Sciences
Fierce Biotech and Pharma journalists break down weekly biopharma and medtech business news.
Why we picked this
We picked The Top Line for its no-nonsense weekly accounting of biopharma and medtech business. Three Fierce journalists track mergers, R&D pipelines, and regulatory shifts with a practitioner’s eye for how policy hits the income statement. The show trades hype for operational specifics—supply-chain margins, tariff exposure, the capital consequences of drug-pricing reform. Listeners who want industry logic, not health-technology boosterism, will find the feed earns its weekly slot.
Biopharma and medtech explained. Every week, journalists from Fierce Biotech, Fierce Medtech, and Fierce Pharma recount the latest industry trends and why they matter. We'll analyze the week's biggest business news, from mergers and marketing to drug R&D and device development. Available every Friday morning.
Recent episodes
Ipsen R&D chief on pipeline discipline, partnerships and 2026 milestones
Jun 12, 202615 min
Behind the headlines of ASCO 2026
Jun 5, 202629 min
Mesutoclax points to possible shift in high-risk MDS and AML (Sponsored)
Jun 3, 202621 min
Boston, China and the future of biotech
May 29, 202635 min
Why direct-to-patient is the future of pharma access (Sponsored)
May 28, 20269 min
BioAge CEO talks NLRP3 and ‘pipeline in a pill’ ambitions
May 22, 202612 min
Designing an agentic, future‑ready tech roadmap for emerging pharma (Sponsored)
May 18, 202628 min
Health execs persevere in new policy landscape
May 15, 202622 min
Revisiting Pharma’s tariff reality
May 8, 202615 min
Setting a new standard in prefillable syringe systems (Sponsored)
May 7, 202612 min
Scaling theranostics through access, safety and trust (Sponsored)
May 4, 20267 min
A pivotal time for an RNA pioneer
May 1, 202635 min
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