16 Minutes on the News: The Opioid Crisis
with @jorgecondebio @vijaypande and @smc90
This is episode #4 of our new show, 16 Minutes, where we quickly cover recent headlines of the week, the a16z way -- why they're in the news; why they matter from our vantage point in tech -- and share our experts' views on these trends as well.
This week we do a short but deep dive on the opioid crisis, given recent data around where and who was behind the manufacturing and distribution of specific opioids:
How do opioids work, why these drugs?
Who's to blame?
What are other directions for managing pain -- and where could tech come in, even with the…
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