Medera CEO Ronald Li & Keen Vision CEO and Chairman Kenneth Wong

Innovation in gene therapies is hard, but also potentially ground-breaking and biotechnology firm Medera is taking its decades-long journey in the space to the public markets just as hits its next steps in the clinical process.

This week, we speak with Ronald Li, CEO of Medera, and Kenneth Wong, CEO and Chairman of Keen Vision Acquisition Corp. The two announced a $622 million dollar combination in September.

Ron explains how Medera has leveraged years of innovations including the capacity to grow miniature human hearts for testing as it advances gene therapies for heart failure that do not rely on animal testing and could prove significantly cheaper than alternatives.

Kenneth tells us why he believes those details align well with the changing regulatory and investment climate around drug development. And, why he views Medera as being a more mature investment play in the biotech space than many of the others coming to market today.