Video games are big fun and even bigger money.

The International Trade Administration estimated that the value of the global video game industry in 2023 was $184 billion – with more than 3.2 billion gamers worldwide.

Recognizing this new trend in media consumption and content engagement, medical marketers have been trying to break through in the gaming world.

Few have had as much success as Level Ex – which develops video games for physicians.

Almost a year ago, Level Ex was bought by Relevate Health, a 2025 MM+M Agency 100 honoree. Recently, the Level Ex brand was dissolved and the studio now operates under the Relevate Health branding.

Level Ex’s founder Sam Glassenberg is the father of a child living with type 1 diabetes.

He recently worked with his team to launch a free game for newly diagnosed patients and their caregivers to onboard them to diabetes care management management.

For this week’s episode, Pharma Editor Lecia Bushak spoke with Glassenberg about the diabetes video game’s launch over the summer, an update on the first year under Relevate Health and what opportunities video games present to medical marketers.

And for our Trends segment, we’re talking about some recent AI projects launched by Real Chemistry and Eversana Intouch.

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Just over two years ago, the FDA issued its first draft guidance on clinical trials with psychedelic drugs. Now, HHS has hired a dedicated psychedelics advisor.

This week, Reunion Neuroscience reported a mid-stage success with its short-acting psychedelic drug in postpartum depression.

At a moment of increasing momentum – both in terms of research, funding and commercial promise – behind psychedelics, it’s worth checking in with one of the leaders in the space: Cybin, a clinical-stage biopharma.

In November, Cybin reported positive Phase 2 data for its major depressive disorder drug and has its sights set on next steps in the regulatory approval process.

Pharma Editor Lecia Bushak brings us a conversation with Cybin CEO Doug Drysdale about "second-generation" psychedelics and how they are impacting the mental health treatment space.

For our Trends segment, we’re talking about recent updates to health data sharing on the federal level.

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Alexion recently launched the second film in its Rare Connections series, Rare Connections in gMG.

Managing editor Jack O’Brien talks with Christophe Hotermans, Alexion’s head of global medical affairs, about the multimedia effort to raise the profile of gMG.

For this week’s MM+M Fast Break, Hotermans discusses the drugmaker’s latest rare disease-focused film.

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Every year at Haymarket Media, we bring in a cohort of about 30 interns for eight weeks over the summer to learn the ropes across our business media, medical communications and internal operations units.

For us here at MM+M, our intern exit interview gets recorded and sent out into the world.

Over the past few weeks on the podcast, you’ve heard from our summer intern, Lola Offenback.

In addition to contributing to our discussions of the top news stories in the Trends segment, she has led insightful conversations with the team at Breakthrough T1D as well as Derrick Gastineau from Currax Pharmaceuticals.

You’ve also seen her reporting appear on our website where she has penned articles about Eli Lilly’s latest Zepbound campaign, Supreme Group’s acquisition of rare disease agency Pivot Design and how Opella shined at Cannes this year.

Though Lola’s time with us comes to an end this Friday, she’s our feature interview for today’s episode – sharing her experiences at MM+M, what she’s learned over the last few weeks as well as how she’ll carry those lessons forward as she heads back to class and then into her post-college career.

For our Trends segment, we’re talking about the good, the bad and the ugly of pharma’s Q2 earnings season.

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MM+M summer intern Lola Offenback sits down with Derrick Gastineau to discuss Currax Pharmaceuticals’ latest human-centered campaign, Real Patients, Real Results.

Gastineau emphasized the importance of authentic patient voices in marketing. He explains the selection process for patient stories, Currax’s unique position in the weight loss market and how they measure the campaign's success through engagement.

He also delves into the channels used for consumer outreach, future storytelling strategies and the broader trends in the pharma industry towards more humanistic marketing.

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Reporter Heerea Rikhraj sits down with Dr. Alftan Dyson to discuss the high rates of HIV amongst Black communities.

Dr. Dyson discusses treatments like PrEP, which the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention estimates that around 2.2 million people in the U.S. need, up from previous estimates of 1.2 million. Dr. Dyson delves into the initiatives ViiV Healthcare is working on to tackle this issue, and touches on how marketers can get involved.

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It’s nearly impossible to discuss the private health insurance landscape in America without referencing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December.

The shooting unleashed a wave of antipathy directed at insurers and brought deep-seeded, longstanding grievances against these for-profit health entities to the fore.

In the intervening months, UnitedHealth Group and the broader insurer class have suffered significant damage not only to their respective bottom lines, but also their corporate reputations.

Given the current state of play, we wanted to hear how medical marketers are navigating this uniquely challenging situation.

Reporter Heerea Rikhraj speaks with Shannon Langrand, CEO of her namesake agency, about how health insurers are being marketed in 2025 as well as what challenges are lingering in the payer space.

For our Trends segment, we parse through the Sarepta Therapeutics saga and pull out some key takeaways.

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In this episode, MM+M Pharma Editor Lecia Bushak sits down with Noom’s CEO Geoff Cook and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jeffrey Egler to discuss the launch of their new Microdose GLP-1 program, designed to help people lose weight with smaller doses of the popular obesity drugs. They delve into the benefits of “micro-dosing” GLP-1s and the behavioral health components of Noom’s model that aims to support long-term weight loss. Egler and Cook break down the challenges of drug pricing and accessibility, as well as the future of the obesity market.

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