Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago
In search of the next miracle “cure,” Big Pharma has become very proficient at developing highly effective and obscenely profitable drugs aimed at treating rare diseases (think $750,000 per year) at the expense of ignoring newer, safer and effective treatments geared to a wider audience.
Alex Martinez, CEO and cofounder of Intrinsic Medicine, shares his amazing journey from being a healthcare attorney who witnessed the good, bad and mostly ugly in Big Pharma to revolutionizing how we care for the human microbiome this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Alex’s Intrinsic Medicine company at intrinsicmedicine.com . Find him on social media via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/alexamartinez .
Listen to Paul's conversation with Alex Martinez and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/371-from-pharma-insider-to-microbiome-revolutionary-with-alex-martinez or watch it on YouTube at youtu.be/UD1w5dtiZBc?si=GCnC5paXWGlnVnyj
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In search of the next miracle “cure,” Big Pharma has become very proficient at developing highly effective and obscenely profitable drugs aimed at treating rare diseases (think $750,000 per year) at the expense of ignoring newer, safer and effective treatments geared to a wider audience.
Alex Martinez, CEO and cofounder of Intrinsic Medicine, shares his amazing journey from being a healthcare attorney who witnessed the good, bad and mostly ugly in Big Pharma to revolutionizing how we care for the human microbiome this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about Alex’s Intrinsic Medicine company at intrinsicmedicine.com . Find him on social media via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/alexamartinez .
Listen to Paul's conversation with Alex Martinez and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/371-from-pharma-insider-to-microbiome-revolutionary-with-alex-martinez or watch it on YouTube at youtu.be/UD1w5dtiZBc?si=GCnC5paXWGlnVnyj
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