Expert Insights
Expert Insights
Podcast Description
Expert Insights offers an inside look at the diagnostics industry, with practical advice and real-world examples from experienced professionals. Hosted by Mitzi Rettinger, Chief Revenue Officer at DCN Dx, this podcast focuses on the key decisions and challenges involved in developing and commercializing diagnostic technologies.
Each episode features conversations with industry experts who share their experiences in assay development, clinical research, manufacturing, and regulatory processes. From overcoming technical hurdles to ensuring a smooth path to market, Expert Insights provides clear, actionable guidance for diagnostics developers, R&D managers, and innovators.
Subscribe to Expert Insights on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your preferred platform, and visit dcndx.com for additional tools and resources.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers on key themes related to diagnostics technology, including assay development, clinical research, manufacturing processes, and regulatory challenges. Specific episode examples include discussions like 'Developing Your Lateral Flow Development Skills' where practical training in assay development is emphasized, reflecting a focus on actionable guidance for listeners needing real-world insights.

Expert Insights offers an inside look at the diagnostics industry, with practical advice and real-world examples from experienced professionals. Hosted by Mitzi Rettinger, Chief Revenue Officer at DCN Dx, this podcast focuses on the key decisions and challenges involved in developing and commercializing diagnostic technologies.
Each episode features conversations with industry experts who share their experiences in assay development, clinical research, manufacturing, and regulatory processes. From overcoming technical hurdles to ensuring a smooth path to market, Expert Insights provides clear, actionable guidance for diagnostics developers, R&D managers, and innovators.
Subscribe to Expert Insights on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your preferred platform, and visit dcndx.com for additional tools and resources.
BioDot’s Director of Sales for the Americas, Rob Rich, joins Mitzi to talk about the practical side of lateral flow manufacturing. They cover where precision dispensing and web handling pay off, the early decisions that prevent scrap and rework, how teams stage the move from benchtop to pilot, and why simple SOP choices often determine yield and reproducibility. Rob also shares what users actually value when they are on the equipment, what BioDot plans to highlight at ALFC this October, and we’ll close with Rob’s advice for people selling into this technical market.
Presented in partnership with BioDot, a Gold Sponsor of ALFC 2025. Learn more at BioDot.com.
Listeners can get 25% off their ALFC registration by using code ALFC25 at alfc2025.com. Virtual registrations are available!

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