CEOInterviews.AI
Start App
Try: AI strategy tariffs earnings guidance layoffs interest rates growth

Martine Rothblatt

Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, United Therapeutics

Search every verified Martine Rothblatt interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Martine Rothblatt, founder and CEO of United Therapeutics, discussed her company’s work on organ regeneration and xenotransplantation during a July 2026 podcast interview. She stated that the thymus is highly correlated with key markers of aging and predicted that therapies targeting it could be available within the next decade. She also expressed belief that current AI models are capable of consciousness, describing the topic as subjective and controversial. In an August 2026 earnings call, United Therapeutics reported second-quarter results, with executives discussing the commercial potential of its product Rotapeg and the status of a supplemental new drug application submitted in late June, for which the company was awaiting possible priority review. Rothblatt also spoke about the broader challenges of drug development, noting that the odds of a molecule working in the human body are less than one in 100. She reflected on the historical development of organ transplantation and the ongoing gap between organ supply and demand. Additionally, she commented on climate change, suggesting that future generations would view current greenhouse gas emissions as inexplicable.

Recent appearances

Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“I believe we're there now and I believe the current models will take us there. You know people it's famous to say that consciousness is something subjective. So that's another way of saying like your consciousness is not my consciousness. People have different opinions. Those of us who are animal lovers are absolutely convinced that our dogs are conscious. There's other people who think like dogs have no consciousnes”

“I think the fact that we burn our own house will look to be absolutely bonkers. People would say well let me get this right. You've got like you know a super thin atmosphere. I mean you guys saw that from space since the 60s at least. This atmosphere around your planet is super thin. You have a undeniable record of measurements of of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere going up year after year after year and you conti”

“The odds of any molecule actually working in the human body are less than one in 100. I mean, the human body is so complicated. It's like a massive set of very precisely keyed locks. And every molecule is like a random key. And the chance that you would have a molecule that opened a lock that fix some dysfunction in the body rather than causing some harm to the body is it's less than one in 100.”

“I think it's a similar situation with the unlimited supply of transplantable organs. These organs are something that the health care system should make available to everybody regardless of their ability to pay. And it's something that's completely practical for private industry... In United Therapeutics, we've had a policy from day one that anybody that could not afford our medicines, they would get the medicines for”

“Nobody wanted to invest in us because they thought there was no way to make money on a disease that only affected just a few thousand patients. Indeed, our first IPO at $1 per share fell flat. But finally, we got our first product approved called Remoduline. This product revolutionized the delivery of prosttocycline therapy, making continuous infusion for the first time consistent with an active lifestyle, something ”

“This 10 gene heart seems to work very well. And I feel that our main job now is to complete all of the remaining processes and procedures to achieve regulatory approval for general availability.”

The summary and quote tags on this profile are produced with AI assistance from verified, first-person interview transcripts, then checked by our team to confirm the speaker's identity and the accuracy of every quote. See how we verify →