[BONUS] Eczema, Exit, Repeat: Dr. Barbara Paldus

Dr. Barbara Paldus is the Founder and CEO of CODEX Labs , the sponsor of this episode. She grew up around Nobel Prize winners, built biotech manufacturing equipment for vaccines and cancer therapeutics, and then sold her company after an 8 year old threatened suicide. Her son’s severe eczema pushed her into an unregulated $100,000,000,000 skincare market where parents are told to trust labels that nobody verifies. She explains how corticosteroid ladders leave patients with years long withdrawal, why U.S. ingredient oversight lags Europe, and how chemotherapy destroys the same skin and gut barriers seen in inflammatory disease. The conversation tracks the real stakes behind “clean” marketing: a child’s immune system, hospital infections like MRSA, and patients trying to survive treatment without new damage. She also details the research path from Irish medical manuscripts to microbiome science and why sick populations become the only reliable regulators when policy fails. RELATED LINKS Explore Codex Labs with Matthew Zachary | Use code ZACHARY for 15% off Meet Barbara Paldus Sekhmet Ventures FEEDBACK Like this episode? Rate and review Out of Patients on your favorite podcast platform. For guest suggestions or sponsorship email podcasts@matthewzachary.com See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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[BONUS] Eczema, Exit, Repeat: Dr. Barbara Paldus is an episode from Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary by Matthew Zachary.

This episode is 00:52:26 long.

This episode was published on Mar 5, 2026.

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