Explore "drug repurposing" with insightful episodes like "Opening Treatments" and "Dr. David Fajgenbaum, MD, Castleman’s Disease Survivor, Facing COVID-19 with Research, Action, and Hope" from podcasts like ""Vital Science" and "WCG Talks Trials"" and more!
Sanath Ramesh was determined to track down the resources needed to repurpose a drug for his son Raghav’s ultra-rare disease. This determination led him to apply his experiences and empower the rare disease community with his collaborative platform, the OpenTreatments Foundation. Find out how his repurposed drug platform is now giving hope to other rare disease patients.
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In this COVID-19 focused episode, Dr. David Fajgenbaum chats with President of WCG Patient Advocacy, Steve Smith, to talk about his journey as a medical researcher and patient of a rare disease and about the pandemic facing our daily lives. Known for his best-selling book, Chasing My Cure: Turning Hope Into Action, Dr. Fajgenbaum shares best practices for how everyone facing this crisis can get through these scary and trying times together as a community via hope, prayer, action, humor, and the ability to create silver linings.
Their discussion also highlights the importance of social distancing for patients with a compromised immune system during COVID-19, the fast-paced nature of research at Dr. Fajgenbaum’s institute, and the advantages of drug repurposing.
For more information on drug repurposing Dr. Fajgenbaum and his team are leading, please visit https://cdcn.org/drug-repurposing/.
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