Jul 26, 2023
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Daniel Fischer, president and CEO of Tevard Biosciences, which is "Dravet" spelled backwards. Fischer and his business partner, Warren Lammert—both fathers of girls with Dravet syndrome—are developing technologies to modulate RNA function...
Jul 19, 2023
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Damon Race, CEO of GeneVentiv Therapeutics. The North Carolina-based startup hopes to develop a universal gene therapy that will benefit hemophilia A and B patients with inhibitors.
Jul 14, 2023
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Bonni Goldstein, MD, a Los Angeles-based pediatrician and medical cannabis specialist who has treated more than 18,000 patients, 80% of whom are children with various forms of epilepsy, including Dravet and Lennox-Gastaut syndromes.
Jul 7, 2023
Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Jason Sicklick, MD, FACS, an expert on gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), ahead of July 13, GIST Awareness Day. Dr. Sicklick's laboratory focuses on the molecular mechanisms of GIST development and drug resistance in advanced GIST.