In This Episode
“I walked out of that conference feeling like there are a lot of really smart people trying to find the solution to this disease. So that was the optimistic part.”
The Alzheimer’s Podcast is back for 2020! We’re back with part 2 of the conversation between me and Phil Gutis about his trip to the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference, or CTAD, in December 2019. The conference was a super big deal because Biogen presented on why they now believe aducanumab is a drug worth pursuing after all. For more on the roller coaster of this story, check out the show notes, where we link to the real-life drama.
Meanwhile, back to Phil. We affectionately call him our Assistant Sherpa here on the show but he’s actually kind of a big deal. Phil covered the conference for Being Patient, and was likely the only person present who’d been part of the aducanumab clinical trials.
In this episode, we may sound cynical but I think we’d both prefer to call it truthful. We discuss the financial implications of a successful drug treatment and recap the changes Phil made in 2019 and the impact they’ve had on his ability to navigate life.
We pick up just after Phil said he believes a realistic timeline for FDA approval is likely to be 5 years.
(42 minutes)
Show Notes
Related
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Roundup from Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Day One: Biogen, Blood Pressure Control
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Biogen Reports Drug Effective in Slowing Alzheimer’s Disease: ‘A Milestone Achievement’
- Biogen Trial Participant Seeks to Understand Science Behind Alzheimer’s Drug
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For Alzheimer’s Patient, Hope Renewed Following Biogen Announcement
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Archive
With Host Christy Turner of Dementia Sherpa (Episodes 79-current)
With Host Mike Good of Together in This (Episodes 1-78)
Mike Good founded The Alzheimer’s Podcast in May 2017. Christy appears as a guest in episodes 15, 19, 21, and 23-26. She became the featured expert on the show starting with episode 28 and appears in every episode after, except 56. When Mike decided to follow his bliss, Christy took over the show in January 2019.
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