Apr 28, 2019
Marina Baroff, Senior Director, Service Innovation at Steps Through OC shines a light on the need to provide physical as well as emotional support to women living with ovarian cancer and their caregivers. Marina talks about this new program of The Clearity Foundation with seed funding provided by the Susan Poorman...
Apr 22, 2019
Dr. Jay Venkatesan, CEO, Angion, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, discusses the company's work in organ self-repair and their initial focus in the nephrology space. The company's lead candidate ANG-3777 is a small molecule that mimics a protein to stimulate this self-repair and regeneration following injury....
Apr 15, 2019
William Annett, CEO, OncoCyte discusses the exciting work the company is doing in the liquid biopsy space. They have developed DetermaVu™ a liquid biopsy test for lung cancer, which studies show has the potential to detect the absence of cancer by analyzing a simple blood sample. This technique allows individuals...
Apr 8, 2019
Dr. Hartmut Ehrlich, CEO of Abivax discusses the exciting new progress that this French biotechnology company has observed in clinical trials of their most advanced clinical drug candidate, ABX464. Originally designed to treat HIV by reducing the viral reservoir, Abivax determined the molecule could also be...
Apr 1, 2019
Anna Landre is a Georgetown University sophomore who has a rare disease, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and is a wheelchair user. In addition to being a full time student, Anna serves as Commissioner of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission where she advocates for people with disabilities and to improve accessibility on...