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Podcast: Foundation Fighting Blindness
Episode: Eye on the Cure Podcast | Episode 69: Dr. Francois Paquet-Durand
Description: July 12, 2024. Francois Paquet-Durand, PhD, a professor from the University of Tübingen and co-founder of the company Mireca, talks to host Ben Shaberman about the long journey of an emerging, Foundation-funded drug for the treatment of certain forms of retinitis pigmentosa. The episode highlights the challenges that scientists often encounter when developing a drug for a retinal disease, and the persistence and tenacity that are required to keep it moving forward.