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Podcast: Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Episode: S5 - E22.6 - FROM THE VAULT: Patient Advocates Reflect On How The "System" Views MASH
Description: In this week's episode, Jeff Lazarus discusses the idea that the MASH community, including patient advocates, live in a "bit of a bubble," where the clinicians with whom they interact are part of the MASH community. Last year's ICER Public Comments session exposed them to an FDA Advisory Board of hepatologists...and it was a very different experience. Last year's conversation notes reveal what happened and the advocates' reactions:In March 2023, Jeff McIntyre (GLI) introduced a draft report from the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) on resmetirom and obeticholic acid for NASH. The Surfers dedicated...