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Podcast: Surfing the MASH Tsunami
Episode: S3-E43.3 - Science Partnerships and NASH Trials
Description: The discussion shifts to the challenges behind collaborating in a field that, as Naim puts it, “no one has figured out what to do with.” Mazen calls on the “larger companies” to work with the smaller ones to make these studies more common, noting that the economics and risk profiles of smaller companies require them to focus on getting a single drug to market as quickly as possible. Naim notes that precedent has taken form in Hepatitis C. It was very difficult to treat and different companies’ drugs were combined for a while until each company figured out their own combin...