
664. Are Thousands of Medical Cures Hiding in Plain Sight?
Descripción del Episodio
Existing drugs can sometimes be repurposed to treat rare diseases. But making that match can be hard — and the financial incentives are weak. Guest host Steve Levitt tries to solve the puzzle.
- SOURCES:
- Chris Snyder, professor of economics at Dartmouth College.
- David Fajgenbaum, co-founder and president of Every Cure, physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Heather Stone, health science policy analyst at the Food & Drug Administration.
- Sarrin Chethik, senior policy analyst at the Market Shaping Accelerator.
- RESOURCES:
- Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action; A Memoir, by David Fajgenbaum (2019).
- Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases, by Michael Kremer and Rachel Glennerster (2016).
- Market Shaping Accelerator.
- CURE ID Registry.
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