
S6 - E4.3 - Expert: Mazen Noureddin Reviews the Exciting MASLD Drug Development Environment
Send us a text This week's expert, Hepatologist and Key Opinion Leader Mazen Noureddin, joins Roger to discuss major advances in drug development over the past year. He covers a range of different drug classes, focusing on stages of development and the range of options within each class. First, Mazen discusses a tremendously exciting group of FGF-21 agents, specifically mentioning Akero Therapeutics's efruxifermin, 89bio's pegozafermin, and Boston Pharmaceuticals's efimosfermin. He poin...
13 Huhti 24min

S6 - E4.2 - Newsmaker: Fatty Liver Alliance Founder Mike Betel Discusses the Increased Visibility of Patient Advocates
Send us a text This weekend's Newsmaker, Fatty Liver Alliance Founder Mike Betel, joins Roger Green to discuss the wide range of conferences where he has been invited to speak or sit on a panel this year. Specifically, he shares his belief on what this says about interest in MASLD and describes the messages he delivers at the conferences he attends. The interview starts with Roger asking about the benefits societies and the broader community get from having Mike at these programs. As he...
12 Huhti 31min

S6 - E4.1 - MASLD Drugs, SLD Spectrum Insights Suggest Bright Future
Send us a text This conversation is the concluding segment of SurfingMASH's coverage of the AASLD Emerging Trends Conference on the SLD Spectrum diseases: MASLD, MetALD and ALD. In addition to co-hosts Louise Campbell and Roger Green, panelists include EASL Secretary General Aleksander Krag, hepatologist Alex Lalos and Jenn Leigh Jones, Founder of the Society for Sober Livers Survival patient advocacy group. The conversation starts with Roger questioning whether it is a good or bad idea...
12 Huhti 20min

S6 - E3.3 - Expert: GLI's Jeff McIntyre discusses implications of FDA job cuts on MASH drugs
Send us a text This week's Expert is Jeff McIntyre, Vice President, Liver Programs at the Global Liver Institute. His major topic is how recent high-level FDA job cuts might affect MASH drug and diagnostics development. He also shares reactions to FibroSIGHT, HistoIndex's new digital pathology service for clinical practice. Highlight: Recent job cuts at the FDA will produce chaos in government and slow response to any emerging crises. Second Highlight: Patient self-advocacy becomes even...
6 Huhti 31min

S6 E3.2 - Newsmakers: FibroSIGHT™ Brings Clinical Trial Analytics to the Clinic
Send us a text This week's newsmaker, Yukti Choudhury, Director of Clinical Development at HistoIndex, joins Roger Green to discuss FibroSIGHT, a new HistoIndex service that allows clinicians to use HistoIndex's Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) technology and analytics to determine specific CRN fibrosis level for patients with inconclusive NIT results. One reason FibroSIGHT is worthy of attention: This is the first time an in-depth analysis of clinical trial biopsy results is being pla...
5 Huhti 28min

S6- E3.1 - Roundtable: Spotting Tomorrow’s Trends in Today's MASLD Studies
Send us a text Surfing the MASH Tsunami continues its coverage of the AASLD Emerging Trends Conference on MASLD, MetALD and ALD. This week, the panelists focus on what studies on bariatric surgery and drugs in development can tell us about future treatment and explore some clinical trial questions. Guest Surfers include Professor Aleksander Krag of the University of Southern Denmark, the current Secretary-General of EALS, hepatologist Alexander Lalos of Robert Wood Johnson hospital, and...
5 Huhti 15min

S6 - E3 - Drugs and Diagnostics Evolve as the FDA Devolves
Send us a text 00:00:00 - Surf's Up: Season 6 Episode 3 Surfing the MASH Tsunami continues its coverage of the AASLD Emerging Trends Conference on MASLD, MetALD and ALD. This week, the panelists focus on what studies on bariatric surgery and drugs in development can tell us about future treatment and explore some clinical trial questions. Our newsmaker, HistoIndex Director of Clinical Development Yukti Choudhury, introduces us to FibroSIGHT, which provides clinicians with highly precise biops...
4 Huhti 1h 12min