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Episodes
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Nadeem Sarwar: Drug discovery - why do pharma want my data?
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
"...the insights we get from human genetics truly are a gift from nature..."
On today's episode of The G Word, Parker Moss, our Chief of Ecosystems and Partnership Officer, is joined by Nadeem Sarwar, the Global Head of Genomic Strategies and Global Head of Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Strategies at Eisai.
They discuss the difference between associations and drivers of disease, the importance of knockouts and the benefits of having insights through our DNA. They also discuss the phenomenon of making medicine, how quickly we can change/have changed the realm of medicine and the possibilities of the future.