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Ep. 111 - McGill's Angela Genge on why ALS drug development is turning a corner
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ALS drug development has long been hampered by heterogeneity, but Angela Genge — neurologist at McGill University and CMO of AL-S Pharma — argues the field is getting closer to making that heterogeneity tractable. On The BioCentury Show, Genge discusses progress in pathway prioritization, progression-rate prediction, and endpoint standardization with BioCentury's Selina Koch.
On the biology side, Genge expects the field to converge on a small number of high-priority pathways. SOD1 is the first validated example, and AL-S Pharma is now testing whether misfolded SOD1 marks a treatable subset of sporadic ALS. On biomarkers, she's optimistic a TDP-43 marker could arrive within two years.
View full story: https://www.biocentury.com/article/659713
#ALS #DrugDevelopment #ClinicalTrials #Biomarkers #ALSResearch
00:00 - Introduction
02:03 - ALS Mechanistic Diversity
06:13 - Trial Design Challenges
16:52 - Biomarker Toolkit Update
24:20 - ALS Pharma & SOD1
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