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Welcome to the Empowered Patient Podcast with Karen Jagoda.  This show is a window into the latest innovations in digital health and the changing dynamic between doctors and patients.

Topics on the show include

  • the emergence of precision medicine and breakthroughs in genomics
  • advances in biopharmaceuticals
  • age-related diseases and aging in place
  • using big data from wearables and sensors
  • transparency in the medical marketplace
  • challenges for connected health entrepreneurs

The audience includes researchers, medical professionals, patient advocates, entrepreneurs, patients, caregivers, solution providers, students, journalists, and investors.

Aug 25, 2020

Paula Ragan, CEO and President, X4 Pharmaceuticals is developing innovative approaches to treat patients suffering from rare diseases with an initial focus on WHIM syndrome, a rare disease of the immune system that has a basis in a genetic mutation. X4 is also focused on a rare form of lymphoma called Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, a blood cancer also caused or driven by a gene mutation.  The X4 drug mavorixafor is in capsule form and is a lifelong therapy that revs up the immune system by attaching to white blood cells.

#WHIMSyndrome #WHIM #RareGeneticDiseases #mavorixafor #CXCRA #Waldenstrom

X4Pharma.com

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