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Patient Empowerment Program: A Rare Disease PodcastAuthor: n-Lorem Foundation (Dr. Stan Crooke, Amy Williford, Kim Butler, Andrew Serrano, Jon Magnuson, and Kira Dineen)
Join the nano-rare disease community! Interviews features leading physicians, scientists, biotech experts, and patient advocates. Lessons teach core concepts about drugs. Our host Dr. Crooke has led the creation of antisense technology and his foundation, n-Lorem, is using this powerful technology to discover, develop, and provide personalized experimental antisense oligonucleotide medicines to nano-rare patients for free, for life. n-Lorem is a non-profit organization established to apply the efficiency, versatility and specificity of antisense technology to charitably provide experimental antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) medicines to treat patients (less than 30 patients) that are the result of a single genetic defect unique to only one or very few individuals. The advantage of experimental ASO medicines is that they can be developed rapidly, inexpensively and are highly specific. n-Lorem was founded by Dr. Stan Crooke, who founded IONIS Pharmaceuticals in 1989 and, through his vision and leadership, established the company as the leader in RNA-targeted therapeutics. The podcast is produced by n-Lorem Foundation and hosted by Dr. Stanley T. Crroke, who is the Founder, CEO and Chairman. Our videographer is Jon Magnuson. Our producers are Kira Dineen, Jon Magnuson, Kim Butler, and Amy Williford. To learn more about n-Lorem, visit nlorem.org. Contact us at podcast@nlorem.org. Language: en Genres: Education, Life Sciences, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Natacha Gassenbach of Biogen: 2025 Hero of n-Lorem
Episode 85
Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
A conversation with Natacha Gassenbach, 2025 Hero of n-Lorem and Biogen leader. She shares Biogen’s decision to become a founding donor of n-Lorem, the impact of the Nano-Rare Patient Colloquium. Natacha also explores “the movement for nano-rare” and a shared vision of tackling difficult challenges to drive meaningful change. Holiday Ornament: https://www.nlorem.org/holiday-ornament-fundraiser/ On this episode: 1:18 – Natacha introduction 3:00 – Biogen’s path to becoming a founding donor of n-Lorem and giving back to the community 4:57 – Why Natacha and Biogen invested in n-Lorem and convincing new individuals to buy into the mission 7:19 – Biogen has hosted the n-Lorem Nano-rare Patient Colloquium since 2023 9:40 – Biogen and n-Lorem share the connection of tackling difficult tasks to make a difference in the world 15:05 – A movement for nano-rare the possibilities it may bring 17:45 – Taking advantage of nano-rare learnings and implementing them into drug discovery for larger patient populations
