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Two fathers of children with rare diseases talk about starting biotech companies to try to create new therapies for their family members and others
Interviewed by MassBio CEO Kendalle Burlin O'Connell, Ilan Ganot describes co-founding Solid Biosciences in honor of his child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Daniel Fischer discusses co-founding Tevard Biosciences in honor of his child with Dravet syndrome. Chapters Intros - 1:11 Ilan Ganot | Starting a DMD company - 6:17 Daniel Fischer | Starting a Dravet company - 8:39 The Massachusetts ecosystem - 10:36 Being a CEO - 18:48 Advice for other parents - 23:43 Incentivizi
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ASGCT 2026: Tevard Biosciences' suppressor tRNA programs could have the potential to treat genetic diseases more broadly than the way we traditionally think of drug development
Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Fischer describes how Tevard is harnessing tRNA for drug development against muscular dystrophies, cardiomyopathies, and epilepsies. The company could run basket trials and possibly earn flexible labels because these tRNAs are targeting a class of mutations rather than specific genes. Coverage brought to you by
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