The Repurpose Driven Life

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On this episode, David Fajgenbaum, co-founder of Every Cure, sits down with Neil to discuss his new nonprofit, which is seeking to unlock the potential of already approved drugs to treat diseases for which they have not been approved. Fajgenbuam, co-founder and executive director of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, recounts the story in his book Chasing My Cure and how he saved his own life by finding a drug to repurpose to treat his rare disease.