May 01, 2023
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Corneal Rejuvenation with Trefoil Therapeutics
In this episode, I discuss corneal disease and treatments with David Eveleth, PhD, the founder, president and CEO of Trefoil Therapeutics.
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- Welcome to another exciting episode of Eye Care insider :14
- Intro David Eveleth, PhD :47
- Eveleth’s background 1:05
- What’s the treatment landscape now for corneal diseases and where are we falling short for patients? 2:59
- The origins of Trefoil Therapeutics 7:27
- FGF-1: Is it just important in the endothelium or is it also important in the epithelium? 11:47
- What is your current lead investigational candidate? 14:01
- When do you expect another read out of clinical data? 21:47
- An adjunctive therapy with cataract surgery 18:27
- What is the timeline of administration to patients? 19:24
- When do you expect a readout of clinical data? 20:49
- Is it possible to use this also for the epithelium? 21:39
- What are the most important challenges facing the ophthalmic industry? What is the most important factor to look for? 24:07
- For more information about David Eveleth, PhD, and Trefoil Therapeutics, visit www.trefoiltherapeutics.com 25:53
- Corneal disease can be fixed and better vision is possible 26:44
- Thanks for listening 27:04
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Mali at eyecareinsider@healio.com. Follow us on Twitter @Healio_OSN. You can find follow Trefoil Therapeutics on Twitter @TrefoilThera.
David Eveleth, PhD, is the president and CEO of Trefoil Therapeutics.
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Disclosures:
Eveleth is the founder, CEO and shareholder of Trefoil Therapeutics. Mali reports he is founder and CEO of Mali Enterprises; retina medical director at Macular Degeneration Association; consultant/speaker for Genentech and Roche; equity owner for SNAPS; and grant/consultant for RetinAI.
