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Expert Interview

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A look at the FDA's approval for an obesity management drug for those with ultra-rare genetic diseases, this time for Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Ticker(s): RYTM

Who's the expert?

Institution: University of Kansas

  • Director, Division of Research and Genetics, Director, KUMC Genetics Clinic & ABMG Certified Clinical Geneticist and Clinical Cytogeneticist.
  • Research interests include the genetics of obesity with emphasis on Prader-Willi syndrome and obesity-related disorders, autism, psychiatric and behavioral genetics, genotype-phenotype correlations and the natural history and delineation of rare and uncommon clinical genetics syndromes.
  • Has published over 400 research articles, multiple book chapters and edited several journal issues and two textbooks. 

Interview Goal
Discuss the current standard of care and the potential of new therapies in development such as Rhythm Pharma's Imcivree (setmelanotide), a medication for obesity due to BBS and for patients with disruptions to their POMC, PCSK1 and LEPR gene.

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