Episode 85 | An FSR Town Hall - Getting closer to the first ever drug designed to fight Sarcoidosis

Sarc Fighter: Living with Sarcoidosis and other rare diseases

This podcast is a recording of the amazing town hall discussion looking at aTyr Pharma's drug that shows great promise as a replacement for prednisone for pulmonary sarcoidosis patients. In this discussion, we will hear from aTyr CEO Dr. Sanjay Shukla, FSR CEO Mary McGowan, Patient Jim Kuhn, and Dr. Shambhu Aryal - the Medical Director of the Inova Sarcoidosis Center. Together we look at the problems with the current therapies available to the sarcoidosis community, the frustration felt by both patients and physicians, and the promise of a drug called efzofitimod, which is now in Stage three clinical trials.

This is a compelling discussion where, once again, thanks to the team at the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, all the key players are available and more than willing to share their portion of the story and all it takes to move the needle on research.

Show notes:

Watch the Town Hall on You tube: https://youtu.be/mAXK1Ij8SgU

Sarcoidosis Awareness Month Info: https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/standupforsarc/

More on aTyr Pharma: https://atyrpharma.com/

Participate in the aTyr Clinical Trial: https://bit.ly/3EUOxNq

aTyr News Release: https://investors.atyrpharma.com/news-releases/news-release-details/atyr-pharma-announces-dosing-first-patient-pivotal-phase-3-efzo

Attend the FSR Crystal Awards Gala: https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/gala-2023/

Royce's Cycle4Sarc page: https://stopsarcoidosis.rallybound.org/cycle4sarc?tab=Dashboard&fbclid=PAAaa9zWEjpGVyS1Q5Swa8mm5JT0t7JH13dfxVxdW1QlBMmbiRmc00Ol-uu-c

Royce Robertsons original interview: https://beatsarc.podbean.com/e/episode-79a-royce-robertson-is-fighting-sarcoidosis-from-the-seat-of-his-bike/

Help FSR further its mission by becoming an Alliance Volunteer: www.stopsarcoidosis.org/gsca-leaders/

Become a community outreach leader: https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/gsca-leaders/

MORE FROM JOHN

Cycling with Sarcoidosis http://carlinthecyclist.com/category/cycling-with-sarcoidosis/

Do you like the official song for the Sarc Fighter podcast? It's also an FSR fundraiser!

If you would like to donate in honor of Mark Steier and the song, Zombie, Here is a link to his KISS account. (Kick In to Stop Sarcoidosis) 100-percent of the money goes to the Foundation. https://stopsarcoidosis.rallybound.org/MarkSteier

The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/

Donate to my KISS (Kick In to Stop Sarcoidosis) fund for FSR https://stopsarcoidosis.rallybound.org/JohnCarlinVsSarcoidosis?fbclid=IwAR1g2ap1i1NCp6bQOYEFwOELdNEeclFmmLLcQQOQX_Awub1oe9bcEjK9P1E

My story on Television https://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/news-anchor-sarcoidosis/

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