In this episode, Ayesha spoke with Joshua Cohen and Justin Klee, co-CEOs and co-founders of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, a company developing therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Josh and Justin co-founded Amylyx Pharmaceuticals in 2013. Josh co-invented the oral, fixed-dose combination AMX0035 (known commercially as Albrioza in Canada and Relyvrio in the US), which is being explored for the potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. With a background in biomedical engineering, Josh is passionate about improving outcomes where there is a significant unmet need by pursuing research into novel drug candidates for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Justin previously conducted research in neural systems in the Moore lab at Brown University and in neurophysiology and Alzheimer’s disease under Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, founding member of Amylyx’ Scientific Advisory Board, at Harvard Medical School to explore new approaches to treating relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative diseases.

In 2020, Josh and Justin were named to Business Insider’s 30 Under 40 in Healthcare list and PM360’s ELITE in the Drug Researchers and Developers category among the many other awards they have won throughout their careers thus far.

Josh and Justin have overseen the growth of Amylyx from its start as a concept dreamed up in a dorm room at Brown University to a global, commercial stage and publicly traded pharmaceutical company hundreds of employees and headquarters in the US, Canada and the Netherlands to support Amylyx’s global operations.

Josh and Justin led the global regulatory approvals of AMX0035 for the treatment of ALS in Canada and the US. In April, Amylyx decided to remove the drug from the US and Canadian markets based on data from a confirmatory trial.

Tune into the episode to learn more about Amylyx’s plans for AMX0035, which include investigations in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and Wolfram syndrome.

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