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“C. diff. Spores and More,”
This Episode:
Synthetic Biologics: Protecting the Gut Microbiome
and Maintaining Human Health
With Our Guests:
Dr. Joseph Sliman, MD
Senior Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs
Dr. Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCP(C)
Director of the GI Motility Program and Laboratory at Cedars-Sanai
On Tuesday, June 28th we discussed public awareness of the microbiome and its link to human health – is on the rise as evidenced by recent government-sponsored programs such as the National Microbiome Initiative. Protection of the natural gut microbiome from the unintended consequences of intravenous (IV) antibiotics, which are excreted into the gut, is expected to protect against opportunistic enteric infections. Recent clinical data suggest that the absence or abundance of certain microbes may be directly linked to certain infections and diseases including a Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Synthetic Biologics is developing two microbiome-focused drug candidates in Phase 2 development including SYN-004 which is designed to protect the gut microbiome by degrading certain IV beta-lactam antibiotics for the prevention of a CDI, antibiotic associated-diarrhea (AAD) and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant organisms. And SYN-010 is intended to reduce the impact of methane producing organisms in the gut microbiome to treat an underlying cause of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). Synthetic Biologics Inc.’s Joseph Sliman, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs with Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCP(C), Director of the GI Motility Program and Laboratory at Cedars-Sinai, will be discussing both the Company’s novel microbiome-focused product candidates.
MORE ABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Dr Joseph Sliman, MD, Senior Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs.
Dr. Sliman joined Synthetic Biologics in January 2013 as the Senior Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs. In this position, Dr. Sliman will be responsible for the design and implementation of all aspects of clinical development, including clinical trials, and will lead the Company’s regulatory initiatives. During his service in the United States Navy, Dr. Sliman led the U. S. Pacific Fleet disease surveillance programs, including influenza surveillance, preparedness, and prevention, as well as communicable disease and injury surveillance and prevention and health policy development. Dr. Sliman earned an M.D. from the Uniformed Services University, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and a B.S. in Molecular and Cell Biology, with Honors in Biology, from Pennsylvania State University
Dr Mark Pimental, MD, FRCP(C), Director of the GI Motility Program and
Laboratory at Cedars-Sanai.
Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCP(C), is Director of the GI Motility Program and
Laboratory at Cedars-Sinai, Associate Professor of Medicine at CSMC and Professor of Medicine at UCLA Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Pimentel completed three years of undergraduate degree with honors in microbiology and biochemistry at the University of Manitoba, Canada. This was followed by his medical degree and his BSc(Med) from the Univeristy of Manitoba Health Sciences Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where he also completed a residency in internal medicine. His medical training includes a fellowship in gastroenterology at the UCLA Affiliated Training Program. Active in research Dr. Pimentel has served as a principal investigator or co-investigator for numerous basic sciences, transitional, and clinical studies in such areas as IBS, and the relationship between gut flora composition and human disease.
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