NCATS and Drug Development’s “Valley of Death”

  Donald Lo, PhD, Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), discusses NCATS and its mission as an organization.  Dr. Lo notes the primary goal of NCATS is to help organizations navigate what he calls the “Valley of Death”...

New Oral Octreotide Approved to Treat Acromegaly

  Susan Samson, MD, PhD of Baylor College of Medicine talks about the recently approved Mycapssa (octreotide) capsules as long-term maintenance therapy for people with acromegaly. Mycapssa is the only oral form of octreotide, a somatostatin analog, approved by...