Autoimmune disorders are a complex array of diseases with one underlying cause - the immune system. Treating a disease which arises from one's own system without damaging that system is difficult. Research is beginning to yield more targeted options rather than just global suppression.
On the left are two mechanism of action videos I wrote for Gilenya - a recent entrée into the more targeted treatments for multiple sclerosis.
I have also written extensively on psoriatic arthritis and diabetes mellitus. Clinically, I have experience with Hashimoto's, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and alopecia areata
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (PsA)
- Enbrel "build a patient" and MOA video transcript
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRANSCRIPTS
- MOA for physicians video transcript
- MOA for patients video transcript
I wrote all of GENENTECH's physician education materials for their virology campaign. A smattering of these included the videos in the below left - as well as:
an interactive physician presentation
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
Pfizer contracted me to write two videos. The first is an overview of all types of bacterial infections & resistance to drugs and the second is an MOA for Tygacil - their broad-spectrum IV antibiotic
- Bacterial infection scripts (annotated)
HEPATITIS C
Patient friendly booklets for navigating the long course of Hep C treatment are below. These were helpful for patients and nurses - it's a very long drug protocol.
Sanofi engaged me to create "speaker bureaus" for their transplant anti-rejection drug Thymoglobulin. These power points are used by physicians to teach other physicians about disease states and what's new in research.
- T-cell and Antibody Mediated Rejection in Solid Organ Transplant
- What's New in Transplant - Cutting Edge Diagnostic & Detection
ALLERGIC DISEASE
Merck had need of a similar speaker deck - I did the visuals in this deck as well
INHIBITORS
Rejection of hemophilia treatment is a dangerous immune reaction. I've written:
- Videos at left cover that cover the treatment for it
Diabetic foot ulcers are a tragic but avoidable outcome of long-term diabetes.
Shire hired me to write this website for patients about diabetes management. The mechanism of disease video at left is part of that site.
Below left is an excerpt from KOL hosted video on Glumetza - an enterically coated metformin.
DIGESTION
Over a few years time, I wrote all the digital materials for Zegerid - an enterically coated omeprazole. At left, are:
- Mechanism of Action Video
- A small excerpt from a KOL hosted program
At left is the MOD for AMGEN's denosumab. I've done extensive work across most of their products - including:
Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim)
Nplate® (romiplostim)
Prolia® (denosumab) / XGEVA® (denosumab)
Sensipar® (cinacalcet)
I have also done patient and physician education in the hematology space for BAXTER
- FEIBA website for physicians
- Inhibitors website for patients
NOVARTIS
I wrote all of the materials for several of NOVARTIS's Cardiovascular products for two years, including:
How the kidneys (not the heart!) determine blood pressure via the RAAS pathway