How to Think About “Risk” Part 2

Medical Science 21

How to Think About “Risk” Part 2

December 13, 2023

People fear risk much more when an outcome is not in their control.

Nano-rare diseases strip power from families and this often leads to hopelessness, anger, and dread. However, channeling these intense emotions to carefully navigate risk/benefit decisions is within one’s control.

n-Lorem is different than standard drug development settings. Every risk/benefit decision that n-Lorem makes is in the context of the individual patient’s symptoms, status, and needs. While we cannot promise benefit, we can promise that we will do our very best in the creation of an optimal medicine.

On This Episode We Discuss:

Risk/benefit decisions
n-Lorem is different
We cannot make promises
Communicating about risk
Perceptions concerning control
Exposure and risk
Compression
Omission
Timing
Official positions affect our perceptions
Anchoring and communicating risk

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The host of the show is Dr. Stanley Crooke, a scientist, a physician, an entrepreneur and the father of antisense technology. Dr. Crooke is responsible for driving the development of antisense or ASO technology, an RNA-targeted technology responsible for the commercialization of three best- and first-in class medicines and more than 40 drugs in development. In 2020, Stan formed n-Lorem to use this powerful technology to develop experimental personalized ASO medicines for nano-rare patients (1 to 30 patients worldwide) for free, for life.

Credits:

Hosted by: Dr. Stan Crooke.
Videographer: Jon Magnuson of Mighty One Productions.
Producers: Colin Delaney, Kira Dineen, Jon Magnuson, Andrew Serrano and Amy Williford

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