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From: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Alzheimer's
well done
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 1:28 AM, <mailto » wrote:
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From: <Bill and Larry - hi. =nd just to you both - I will send to the others and copy Larry later
tonig=t. <mailto
Given my experience building and manag=ng learning initiatives and my understanding of this landscape, I've
t=ied to think about your competitive/comparative advantage while giving you=a little more time to learn in the
background.
At the end of this learning y=u could exit the space easily, go deeper or even change strategies based o= what
you learn. In 2-3 years a few things will unfold - and I would just =aution you to tread lightly because all sorts of new
data is emerging - no= only about mechanisms of disease but about whether AD is a distinct patho=ogic entity. Lord
knows = I just don't want you to get caught into a=polio type vortex until you are ready.
McKinsey has been hired to help build y=ur strategy and I will pass all of this along to the McKinsey team, Bose
a=d Jonah under separate cover. I will also continue to support them, make i=troductions and join their sessions - next
one September 8. In my honest o=inion, McKinsey maybe not the right partner but we will all rally behind t=em.
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See you both soon... I
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Ideas for Transforming the Alzheimer Landscape
Asp=ration
1. =/span>Segment the I=ndscape until we have a natural advantage
2. =Opportunitie= small enough to win, large enough to matter
3. <=span>Measurable poi=ts on the board
Sit=ation
- =C2 Alzheimer =80 s is not a typical disease with a single causal factor / etiology
- =C2 Polarized scientific community
=C2 No shortage of R&D resources
=C2 Requires longitudinal investments in health and hard to quantitatively track patholo=y
=C2 What needs fixing
<=pan style="font-size:l2pt;line-height:115%">o =AO Institutions — processes, policies
<=pan style="font-size:l2pt;line-height:115%">o =AO Tools & technologies — validation, standardization
o =C2 Science — exploration, cross-sector ideas
Inf=rmed Entry into Alzheimer's Landscape
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$1O0 million, 3 year learning initiative managed quietly from bgc3 that will explore:
1. =/span>Performance o= existing institutions vs. need for creation of new (or hybridized) ones
2. =Opportunitie= for cost savings and market building
3. =Barriers to =linical trial participation
4. =Processes fo= data sharing and standardization
5. <=span>Novel mechanis=ic approaches
Spe=ific Targets for Exploration
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Target 1: Underwrite risk for private sector; keep data in the public domain
$20 mil=ion
AMC-AD;National Institutes on Aging (NIA)
Matchin= grant (1:2 for government, 1:1 for private sector)
Propose= Outcomes
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serir>. In 3 years, study and trial data for 2016++ pipeline fully public and curated by
NIA<=pan>
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Stronger NIA
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Open trial data=/span>
10 new candidate drugs put into later stage discovery process
Cost
Recipie=t
Form
Possibl= Partner: IMI
Propose= Outcomes
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>• In 3 years, 5 validate biomarkers
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Standardized validation processes
=font face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Open and shared trial and registry data
Aligned US/Europe regulatory and study processes
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serir>. Coherence of standards
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Appetite for shared data
Ability of new institution to attract additional resources
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<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>Target 3: Build microbiomic fundamentals
$20 mil=ion across 3 recipients
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Recipie=t
1. $Sm to NIA/NIH to RFP pre-inflammatory and inflammatory markers ($5m)
2. $Sm to ICDDR,B to classify non-pathogenic colonists and create a digital library <=span>
3. $10m TBC via BMGF to redraw bacterial taxonomy based on genetic criteria to supplement traditional
identification and classification<=p>
Grants =span>
Propose= Outcomes
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Identify non-pathogenic colonist strains for use in health and also food and
supplement indusitry=span>
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• World Gut library
Update bacterial classification systems to include genomics<=font>
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>. Build a deeper understanding of the microbiome with applications across health,
pharma a=d food sciences
=font face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Modern bacterial taxonomy based on genetic characteristicsq=ont>
Microbiome non-pathogenic library offers biomarkers for health but also potential prebiotic and endobiotic
candidates for food and pharmaceutical industrie= (monetizable = creates new market)
<=pan>
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>Target 4: Invest in computational repurposing of failed candidate drugs
$18 mil=ion
TBC
1. Sim scoping (go/no go) effort with McKinsey
2. $2m pilot
3. $15m initial investment in repurposing fund either as part of a new entity versus with=n the NIA AMP-AD
1 contr=ct, 1 grant and 1 investment
Propose= Outcomes
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Scope potential of market and collaboration with McKinsey
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. 20 repurposed medications
Creates new market opportunity for failed drugs
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Target 5: Investigate and build social biomarkers correlated with aging and dementia
$2 mill=on
Israel =rain Technologies
Grant f=r Grand Challenge-style competition
What we=learn
Scale and scope of potential for digital biomarkers in cognitive disease
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>Target 6: Bring the financial industry into the conversation
$1mill=on
$1mill=on to Dr. Jason Karlawish at University of Pennsylvania Medical School / Wharton School <=font>
Grant
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif">• Possibility of using financial markets to reduce cost and ease burden of care
=font face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Create a new financial product
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• Create automated checks and balances or financial standards for demented
adults or retiree= over age 65 with cognitive challenges
Share actuarial burden between long term facility care-caregivers
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<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif5Target 7: Reduce CMS facility and hospital admission costs
$1mill=on
RAND
Grant
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serir>. Save tons of money
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Reduce hospital admissions
Share burden of care
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<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>Target 8: Improve trial enrollment<=span>
$2 mill=on
Lon Sch=eider, USC School of Medicine
Grant
Propose= Outcomes
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Linkage across trials
=font face="verdana, sans-serif>. Improved (and shared) recruiting tools
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• Corporate advocacy
Involvement of search engines (Google, Bing, etc) in stacking searches
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serir>. Barriers to participation
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Corporate appetite to contribute
Institutional appetite to widen trials and/or share controls=/p>
<=pan>
cont face="verdana, sans-serif'>Target 9: Novel mechanisms for exploration
$25 mil=ion
Either =ia intermediary such as Cure Alzheimer's Fund or 8-10 individual recipients (see below)<=span>
Grant
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Dysregulation of neural pH dynamics: Aimee Kao, Ph.D. / University of California,
San Francisco
=font face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Human age equivalency and functional phenotypes: Fred "Rusty" Gage, Ph.D.=/
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Gliovascular changes and waste (glymphatics): Jeffrey Iliff, Ph.D. and William
Rooney, Ph.D. / Oregon Health & Science University=/p>
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• White matter dysfunction as a biosensor: Ragnhildur Thora Karadottir, P=.D. /
University of Cambridge
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=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Cellular networks controlling proteinopathy: Martin Kampmann, Ph.D., Michael
Keise=, Ph.D., David Kokel, Ph.D. / University of California, San Francisco=/span>
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• Immunological gating pathways and denegeration: Dr. Michael Schwartz /
Weizmann Institu=e
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• Rejuvenation of the nervous and vascular systems: Dr. Shai Efrati / Sagol Center
Filamentous bacteriophages as therapeutics: Proclara biosciences (may be better fit f=r DDF)
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<=ont face="verdana, sans-serir>Target 10: Convene a 3 year Task Force to guide your learning
$ 1 mil=ion
NACC, D=. Bud Kukull / University of Washington
Grant
What we=learn
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif>• Expert opinion(s) on emerging data, trends and science
Progress and perspective on our own learning from Targets 1-9 as listed above
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Man=ging the Process
$ 500,0=0 per year
TBC
Contrac=or or Staff (bgC3) as under the radar manager or advisor + .25 FTE administrative support
Propose= Process
<=ont face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Perform due diligence on proposals
=font face="verdana, sans-serif">• Manage portfolio of learning grants (and contracts)</=>
=font face="verdana, sans-serif'>. Report to Bose/Jonah/Larry quarterly or as required otherwiseq=ont>
=font face="verdana, sans-serif'>• Attend or delegate attendance for major meetings
=font face="verdana, sans-serir>. Submit quarterly summary report and annual learning report<i=ont>
Serve as primary point of contact with partners / quarterly calls
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