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David Fagenbaum

👤 Speaker
161 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And so I think that when I was 25, I sort of first realized that we're all in overtime.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

But the truth is, we're all in overtime.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And none of us know how long our overtime is going to go for, but all of us have the ability to make the most of every second in overtime.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

Come on.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

Come on.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

Come on.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

I'll never forget the doctor walks in the room and says, David, your liver, your kidneys, your bone marrow, your heart and your lungs are all shutting down. That's it. Like we've tried everything. There's nothing more that we can do. I was terrified. I was like, had my last rights read to me. First, you know, no one thought that it was even possible that I could survive.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

I'll never forget the doctor walks in the room and says, David, your liver, your kidneys, your bone marrow, your heart and your lungs are all shutting down. That's it. Like we've tried everything. There's nothing more that we can do. I was terrified. I was like, had my last rights read to me. First, you know, no one thought that it was even possible that I could survive.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

I'll never forget the doctor walks in the room and says, David, your liver, your kidneys, your bone marrow, your heart and your lungs are all shutting down. That's it. Like we've tried everything. There's nothing more that we can do. I was terrified. I was like, had my last rights read to me. First, you know, no one thought that it was even possible that I could survive.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

You're dying from this horrible disease. Chemotherapy just gave you a little bit of a window, but it's probably going to come back. So, you know, what's your game plan to prevent this thing from killing you? Well, the only way to get back is to use the tools that you have within reach. I'm like, shit, I've got this horrible disease.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

You're dying from this horrible disease. Chemotherapy just gave you a little bit of a window, but it's probably going to come back. So, you know, what's your game plan to prevent this thing from killing you? Well, the only way to get back is to use the tools that you have within reach. I'm like, shit, I've got this horrible disease.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

You're dying from this horrible disease. Chemotherapy just gave you a little bit of a window, but it's probably going to come back. So, you know, what's your game plan to prevent this thing from killing you? Well, the only way to get back is to use the tools that you have within reach. I'm like, shit, I've got this horrible disease.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

And the only way that like I might be able to save myself is if I can find a drug that's already at the CVS. And so my mission then became, could I figure out what the hell is going wrong in my immune system? So then maybe I could find a drug that already exists that could treat it. I'm not supposed to be here. Like, my drug wasn't made for me. It saved my life. It was always there.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

And the only way that like I might be able to save myself is if I can find a drug that's already at the CVS. And so my mission then became, could I figure out what the hell is going wrong in my immune system? So then maybe I could find a drug that already exists that could treat it. I'm not supposed to be here. Like, my drug wasn't made for me. It saved my life. It was always there.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

And the only way that like I might be able to save myself is if I can find a drug that's already at the CVS. And so my mission then became, could I figure out what the hell is going wrong in my immune system? So then maybe I could find a drug that already exists that could treat it. I'm not supposed to be here. Like, my drug wasn't made for me. It saved my life. It was always there.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

I am completely on fire about this idea that there are drugs at your nearby CVS, your nearby Walgreens, that could help more diseases and more people, but the incentives aren't aligned for us to do that. So we created EveryCure a couple years ago because we believe that every drug should be utilized for every disease it possibly can, regardless of whether it's profitable or not.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

I am completely on fire about this idea that there are drugs at your nearby CVS, your nearby Walgreens, that could help more diseases and more people, but the incentives aren't aligned for us to do that. So we created EveryCure a couple years ago because we believe that every drug should be utilized for every disease it possibly can, regardless of whether it's profitable or not.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

I am completely on fire about this idea that there are drugs at your nearby CVS, your nearby Walgreens, that could help more diseases and more people, but the incentives aren't aligned for us to do that. So we created EveryCure a couple years ago because we believe that every drug should be utilized for every disease it possibly can, regardless of whether it's profitable or not.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

80% of our drugs that can help people today and tomorrow, no one's doing any research whatsoever to figure out more uses for them.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1088: Counterfeit Foods | Skeptical Sunday

80% of our drugs that can help people today and tomorrow, no one's doing any research whatsoever to figure out more uses for them.