Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
It was like, yeah, they have all the supplement boosters and they still sell them.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
And the difference is this is, I mean, again, convenience is one thing, and that's obviously a huge thing for people.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
But also what's important to know is that the way that our bodies make testosterone, we make it every day, right?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
So when we're sleeping and we're at rest, and that's why sleep is so important, our hormones are resetting, right?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
So again, it's a daily physiologic rhythm that we produce our testosterone levels.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
When you take something like an injection,
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
Even the better protocols today, you're taking it once a week, right?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
So the analogy that we like to use is like it's waking up on Monday morning and having 10 cups of coffee for the entire week.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
Again, I feel like I'm saying this a lot, but that doesn't make any sense.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
You know, we want to replace the hormones in the most physiologic way.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
So if we're doing this daily via an oral, that is going to mimic your natural rhythm most closely.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
And from what we see, the side effect profile tends to be more favorable when you do that.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
So we, you know, again, having a non-traditional background in the sense, right, not from pharma world, we saw what payers, right, the market is controlled by the insurance companies or the payers.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
And we understood that
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
For a new drug, even if it's reasonably priced, they don't want to cover it, right?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
Their first action or first instinct is to reject, deny, right?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
So how are we going to get a product that can help millions and millions of people if we are going to get Stonewalled from day one?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
It's just not going to happen, right?
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
We had the foresight to see it in that sense.
Founder's Story
The Testosterone Myth That’s Costing Men Years of Their Lives | Ep 299 with Shalin Shah CEO of Marius Pharmaceuticals
I don't even think it was – you know, again, sometimes it just takes a simple new perspective.