Rewiring Recovery: Advancing Nervous System Repair With NervGen’s Mike Kelly

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

Health, Extracellularvesicles, Crisprcas9, 3dbioprinting, Medicine, Cancer, Health & Fitness, Biotech, Bioscience, Microbiome, Ketogenicdiets

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, we discuss nervous system repair in the context of traumatic injury and disease with Mike Kelly, the President and CEO of NervGen. With more than three decades of pharmaceutical experience under his belt, Mike plays instrumental roles in the creation, development, and strengthening of a number of pharma companies.

What’s his primary goal? To constantly innovate medical technology for people across the globe…

NervGen is a clinical-stage biotech company advancing innovative therapies for neurological recovery. Their lead drug candidate, NVG-291, is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial for spinal cord injury. Additionally, they have launched preclinical studies for NVG-300 – a promising new development candidate, in models of ischemic stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and spinal cord injury.

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Where NervGen’s technology comes from.
What nervous system regeneration looks like at a molecular level.
How clinical trials progress from animals to humans.
The ways that biomarker results can indicate breakthroughs in science.

Be sure to follow along with NerGen’s cutting-edge work by visiting their website!

Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

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0:43.2	I guess today is Mike Kelly.
0:44.7	He's the CEO of NerveGYN.
0:46.7	So we'll talk about nervous system repair, spinal cord injury repair.
0:50.4	It should be a very interesting call.
0:52.0	So welcome, Mike.
0:53.0	Thanks for coming.
0:54.3	Thanks, Rich. Thanks for having me.
0:56.2	Yeah. Have me a bit about your background before we get into the work you do at NerveGen.
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