Before the Cure

Before the Cure is about what happens before the breakthrough. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Timothy Wheeler and biotech leader David Tsai sit down with founders, scientists, physicians, advocates, patients, and families who are changing medicine, and whose experiences have something to teach all of us. Timothy has spent 20 years documenting people pursuing things they believed mattered long before anyone knew whether they would succeed. David has spent his career inside biotech and pharma, helping navigate the complicated path from promising ideas to real-world impact. Together, they look beyond the headlines and the science to understand the people behind them: What drove them to act? What did they learn along the way? What are they seeing that the rest of us aren't yet? And what might their experience teach us about our own lives and health? These are conversations about breakthroughs, but also about navigating the healthcare system, advocating for ourselves and the people we love, new technologies changing what's possible, and the persistence it takes to move medicine forward when the outcomes are anything but certain. Because a breakthrough isn't just a scientific story. It's a human one. And sometimes, hearing that story can change what happens next. This is Before the Cure.