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Drug Repurposing Hypothesis Generation Using the "RE:fine Drugs" System
Published on: December 11, 2016
Pioneering government-sponsored drug repositioning collaborations: progress and learning
Donald E Frail1,2, Madeleine Brady3,4, K Jane Escott5
1Emerging Innovations Unit, Scientific Partnering &Alliances, AstraZeneca, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA.
Abstract:
A new model for translational research and drug repositioning has recently been established based on three-way partnerships between public funders, the pharmaceutical industry and academic investigators. Through two pioneering initiatives - one involving the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom and one involving the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health in the United States - new investigations of highly characterized investigational compounds have been funded and are leading to the exploration of known mechanisms in new disease areas. This model has been extended beyond these first two initiatives. Here, we discuss the progress to date and the unique requirements and challenges for this model.
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