CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — DART Therapeutics Inc., an innovative, new-model biotechnology firm focused on developing therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and Biovista, a leader in systematic drug repositioning, announced today that they have entered into a research collaboration to identify and develop novel drug repositioning candidates for DMD … Read More
Author: Vassilis Virvilis
Guardian: Why finding new uses for old drugs is a growing business
Article by Julia Kollewe The Guardian, Tuesday 27 November 2012 18.14 GMT … Biovista is in the process of filing for novel use patents for 12 drugs with potential in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, depression and sleep disorders. …
Biovista announces lunch and panel discussion on Drug Repositioning in Rare and Orphan diseases
Biovista, one of the world leaders in drug repositioning, is hosting a lunch and panel discussion on “Drug Repositioning in Rare and Orphan Diseases”, October 18th in Washington DC. Interested parties are invited to register. The discussion will involve thought leaders from associations such as CFIDS, Partnership for Cures and FARA and will explore if … Read More
Biovista to host Drug Repositioning Workshop at 2nd World PGX Summit
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 20, 2012 — Biovista announced today that it will be organizing a workshop on drug repositioning at the upcoming World Pharmacogenomics Summit being held April 24-26 in Boston. The Workshop entitled “Understand How to Use PGx in Drug Repositioning, Adverse Event Prediction, Patient Subpopulation Stratification and Personalized Medicine” will help strategic level … Read More
Biovista Awarded Research Grant on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome From Solve ME/CFS Initiative
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Biovista announced today that it has been awarded a prestigious research grant by Solve ME/CFS Initiative to identify non-obvious mechanisms of the disease and potential drug repositioning candidates that will advance objective diagnosis and effective treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). As part of its work, Biovista will share … Read More

