Article by Marie Powers in BioWorld; Monday, June 10, 2013 Article summary: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been at the center of a vortex of controversy since the FDA handed down a complete response letter on the Toll-like receptor 3 modulator Ampligen (rintatolimod) from Hemispherx Bioscience Inc. – the only drug in development for CFS … Read More
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GEN: Seasoned Drugs Offer Therapeutic Gold Mine
Article by Caitlin Smith GEN: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, May 15, 2013 … Biovista has already repositioned two drugs for the progressive form of multiple sclerosis (MS), which has had few treatment options. Most MS drugs, for treatment of the relapsing-remitting form of MS, compromise the patients’ immune systems and have significant side effects. Biovista … Read More
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. …
The Path of Least Resistance: Repositioned Drugs Surpass New Brands
Article by PharmExec’s Clark Herman on the 505(b)(2) pathway for drug approval … Aris Persidis, president and co-founder of Biovista, a company focused on the 505(b)(2), adds, “In addition, the first to file patent regulations that will take effect in the US next year are making companies realize that they may be susceptible to competitors … Read More
Train: CFIDS INNOVATOR SPOTLIGHT
Q&A with K. Kimberly McCleary President & CEO The CFIDS Association of America A 2011 article in The Scientist alerted Suzanne to companies applying informatics to drug repurposing. One of them, Biovista, applied to our 2011 funding opportunity and its proposal to identify non-obvious drug therapies for CFS scored well for scientific and strategic merit. … Read More