Research 1st: Repurposing Old Drugs for CFS

June 15, 2012Media coverage

Biovista and its VP for Drug Discovery, Dr. Spyros Deftereos, MD, are featured in an online article in relation to CFIDS Association’s Research Institute Without Walls (RIWW) … The process of drug repurposing, also called “drug repositioning,” can slash the time and cost to bring new therapies to the patients who need them most, says … Read More

Bioworld: Biotech Taps High Tech for Ideas from Start-Up to Finish

May 14, 2012Media coverage

Article on BioWorld by Trista Morrison Biotech firms have long borrowed ideas from the high tech world. The venture-backed start-up business model on which the entire biotech industry is based came from high tech, and it has served both industries well despite their very different timelines and cost structures. Even so, current capital constraints have … Read More

CFIDS grant: Presentation of project members

February 23, 2012Media coverage

Breaking Ground Article by K. Kimberly McCleary, about the Research Institute Without Walls. We believe in the power of systematically exploring all drugs and mechanisms for their potential against any disease. We have used this idea as the driving force to create a technologic capability, COSS, that maps and ranks all drugs versus all diseases, side … Read More

Health Blog: With Help from Author Laura Hillenbrand, Drug Repurposing Comes to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

February 23, 2012Media coverage

Article by Health Blog’s Amy Dockser Marcus on Biovista’s contribution to CFS research. The CFIDS Association of America says that $2 million in funding — backed by individual gifts including a $250,000 donation from best-selling writer Laura Hillenbrand, who has chronic fatigue syndrome– is going to grants and projects designed to accelerate the development of … Read More