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
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Bioworld: Biotech Taps High Tech for Ideas from Start-Up to Finish
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
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
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
Drug Discovery & Development: New Life for Old Drugs
Saving time and money The resources required to bring a new drug to market are as well-known as they are staggering: upwards of $1.3 billion in costs, 10 to 15 years from target selection to approval, and an overall failure rate approaching 95%.