Accelerating the Development of New Drugs and Diagnostics: Maximizing the Impact of the Cures Acceleration Network: Workshop Summary Contributor(s): Institute of Medicine (Author), Board on Health Sciences Policy (Author), Forum on Drug Discovery Development and (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309261163 ISBN-13: 9780309261166 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 |
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BISAC Categories: - Medical | Allied Health Services - Medical Technology - Medical | Pharmacy - Medical | Diseases |
Dewey: 615.19 |
LCCN: 2012289480 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.40 lbs) 132 pages |
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Publisher Description: Advances in technologies and knowledge are creating new avenues for research and opportunities for the discovery and clinical development of innovative therapies and diagnostics. However, despite these opportunities, only a small fraction of investigational products are successfully developed into cures and therapies that can be accessed by patients. One response to the ever-widening gap between the number and promise of basic scientific discoveries and the translation of those discoveries into therapies is a renewed emphasis on collaborative approaches among federal agencies, academia, and industry, all directed at the advancement of the drug development enterprise. The newly developed Cures Acceleration Network (CAN)-a part of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-has the potential to catalyze widespread changes in NCATS, NIH, and the drug development ecosystem in general. On June 4-5, 2012, the IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation held, at the request of NCATS, a workshop-bringing together members of federal government agencies, the private sector, academia, and advocacy groups-to explore options and opportunities in the implementation of CAN. Accelerating the Development of New Drugs and Diagnostics: Maximizing the Impact of the Cures Acceleration Network: Workshop Summary summarizes the workshop. |