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Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at 90% lower cost
Key takeaways
- Universities and hospitals are repurposing existing drugs through late-stage trials with funded costs up to 90% lower than those taking place in the pharmaceutical industry.
- This “hidden” research system, which operates outside of the patent system, has huge potential to regularly provide society with affordable treatments.
- Examples of this have included using a cancer drug to treat a leading cause of blindness, changing a drug from treating breast cancer to preventing it, and using an old anti-inflammatory drug to treat Covid.
Universities and hospitals are repurposing existing drugs through late-stage trials with funded costs up to 90% lower than those taking place in the pharmaceutical industry.
This “hidden” research system, which operates outside of the patent system, has huge potential to regularly provide society with affordable treatments.
Examples of this have included using a cancer drug to treat a leading cause of blindness, changing a drug from treating breast cancer to preventing it, and using an old anti-inflammatory drug to treat Covid.
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