NIH TRND program: successes in preclinical therapeutic development.
NIH TRND program: successes in preclinical therapeutic development.
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NIH TRND 计划:临床前治疗开发的成功。
DOI:
10.1016/j.tips.2012.10.001
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
Pilon,AndreM
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文献类型:
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作者:
McKew,JohnC;Pilon,AndreM
The Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected D iseases (TRND) program (see: http://ncats. nih. gov/trnd. html) seeks to encourage and speed the development of new treatments for diseases of limited commercial interest to the biopharmaceutical industry. Faced with constrained financial resources and the inherent risk of failure during development, industry must make strategic decisions regarding therapeutic commercialization [1, 2]. Often,“rare” diseases of low prevalence, as defined in the Orphan Drug Act, as amended [3, 4], as well as high-prevalence “neglected” diseases (see: http://www. who. int/neglected_diseases/diseases/en/) occurring chiefly among impoverished populations in the developing world go unaddressed. Part of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), TRND represents an important aspect of the NIH commitment to improving health through basic biomedical research and reengineering translational science [5]. TRND contributes to this effort by stimulating collaborations among intramural NIH scientists and extramural academic researchers, nonprofit organizations, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies actively developing therapeutic candidates for rare or neglected disease (RND) indications.