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Drug repurposing ‘fast track’ to new medicines for obesity, diabetes


 

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Next steps: Raising funds for clinical trials

“We would like to progress some of these compounds to preclinical and clinical trials,” Dr. Cairns said, “but need to raise the funds for this expensive research. With limited government research funding opportunities, we have recently spun out a startup company to attract commercial investment in our platform and the development of new drug candidates.”

The authors have reported no relevant financial relationships. Dr. Reay and Dr. Cairns are cofounders of PolygenRx.

A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.

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