Nonprofit foundations spur translational research
Paola Zaratin, Mario Alberto Battaglia, Maria P. Abbracchio · Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 2014
Every year, hundreds of promising basic discoveries in the pharmacological field are lost and will never have a chance to be exploited for patients due to difficulties in clinical translation. This is especially true for most neurodegenerative disorders lacking disease-modifying therapies. Here we present the current scenario and our vision of a 'collective-impact' multistakeholder approach to expedite the development of new drugs.