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NIH Announces New Program to Develop Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases – 2
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. The National Institutes of Health is launching a new drug development pipeline.
Dr. Guttmacher: There exists a gap today between the early part of the scientific research needed to develop drugs to the clinical trials that are eventually done.
Narrator: Dr. Alan Guttmacher, at the National Human Genome Research Institute, says only if preclinical work is successful can a potential treatment move to clinical trials in patients. Unfortunately, the pre-clinical process is expensive and lengthy.
Dr. Guttmacher: It’s referred to in the pharmaceutical industry as the Valley of Death, because it’s where many promising new drugs go to die.
Narrator: The new program specifically intends to stimulate research collaborations. For details, visit www.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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