John Libbey Cic Srl, Functional Neurology
DOI: 10.11138/fneur/2015.30.1.079
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On 13th-14th June, the University of Calabria (Rende, Cosenza, Italy) provided the venue for "DRUG REPURPOSING AND BEYOND: THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF PHARMACOLOGY", the first Italian meeting devoted to this hot topic. It is widely recognized that the time lag between filing a basic patent on a new molecular entity and the the commercialization of that entity as a drug is extremely long and costly, taking more than 11-12 years, and generating an average cost estimated to be in excess of US$1 billion (Sternitzke, 2010). It is calculated [...]