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Drug repurposing: The benefits, risks and what we learned from Covid-19

Drug Discovery World

He gave the example of GLP-1 receptor agonist Ozempic, a diabetes treatment, which was successfully repurposed for weight loss as Wegovy. She urged that new methodologies are needed to reduce human and animal testing to establish safety and efficacy.

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4 Unique Challenges of Oncology Trials

Advarra

Because of this, oncology researchers may only have access to minimal existing scientific literature related to cell-based data and animal testing to predict an investigational therapy’s effect on human factors. This exacerbates the problem of working within a limited treatment population.

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Analysis Life Sciences Thank You FDA finalizes new guidance on nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity

Agency IQ

The guidance looks very different from the draft that was published in February 2020, including changes in the scope of the guidance, its sponsorship, and the removal of all mentions of nonhuman primates for animal testing. Nonclinical studies encompass much more than just animal studies.

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