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As government-supported research in the US is being decimated by funding cuts, it was refreshing to attend REMEDi4ALL’s international drug repurposing conference this past spring. The European Union and private donors fund this consortium of 25 international organizations. For now, much of their focus is on rare diseases—defined in Europe as one affecting 5 in 10,000 people, or 300 million globally. (The U.S. definition is affecting fewer than 200,000 Americans). According to the National Institutes of Health, there are approximately 7,000 rare diseases affecting between 25 and 30 million Americans, and only 500 have treatments available.

What Is Drug Repurposing?

Drug repurposing is the process of f

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