World Drug Repositioning Congress 2012, 11-13 September, London, UK

Date: May-15-2012Drug development strategies for indication expansion and lifecycle extension

11 - 13 September 2012, Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London, UK

As the cost and time of drug development persistently increases, drug repositioning is becoming an increasingly important strategy for large pharma and small biotech alike to successfully innovate in a more cost-effective environment.

The 2012 World Drug Repositioning Congress is Europe's only commercially orientated conference that provides key technical and strategic solutions to challenges faced when adopting drug repositioning into your R&D efforts.

10 Reasons to attend
Discover how systematic drug repositioning is fast becoming a powerful tool to identify and commercialise new uses for your existing compounds
Hear how Celgene innovated and obtained approvals for Thalidomide and its successor compounds
Understand how GSK, Eli Lilly, Sanofi, Merck Serono,Boehringer-Ingelheim and more are looking to repurpose their vast archives of compounds
Learn about a novel project-based approach to financing your drug repositioning research
Discover successful strategies to repurpose both failed and market approved compounds and maximise their commercial value
Hear how to harness IP law to extend a product's life cycle and repurpose a compound successfully with market exclusivity
Learn how repositioning known compounds can lead to cheaper and quicker drug development
Discover how to curate and integrate vast amounts of available data to positively impact drug repositioning timelines
Learn how the European PONTE project is driving efficient patient recruitment for innovative clinical trials of existing drugs to other indications Hear how drug repositioning is a gateway for coordinated collaboration to research and treat neglected and orphan diseases

Visit our website for full list of speakers and programe: http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/drug-repositioning

Download the brochure for more information.

To book your place contact: Marcia Ardila on email: marcia.ardila@terrapinn.com or register your place online here.

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