Engineered tissues for in vitro research uses, arrays thereof, and methods of making the same
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ORGANOVO
- Publication Date
- 2013-07-25
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Application Ser. No. 61 / 533,757, filed Sep. 12, 2011, U.S. Application Ser. No. 61 / 533,753, filed Sep. 12, 2011, and U.S. Application Ser. No. 61 / 533,761, filed Sep. 12, 2011, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The research and development cost of a new pharmaceutical compound is approximately $1.8 billion. See Paul, et al. (2010). How to improve R&D productivity: the pharmaceutical industry's grand challenge. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 9(3):203-214. Drug discovery is the process by which drugs are discovered and / or designed. The process of drug discovery generally involves at least the steps of: identification of candidates, synthesis, characterization, screening, and assays for therapeutic efficacy. Despite advances in technology and understanding of biological systems, drug discovery is still a lengthy, expensive, and ineffi...