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NIH, Pharmaceutical Giants Partner in Program to Try Turning Old Drugs Into New Treatments

May 4, 2012
Three pharmaceutical giants are unlocking their freezers to see if government-funded scientists can reinvent some of their old drugs. Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly entered a unique program with the NIH that both sides hope will speed the development of new treatments — by dusting off two dozen old drugs that failed to treat one disease but might treat another.
The Washington Post