Every year, drug developers lose billions of euros because of late-stage clinical or postmarking safety problems with drugs. A recently kicked-off IMI consortium now wants to qualify a set of safety biomarkers that allow for the prediction of drug-induced injury of kidney, liver, vasculature, CNS, and pancreas. European Biotechnology spoke with Dr Michael Merz, the coordinator of the TransBioLine Project, and consortium member Prof Dr Stefan Wnendt about the plans and impact of the project.
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OpinionEvery year, drug developers lose billions of euros because of late-stage clinical or postmarking safety problems with drugs. A recently kicked-off IMI consortium now wants to qualify a set of safety biomarkers that allow for the prediction of drug-induced injury of kidney, liver, vasculature, CNS, and pancreas. European Biotechnology spoke with Dr Michael Merz, the coordinator of the TransBioLine Project, and consortium member Prof Dr Stefan Wnendt about the plans and impact of the project.
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