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  • For Many, a Life-Saving Drug Out of Reach

    Maia Szalavitz

    September 22, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdoses are the leading cause of injury-related mortality. Naxolone, a drug used to revive overdose victims, is only available by prescription. However, private organizations have distributed Naxolone kits nationally, showing that the drug can save lives when it is more readily accessible.

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  • Helping New Drugs Out of Research's ‘Valley of Death'

    David Bornstein

    May 02, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Saratoga, California

    Despite significant increases in funding and advances in biomedical research, the rates of new treatments and drugs for illnesses that reach the market every year have plummeted. A group called the Myelin Repair Foundation, along with several other foundations, uses an intensely goal-directed and collaborative method to tackle the bottleneck.

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