John Warden Jr Biovista Talks About How Their Company Finds New Uses for Existing Drugs On the Market and Studies Side Effects BioPharm America 2011

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This is a company that certainly provides a very needed process, finding side effect that sometimes end up being another form of treatment or therapy for existing drugs.  The company uses a software platform for some very extensive research.  The company started working with the FDA in predicting adverse effects and has evolved into a company that repositions drugs. 

They study compounds and find correlations by looking through pub med data.  They take a drug that already has FDA approval and find a beneficial side effect that in many instances becomes a drug that could be prescribed for another therapy.

Pfizer and Novartis are a couple of their current clients.  You can visit the website and find out more about some of their current projects and processes.