NCATS Seeks New NIH Intramural Research Collaborations
An Array of Programs to Speed Up Process for Translating Discoveries into New Drugs
BY NCATS STAFF
Intramural scientists at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) develop, demonstrate, and disseminate new technologies that aim to speed up the process for translating discoveries into approved new drugs. (Typically, it can take about 14 years, costs about $2 billion, and has a failure rate exceeding 95 percent.) NCATS offers an array of funding programs and in-kind support services designed to help researchers translate basic scientific knowledge into interventions that improve human health.
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