Desperately Seeking a Cure: Overcoming roadblocks to drug development

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation is featured in Desperately Seeking Cures, a May 14, 2010 Newsweek article. MMRF’s founder, fellow Stand Up To Cancer management committee member, and close friend to Noreen Fraser, said:

The article examines various roadblocks in developing transformative, life-saving treatments and focuses particularly on the “valley of death,” the infamous period spanning pre-clinical drug discovery to early-stage drug development where new compounds often stall or languish from insufficient funding. The MMRF is cited as a model in overcoming these roadblocks from our focus on collaborative science and data-sharing to our commitment to supporting a strategic and aggressive research portfolio to ensure that the development of more effective treatments is not stalled for funding, expertise, or resources.