I wasn't really going to start a new thread on this one, I could've easily have tacked it on to one of those other threads...or even under the Media Thread (thanks @oxxa23 , you rock)...but nope, you know what?
For me, this is bigger than a lot will even realise.
Look at what I just stumbled across:
Oh Mozz, please this is the last thing we need *yawn*, some sorta more science type post telling us that there is some new mob coming together for the benefit of OA and Sci.
Stick with me here, the Mozz ® Key Line/Exec statement is coming later in this post...
DINORA stands for Diseases in Need of Research and Advocacy, you can find out more about them here:
This is a consortium headed by the top scientists and KOLs in the OA space. Here is a chart:
Go through some of those names, they read like a who's who in the industry.
What is their mission for this project?
To bring together public, private, academia and the authorities together to share data and specifically look at practical MEASURES to slow the progression of OA.
This is a very influential group and will have sway with the FDA. There is a key line in that graphic above that states that one of the tasks is "Identification of data sets". This is a big key for me. This to me, involves us sharing potentially our data with a group like this. I'm talking past data (005, 008) but also potentially the hopefully-soon-to-be-approved 012 program.
Now I have always professed that I have been darned impressed with our data to date and the biomarkers and the way that not just ONE of them has been trending...but MANY.
I'm talking a swag, CTXII, ARGS, HA... We have seen it in our lovely COMP announcement in 005, there are a number, and they span across varying groups of areas of OA, from Inflammation indicators to Bone Turnover measures:
iPPS has shown some amazing effects on many of the above markers...
Helllllllloooooooo wouldn't it be lovely to have this consortium on our side?
Wouldn't it be great if some of the KOL's knew about PAR and the miracle drug of iPPS?
Oh man it would be so totally awesome if PAR could knock on the door of such a group and increase their presence at this top level of science and garner a more decent exposure so that industry, suitably endorsed by such a consortia could elicit a potentially increased chance of future commercial and funding prospects?
Hit the world stage, as it were?
Guys, take a look at the sponsor list below in regards to the consortium.
We are moving into the right circles.
The line above does not imply merely passive funding, we are a "proactive" sponsor.
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