NCATS is dedicated to engaging the patient community throughout the translational science process. The NCATS Toolkit for Patient-Focused Therapy Development was created to provide a collection of online resources that can help patient groups advance through the process of therapy development and provide them with the tools they need to advance medical research. Launched in September 2017, the Toolkit includes resources that have been developed primarily for the rare diseases community to facilitate therapeutics research and development. Since early 2016, NCATS has worked with a diverse group of partners in the rare diseases community to conduct an extensive landscape analysis of available tools. These resources were defined, characterized and organized in a centralized portal that can be helpful to all patient groups regardless of how far along in the research and development process they might be. For more information click here.
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