"Fexinidazole “is an excellent example of drug d

"Fexinidazole “is an excellent example of drug discovery scientists ‘rescuing’ a compound that was otherwise in the dustbin of a large drug company,” said Michael Pollastri, an associate processor in medicinal chemistry at Northeastern University who wasn’t involved with this research..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/els-torre...512f845007

As you can see, there are other compounds in addition to the PYMX ones now in CTIX's possession that can cure diseases -- perhaps not the diseases they were originally intended for. For instance, thalidomide, which caused horrendous birth defects, is now being used for multiple myeloma.

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Primarily prescribed as a sedative or hypnotic, thalidomide also claimed to cure "anxiety, insomnia, gastritis, and tension".[3] Afterwards, it was used against nausea and to alleviate morning sickness in pregnant women. Thalidomide became an over-the-counter drug in West Germany on October 1, 1957. Shortly after the drug was sold in West Germany, between 5,000 and 7,000 infants were born with phocomelia (malformation of the limbs). Only 40% of these children survived.[4] Throughout the world, about 10,000 cases were reported of infants with phocomelia due to thalidomide; only 50% of the 10,000 survived.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

And as angry as the FDA can make us, refusing to approve drugs that help some people, and moving at a glacial pace, and according to some people, being motivated by politics and the greed of some individuals (see Dendreon's Provenge, which one person on a panel prevented from approval because he was working on a competing drug) -- nevertheless, the idea that thalidomide was sold OVER THE COUNTER in Germany, and caused these horrible birth defects -- that's why FDA approval is necessary. FDA approval process shouldn't be abandoned, it should just be made faster and fairer.