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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S 03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean’s Message 04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Who We Are 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A 2016 Industry Concern: Opioid Abuse 06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 Revisited 08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Decade of Redesign 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interprofessional Education (IPE) 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residencies 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Career Center 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pharmacy Career Fair 2016 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class of 2016 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Engagement 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Class of 2020 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faculty Spotlight 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alumni Spotlight 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Future is Now
DEAN’S MESSAGE While revisiting the past year, I found it remarkable that so much positive change could occur within such a short period. I wasn’t surprised that our students, faculty and researchers in the College of Pharmacy were doing great things, but in the midst of the rapidly changing health care sector and the steadily transforming profession of pharmacy, our students, faculty and researchers were not just in the thick of it all, but many were leading the change.
Charles Taylor, Pharm.D. Vice President, Academic Affairs Dean, College of Pharmacy Professor, Pharmacy Practice
In 2016, we advanced pharmacy practice, science and research. Our year began with a winning proposal as NEOMED won a $500,000 grant for “Accelerating Pharmaceutical Commercialization: A Rural Proof of Concept Center for Economic Development.” The Center, which is housed in NEOMED’s Research, Entrepreneurship, Discovery and Innovation Zone (REDIzone®), will support companies and NEOMED researchers in accelerating their products toward human clinical trials. Our first quarter was quite busy as we held the grand opening of our pharmacy of the future. Formed in partnership with Ritzman Pharmacy and Pharmacy Innovations, LLC, an affiliate of Northeast Ohio Medical University. Ritzman Pharmacy at NEOMED focuses on patientcentered care from pharmacists who come from behind the counter to
provide personalized services and consultation. We also officially launched our new research focus area — Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging — by convening a symposium titled “Take Control! Stop the Progression of Parkinson’s.” Reflecting on interprofessional education, career preparedness and extensive training, our students proved ready as they made inroads in communities through their volunteer services. They continued to bring awareness to communities with their medication adherence campaigns, which won the national Script Your Future Focused Award for community outreach. They also began providing services to a community in need with the opening of the interprofessional Student Run Free Clinic. In reviewing 2016, we took time to highlight our 10-year anniversary. In doing so, we noted our faculty won several awards over the years such as an NACDS Foundation grant in 2016 for “Leveraging Practice-Based College Faculty to Catalyze Innovation in Community Pharmacies.” Our faculty have been widely recognized as well, including in 2016 by the White House for their efforts to stop opioid and heroin abuse. Perhaps, in describing 2016 and our first 10 years, remarkable is not the
03 word at all, for everything that we did, and do, has been by design. The College of Pharmacy’s education, research and service has been what we hoped it would be all along: We were organized to prepare highly skilled pharmacists who play indispensable roles in the health care team, not just embracing transformation in pharmacy practice and education, but choosing to innovate and be one of its many leaders. Finally, in a decision that is as bittersweet as any that I’ve ever made, I want to share with you that I will be leaving Northeast Ohio Medical University at the end of May. This move provides my family with the opportunity to be closer to home. While this is exciting for my family, the decision to step down as dean of the College of Pharmacy was not an easy one for me. I feel truly honored to have served as dean of this outstanding College and more recently as the vice president for academic affairs for the University. As I look back over my tenure at NEOMED, I am proud of the achievements that we have accomplished together. I also want to assure you that our College is poised to continue the tradition of excellence in pharmacy education, research and practice. I will miss you all!
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A 2 016 INDUSTRY CONCERN: OPIOID ABUSE In 2016, it seemed to dominate the news everyday: Jane Doe Dies from a Drug Overdose. In communities throughout the United states, particularly those in Ohio, addiction to painkillers, heroin and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, was occurring at an alarming rate. An increase in drug overdoses soon followed. Northeast Ohio Medical University educates pharmacy and medicine students on how to deal with this huge community and societal problem. We train students to help patients of all ages and backgrounds cope with pain, whether in community clinics, hospitals, private practices, pharmacies or emergency rooms. Each year, NEOMED graduates more than 200 interprofessionally trained pharmacy and medicine students who are prepared to treat patients with these addictions, but as the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Prevention Status Report indicates: this is an epidemic. The report lists prescription drug overdose as one of the 10 most important public health problems and concerns today. So, when the U.S. Surgeon General sent a letter in August 2016 to more than 2.3 million health care practitioners and public health leaders, which stated that nearly 2 million people in America have a prescription opioid use disorder, and asked for help with the prescription opioid crisis, we decided to share our expertise through a series titled “Halting a Crisis.” The series, which covered such topics as “Reducing Temptation,” “When Narcan Became a Verb,” and “When Patients Go Doctor Shopping,” in 2016, continues in 2017. The entire series can be found by visiting neomed.edu and searching for “Halting a Crisis.”
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GRANTS AND S RECOGNITION Disease
Neurodegenerative Inaugural Director of dson, Ph.D., Receives and Aging, Jason Richar Multiple Grants “Gene-Environment • NIH - $344,925 for degeneration: Role of Interactions in Neuro Efflux Transporters.” period grant over a five-year • NIH - $2.5 million ent nm ne Enviro for “Mechanism of Ge r’s Disease.” me hei Alz in ns ctio Intera port the project sup to • NIH - $400,494.86 nment Interaction in entitled “Gene-Enviro ers.” le of Efflux Transport Neurodegeneration: Ro ing lop eve “D t por to sup • Rutgers - $341,100 athion Intoxication.” Drugs to Mitigate Par titled to support the project • Duke - $113,700 des tici Pes of le Ro on the “Translational Studies .” AD in Cognitive Aging and Review Committee • Named Chair of the te of Environmental titu Ins nal for the Natio Health Sciences Toxicology • Received Society of Achievement Award
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Jackie Boyle, Pharm .D., • Receives Evlyn Gr ay Scott Pharmacist of the Year Award from the Cl eveland Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists • Elected presiden t of Ohio Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists
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2005
Ohio Board of Regents approves a Doctor of Pharmacy degree program
Walgreens supports development of MDL and pharmacy practice labs
Establishes preferential admissions agreements with Northeast Ohio’s four public universities University’s affiliated hospitals and health departments are invited to partner with program University receives a $1.5 million gift from Stark Community Foundation, renames clinical performance center after William G. Wasson, M.D.
2006
Awarded pre-candidate status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Giant Eagle Inc. becomes first major company to partner with the College with a multi-year gift to design and renovate the College’s Multidisciplinary Laboratories
2010
University named top workplace in greater Cleveland region by The Plain Dealer
Barry Klein, president of Klein’s Pharmacy, becomes the first recipient of the Dean’s Leadership Award Partners with several of Northeast Ohio community colleges and private colleges and universities for preferential interviews given to their students
Phi Lambda Sigma – Gamma Phi Chapter (PLS) is formed
2011
NEOUCOM changes its name to Northeast Ohio Medical University
2008
Graduates our first class
Awarded candidate status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Students began opting in for Post-Graduate Year 1 or Year 2 residencies
Adopts new mission Presents First Career Fair
Inaugural class of 73 students begins Interprofessional education (IPE) is embedded in the original curriculum enabling medicine and pharmacy students to train together
Launches Pathways to Pharmacy internship program, the first in Ohio, in a joint partnership with CVS Caremark to expose high school students to the profession and practice of pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy supports inaugural White Coat Ceremony
David D. Allen, R.Ph., Ph.D., FASHP, is named founding dean of pharmacy
2007
Walmart equips pharmacy stations, provides scholarships
Awarded full accreditation status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Forms two professional organizations: the American Pharmacists Association – Academy of Students of Pharmacy (APhA – ASP) and the Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP)
2009
Hosts our first College of Pharmacy Golf Classic Inaugural class of pharmacists has a first-time pass rate of more than 98 percent on NAPLEX and a 100 percent first time pass rate on MPJE
Jay A. Gershen, D.D.S., Ph.D., is named the sixth president of the University
Curriculum includes a longitudinal course, called Pharmacist Patient-Care Experiences. Students to complete 11 early practice experiences at chain, independent and other practice sites
Y E ARS O F D ES I GN
Board of Trustees approves the establishment of a College of Graduate Studies which would offer Integrated Pharmaceutical Medicine and Public Health programs
Forms the University’s first “Medication Adherence Committee” to design an adherence program for participation in Script Your Future Attends the ASHP Policy Day in Washington, D.C. to discuss current drug shortage legislation (SB 296 and HR 2245) and other health care issues with legislators
2011-16
Our graduates have matched or outpaced national peers in their performance on the North America Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) each year
Bio-Med Science Academy is granted formal STEM designation in the state of Ohio by the Ohio STM Subcommittee Stark Community Foundation and Dick Nicely funding supports Parkinson’s research
2012
Kappa Psi - oldest and largest professional pharmacy fraternity starts a chapter on campus
Revises our College mission
TEN YEARS AGO,
NEOMED’S COLLEGE OF PHARMACY GREW OUT OF A RECOGNIZED NEED FOR PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES IN THE REGION’S RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES WHERE A SURVEY REVEALED THAT 150 YOUNG PEOPLE WERE LEAVING NORTHEAST OHIO EVERY YEAR TO GET A PHARMACY DEGREE.
Establishes a Community Pharmacy Residency Program within the Department of Pharmacy Practice
Names Charles Taylor, Pharm.D., as the new dean Samuel Crish, Ph.D., receives the first R01, for nearly $1.9 million, awarded to a NEOMED pharmacy faculty member from the National Institutes of Health
2013
NEOMED was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a university can receive for commitment to volunteerism, service and civic engagement
Charles Taylor participates in a national conference, “Provider Status for Pharmacists: Creating a National Action Plan,” which explores efforts to secure provider status for pharmacists
Becomes the first college in Northeast Ohio to receive national accreditation from the ASHP for its PGY1 community pharmacy residency program in conjunction with AxessPointe Community Health Center
Tim Ulbrich, Pharm.D., R.Ph., director of pharmacy resident education at NEOMED presents “Medication Therapy Management” TEDx Talk at event framed around the ‘health of the nation’
Hosts our first official Match Day event
NEOMED celebrates its 40th anniversary
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State-of-the-art $45 million Research and Graduate Education Building opens
2014
Celebrates the grand opening NEOMED Education and Wellness (NEW) Center NEW Center includes medical fitness facility, physical therapy, pharmacy and primary care
Partnership agreement with Kent State University enables students pursuing a B.S. in chemistry to accelerate through to the Doctor of Pharmacy program
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) certifies NEOMED as an ACCP Student Chapter Officially installed as the Delta Phi chapter of the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
Forms Pharmacy Innovations, LLC, to leverage interprofessional education, collaborative partnerships and the expertise of NEOMED Research, Entrepreneurship, Discovery and Innovation Zone (REDIzone®) moves into the new Timken Corridor which offers physical space for up to 10 earlystage biomedical companies
2015
Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists builds a wall in support of The Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (HR 592/S314) Welcomes the College’s first international student interns from Anhui Medical University in China Introduces our first research area of excellence – Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, which focuses on Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and glaucoma disease Medical Mutual’s $1 million philanthropic commitment funds 14 four-year scholarships for Doctor of Pharmacy students
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INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ( IPE ) The College of Pharmacy offers an innovative and interprofessional curriculum that blends classroom and practice experience to give graduates the knowledge, skill and professionalism that is necessary to succeed as pharmacists. Our curriculum emphasizes teamwork with pharmacy students and medicine students in many combined educational settings. The rigor of interprofessional education (IPE) expands the roles of our graduates as “team-ready� health professionals.
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are offered through active learning exercises. The curriculum is organized to give each year a central theme that serves as a foundation for each successive year. Courses are developed and integrated to establish the annual theme to allow students to learn information in the classroom, apply that knowledge and practice pharmacy skills in experiential sites. Depending upon their year of study, students were engaged in 2016 with in-depth educational experiences that featured advanced pharmacy practice experiences, clerkships, capstone projects and community service.
YEAR 1 THEME: DOSAGE FORMS
Provides students with knowledge and experience to select appropriate dosage forms for a given situation, research the availability of dosage forms, and compound individualized dosage forms. Students are exposed to various pharmacy practice settings (chain, independent, hospital and specialty settings, etc).
YEAR 2 THEME: MEDICATION USE SYSTEM
Provides knowledge and insight into managing pharmacy duties and personnel, dispensing medications safely and recognizing the importance of pharmacology, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics when selecting the correct dosage regimen and formulation for a patient. Students utilize this knowledge during practice site visits and become certified in several skills, including administering immunizations and Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services. Interaction with medicine students continues with a comprehensive self-directed interprofessional team project.
YEAR 3 THEME: PATIENT SAFETY
Provides students an understanding of existing federal laws and their application in the practice setting. Further develops the knowledge and skills needed to design the optimal therapeutic regimen for a disease or situation, and to monitor and report less than optimal outcomes based on the best available evidence. Experiences in class and in practice settings prepares students to enter full-time patient contact in year four where they will share in the care of, and decisions concerning patients.
YEAR 4 THEME: PATIENT-CENTERED CARE
Provides an extensive exposure to direct patient care at ambulatory care, acute care, community pharmacy and health-system pharmacy settings in which students influence the decision-making and outcomes of therapeutic management of disease conditions. The fourth year ends with a Pharmacy Capstone designed to assist students with the transition to becoming licensed pharmacists and the next stages of their professional lives.
RESIDENCIES
24 33 RESIDENCIES PGY1
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THE NATIONAL RESIDENCY
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Post-graduate pharmacy residency education prepares pharmacists with extensive experience in delivering patient-centered care, developing practice leadership skills, providing patient and student education and training, building project management skills and engaging in research. Although pharmacy residencies are not mandatory, many of our students have embraced this opportunity since our inception. With the transformation of the pharmacy profession and the surging advocacy to obtain provider status for pharmacists, many are seeing the direct benefits of this post-graduate experience as they have become increasingly involved in direct patient care. NEOMED provides a pharmacy residency track that prepares incoming pharmacy students to apply for and secure a residency following graduation. The four-year program includes activities such as attending residency information sessions, shadowing pharmacy residents, attending local and regional conferences and more.
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C AREER CENTER ANNUAL PHARMACY CAREER FAIR
OPTIMAL RESUME
ALUMNI AND FACULTY MENTORS
RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE DINNER
CAREER COACHING
INTERVIEW STREAM
Throughout the year, our students made great use of our vast array of career and leadership resources, gaining personalized attention through career coaching to meet their career development needs. Whether they were exploring specialty or traditional pharmacy options, including Community Pharmacy,Veterinary Pharmacy, Drug Development, Hospital Pharmacy, Academic or Consultant Pharmacy, students found our breadth of services quite useful.
MOCK INTERVIEWS
CAREER LINK
Annual Pharmacy Career Fair
Mock Interviews
Optimal Resume
Students met with potential employers to learn about opportunities.
In-person, on the phone, or via Skype with Career Center staff.
Alumni and Faculty Mentors
Career Coaching
Students created and maintained their resumes and CVs using this web-based tool.
Access was provided to a comprehensive listing of NEOMED alumni and faculty mentors.
Personalized attention through career coaching.
Business Etiquette Dinner An etiquette expert coached students as they would be transitioning into highly professional and social experiences.
Interview Stream A web-based application to practice interviews.
Research and Community Service Experience Local, regional, national, and global research fellowships, internships and externships, summer programs, and community service opportunities.
Career Link Access to job postings, on-campus interviews with employers and information about upcoming career fairs, information sessions and career development workshops.
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NAPLEX PASS RATES
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SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED
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STUDENTS TOOK THE TEST
NAPLEX RESULTS (FIRST TIME TEST-TAKERS) 2016:
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Ohio pass rate of 91% National pass rate of 88 %
MPJE RESULTS (FIRST TIME TEST-TAKERS) 2016:
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Exceeds national pass rate of 84 %
80% graduated in 4th year
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
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COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS
STUDENT ORGANIZATION PHARMACY EVENTS
PHARMACY FRATERNITIES: Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc. Zeta Epsilon Chapter Lambda Kappa Sigma, Alpha Chi Chapter
PHARMACY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) National Community Pharmacists Association Student National Pharmaceutical Association Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group Academia and Teaching in Pharmacy Student College of Clinical Pharmacy
PHARMACY HONOR SOCIETIES: Phi Lambda Sigma, Gamma Phi Chapter Rho Chi Society, Delta Phi Chapter
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F AC U LT Y S P O T L I G H T A Noteworthy Bookend! As the College of Pharmacy celebrated our 10th anniversary, we bestowed the 2016 College of Pharmacy Leadership Award, our highest level of recognition, to Ann Klein, R.Ph., owner and pharmacy manager at Klein’s Pharmacy in Akron, Ohio. Klein is also a pharmacy preceptor and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at NEOMED. Back in November 2005, when this pharmacist learned that NEOMED had established a College of Pharmacy, she immediately adopted NEOMED as her College of Pharmacy. Without hesitation she sought out ways to help launch our College of Pharmacy and pledged to get it off the ground. As a pharmacist, she has spent countless hours as a vocal supporter, advocate and advisor. She has given of her time and talent to mentor our student pharmacists, coaching them on how to be transformative pharmacists with a mindset toward innovation and “outside the box thinking.” She is an extraordinary leader and exemplar to the pharmacy profession. During our inaugural white coat ceremony in 2007, we recognized Barry Klein, president of Klein’s Pharmacy, and Ann’s husband, as the first recipient of the Dean’s Leadership Award, making this particular honor even more special, and a noteworthy bookend to our amazing 10 years of excellence.
Community 400+ NEOMED PRECEPTORS and guide pharmacy students at all Practice oversee kinds of settings — hospitals, pharmacy chains, grocery stores and independent pharmacies. Our students experience 11 DIFFERENT PRACTICE SITES in 3 YEARS.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT NAME: Hannah Cross, Pharm.D. CLASS: 2013 FACULTY: Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice POSITION: Managing Pharmacist PHARMACY: Ritzman Pharmacy at NEOMED COMMUNITY SERVICE: Winner of the Ritzman Pillar of Your Community Award for dedication in 2016 to improving the quality of life and bringing about change for the betterment of a community. UNIQUE SERVICES: $0 co-pay for generic prescriptions for anyone covered on the University’s health plan. Individualized counseling for all customers who have questions or concerns about their medications.
381 PHARMACY ALUMNI connected to nearly 4,000
OTHER NEOMED ALUMNI practicing health care throughout Ohio communities and beyond
THE FUTURE IS NOW Transitions in Care The college launches its first Transitions in Care program through its affiliate, Pharmacy Innovations, LLC, and in partnership with Ritzman Pharmacy at NEOMED and Summa Rehab Hospital. Before a patient is discharged, the program provides concierge service, medication education and discharge counseling – all – at no additional charge to the patient. The unique collaboration responds instantly to a number of critical concerns in health care today: medication adherence, access to quality health care and health literacy and readmissions.
Telehealth Services With a grant from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation, the college will launch an 18-month telehealth services pilot project that will enable faculty to train the next generation of pharmacists in the use of these services that will have a positive impact for patients who otherwise would lack access to care.
Organ on Chip NEOMED was a winner of the prestigious 2016 i6 Challenge, a national competition based on the most impactful national models for startup creation, innovation and commercialization. The University received a $498,282 grant for the University’s “Accelerating Pharmaceutical Commercialization: A Rural Proof of Concept Center for Economic Development.” The i6 Challenge award, when combined with matching funds from NEOMED, provides $1 million for NEOMED’s Research, Entrepreneurship, Discovery and Innovation Zone (REDIzone®) to support companies and NEOMED researchers in accelerating their therapies toward human clinical trials. Most new drugs fail in clinical trials. An innovative way to find out more efficiently if they’ll pass muster is an advance that will save time and money — and get the best new medicines to patients sooner. This project, referred to as “organ-on-chip,” allows researchers to observe functions and responses of a human organ through a computer chip with an engineered environment where human cells are grown and cultured. This allows for drug testing that advances only the most promising candidates to the rigorous steps of clinical trials. NEOMED and the REDIzone will distribute the chip, free of charge, to selected small-to medium-sized businesses in Northeast Ohio. Using the chip will allow companies to more efficiently test new drugs, boosting the regional economy.
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