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Liver toxicity is a main reason for regulatoru agencies to deny approvakl for new drugs or take actio n againstexisting drugs. The who are working at the newly formed Institutre for DrugSafety Sciences, will use a virtual model of a livet to test how different drugs may affecft the organ. The research has the potential to speedr up the drug development andtestingt process. The Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, whichu opened last week and featureza 14,000-square-foot research laboratory, will work to study globalp drug safety issues. It is being led by Paul the Verne S. Cavinesw distinguished professor of medicineat UNC.
Watkins, alonf with his scientist colleagues, will work with members of the biomedical andpharmaceutical sector, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationh and the National Institutes of Health to develop new drug safety initiatives. The Institute for Drug Safetg Sciences was born from an agreemenft signed in April 2008 between UNC and Hamner to collaborates on research intodrug safety, drug development and public It is located on Hamner’s campus in Research Triangle Park.