#iDR24 International Drug Repurposing Conference 2024
This spring we teamed up with REMEDi4ALL and MeRIT to deliver the first international drug repurposing conference, #iDR24 on 6th – 7th March 2024 in the stunning Sant Pau, Barcelona!
As a global event, Bridging Boundaries: Innovating, Connecting & Reshaping Drug Repurposing brought together over 250 key opinion leaders, researchers and patient advocates to collectively drive innovation for repurposing in Europe and beyond.
The conference featured three pathways:
- Drug repurposing in rare diseases
- Drug repurposing in cancer
- Drug repurposing methodologies
Beacon lead the rare disease pathway to showcase the new advantages and challenges in this field.
Of course, it wouldn’t be a Beacon-led pathway without the return of our lightning talk session!
Across two days, we explored:
Why care about repurposing for rare diseases?
We delved into the potential of repurposing in rare diseases, which benefits stakeholders from patient groups to pharma.
Leading a drug repurposing project
We hosted a panel that was focused on challenging the status quo in repurposing research.
The evolving rare disease landscape
We discussed past successes, initiatives in progress and how collaboration and scalability can systemise the repurposing approach.
If you weren’t able to attend on the day, check out photos from the conference below and watch our recordings now!
