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Who Wants To Live Forever? Forging A Regulatory Pathway For Longevity Drugs

Researchers Are Brainstorming Pathways To FDA Approval For An Anti-Aging Indication

 
• By Chloe Kent

Despite the growing interest, both in and outside of the biotech space, in the so-called ‘longevity’ industry, no regulatory pathway exists to market a drug with a purely geroprotective indication.

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Drugs like metformin and rapamycin have been flagged as having anti-aging effects • Source: Shutterstock

The founding of Altos Labs in January 2022, which launched with a record $3bn in venture capital funding from high-profile backers that reportedly include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and billionaire entrepreneur Yuri Milner, marked the biggest investment in the longevity industry to date.

With a vision of “transforming medicine through cellular rejuvenation programing” and an impressive collection of biotech leaders and academic researchers...

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