Pain in Animals Workshop: Promoting translational research for developing new therapies for humans and animals', hosted by NIH
11/29/2017 - 11/30/2017
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Despite advances, chronic pain is one of the most poorly understood and under treated medical problems facing veterinary medicine today. One of the most frustrating aspects of developing therapeutics for treating chronic pain in veterinary medicine is the lack of validated methods to measure chronic pain in different species and diseases. Similarly, translational success has often been lacking when taking analgesics from animal models to human clinical trials. Research into spontaneous painful disease in companion animals could improve translation of basic science to new therapeutics to act as a bridge between preclinical and clinical studies in humans with resultant new therapeutics for humans and animals. For this bridge to work, we need valid outcome measures in animal spontaneous disease conditions and opportunities to share and promote knowledge. This NIH workshop will bring research, regulatory, academia, and industry together from the veterinary and human arena to tackle these challenges. Registration is Free but everyone does need to register at the website.
