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HHS Launches KidneyX to Drive Innovation in Kidney Disease Treatment

by Fred Pennic 05/03/2018 Leave a Comment

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HHS Launches KidneyX to Drive Innovation in Kidney Disease Treatment

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is teaming up with American Society of Nephrology to launch the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX), a a public-private partnership to accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases. KidneyX will engage a community of researchers, innovators, and investors to enable and accelerate the commercialization of therapies to benefit people with and at risk for kidney diseases through a series of prize competitions and coordination among federal agencies and the private sector.

To prevent kidney diseases as well as improve the lives of the 850,000,000 people worldwide currently affected, KidneyX will address the barriers innovators commonly identify as they look to bring new drugs and technologies in kidney care to market by:

– Providing funding through prizes to promising innovators selected through a prize competition;

– Encouraging better coordination across the HHS agencies including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in order to help clarify the path toward commercialization;

– Creating a sense of urgency to develop new therapies to treat chronic kidney disease

Statistics show that more than 40 million Americans live with kidney diseases and 703,243 experience kidney failure. With an aging population and rising prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, more Americans need dialysis than ever before. Patients with chronic kidney disease continue to have limited treatment options and are particularly vulnerable in natural disasters when local dialysis centers are damaged or closed for more than a few days.

“Over the last decade, patients with cancer and heart disease have benefitted from innovative improvements in therapies, drugs, devices and digital health tools. Patients suffering from kidney disease deserve the same opportunity. With KidneyX, HHS sends an important message to innovators and investors regarding the desire and demand to help patients suffering from chronic kidney disease,” said HHS Chief Technology Officer, Bruce D. Greenstein.

KidneyX will accept applications for its first round of prize funding in late summer 2018. Individuals who are interested in learning more about KidneyX are encouraged to visit www.kidneyx.org and join the mailing list.

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