Rare Diseases

EicOsis has received USD 15Million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to fund the clinical trials of non-opioid pain therapy. NIDA, with an aim to supplement NIH’s initiative Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL Initiative), has awarded the grant to the company. Deaths due to drug overdose have skyrocketed in past years. In America, more than 115 people die of an opioid overdose every day. According to the CDC, in the year 2017, more than 70,000 people died from a drug overdose, out of which around 68 per cent were involved in prescription or illicit opioid. In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a lead...