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#  Neuro Talk: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through the Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech 

 Oct 17, 2023 

 

  Launching a new Parkinson’s disease (PD) drug can take years and cost upwards of one billion dollars. In our latest Neuro Talk, John L. Lehr, president and CEO of the Parkinson's Foundation, and Arthur Roach, director of the Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech at [Parkinson’s UK](https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/research/parkinsons-virtual-biotech), discuss how the [Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech](/advancing-research/parkinsons-drug-discovery "Drug Discovery and Development") is accelerating PD drug discovery and development. John and Arthur share how this international collaboration will help find the next life-saving Parkinson’s drug in years, not decades.

  

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