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Pain Forum Frankfurt
The Pain Forum
Frankfurt was started in 2001
and is based on a bilateral
cooperation between the pharmaceutical
company Aventis and the “pharma
zentrum” of the University
of Frankfurt. The Pain Forum
Frankfurt focuses on pain research
in degenerative joint diseases,
such as osteo-arthrosis. This
cooperation has already led
to a joint publication regarding
the development of a drug.
Osteo-arthrosis is the most
prominent chronic, degenerative
joint disease and affects approximately
500 million people world-wide.
The main symptom of this disease
is pain. Therapy approaches
so far are unsatisfactory since
the available drugs usually
provide only minor alleviation
of the pain. In addition, when
these drugs are used in chronic
therapy, the occurrence of serious
side effects is quite high.
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Geißlinger
Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang-Goethe
University, center of Pharmacology
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