Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals Inc. (fka RCPIQ)

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You asked the following question

Could someone explain to me why the first prescription target for anatabine could not simply be as an anti-inflammatory agent?
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I think the reason for using Osteoarthritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Psoriasis, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is that there is no cure for those conditions. Do the following google searches and see what you get.

No cure for Osteoarthritis
Result
There is no cure for osteoarthritis
http://www.arthritis.org/conditions-treatments/disease-center/osteoarthritis/


No cure for Ulcerative Colitis

Result
Unfortunately, there is no medical cure for ulcerative colitis. In fact, the only known cure for ulcerative colitis is to surgically remove part or the entire colon
http://www.healthline.com/health/ulcerative-colitis-take-control-can-it-be-cured

No cure for Psoriasis

Result
There is no cure
http://www.psoriasis.org/about-psoriasis/faqs

No cure for Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Result
There is no cure for Hashimoto's
http://www.webmd.com/women/hashimotos-thyroiditis-symptoms-causes-treatments

If there is no cure they may qualify for

Fast Track, Breakthrough Therapy, Accelerated Approval and Priority Review

http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/byaudience/forpatientadvocates/speedingaccesstoimportantnewtherapies/ucm128291.htm