From Old To New: Trends In Drug Repurposing For Modern Medicine

    January 2024 in “ African Journal of Biomedical Research ”
    Niggula Praveen Kumar, Durga Prasad Beda, JE Rachel Nivedita, B. Sridevi, M. Sucharitha, Rakesh Barik, G. Srikanth
    TLDR Repurposing existing drugs can quickly and cheaply find new treatments for unmet medical needs.
    Drug repurposing is a strategy that seeks new therapeutic uses for existing drugs, capitalizing on the pleiotropic effects of biological entities like transcripts, proteins, and genes. This approach has gained attention for its potential to provide novel treatments for unmet medical needs, offering benefits such as faster development timelines, reduced costs, and established safety profiles. The review discusses current trends in drug discovery and future perspectives on repurposed drugs.
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