Drug Repositioning: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

• Main Author: Yuhei Nishimura (auth)
• Other Authors: Hideaki Hara (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2019
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Pharmacology; database; Integrative strategies; molecular docking; polypharmacology; multi-omics; computational analysis; Drug Repositioning; data sharing; Patenting
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Drug repositioning is the process of identifying new indications for existing drugs. At present, the conventional de novo drug discovery process requires an average of about 14 years and US$2.5 billion to approve and launch a drug. Drug repositioning can reduce the time and cost of this process beca...