Challenges for Drug Repurposing in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era

• Main Authors: Janet Sultana (Author), Salvatore Crisafulli (Author), Flic Gabbay (Author), Elizabeth Lynn (Author), Saad Shakir (Author), Gianluca Trifirò (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected an estimated 16 million persons and caused 0.6 million deaths worldwide by September 2020. The pandemic has led to a rush to repurpose existing drugs, although the underlying evidence base is of variable quality. The improving knowledge of the...