Drug repurposing: Misconceptions, challenges, and opportunities for academic researchers.
Sci Transl Med
; 13(612): eabd5524, 2021 Sep 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1488280
ABSTRACT
Drug repurposing is promoted as a cost- and time-effective mechanism for providing new medicines. Often, however, there is insufficient consideration by academic researchers of the processes required to ensure that a repurposed drug can be used for a new indication. This may explain the inability of drug repurposing to fulfill its promise. Important aspects, often overlooked, include financial and intellectual property considerations, the clinical and regulatory path, and clinical equipoise, which provides ethical justification for randomized controlled trials. The goal of drug repurposing is to obtain a new regulator-approved label for an existing drug, and so, the trajectory for drug repurposing and traditional drug development is similar. Here, we discuss factors critical for a successful repurposed medicine to help academic investigators better identify drug repurposing opportunities.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Drug Repositioning
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Transl Med
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Scitranslmed.abd5524
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