Drug repurposing is an interesting field in the drug discovery scope because of reducing
time and cost. It is also considered as an appropriate method for finding medications for …

Drug development involves a deep understanding of the mechanisms of action and possible
side effects of each drug, and sometimes results in the identification of new and unexpected …

Drug repurposing is a vital function in pharmaceutical fields and has gained popularity in
recent years in both the pharmaceutical industry and research community. It refers to the …

Drug development is an expensive and time-consuming process; these could be reduced if
the existing resources could be used to identify candidates for drug repurposing. This study …

Computationally identifying new targets for existing drugs has drawn much attention in drug
repurposing due to its advantages over de novo drugs, including low risk, low costs, and …

Motivation Drug repurposing is a potential alternative to the classical drug discovery
pipeline. Repurposing involves finding novel indications for already approved drugs. In this …

Repurposing marketed drugs or compounds in development for alternative indications is not
new in the pharmaceutical industry. It is in fact quite common but it has been mostly done by …

Drug repurposing or repositioning, which introduces new applications of the existing drugs,
is an emerging field in drug discovery scope. To enhance the success rate of the research …

Highlights•There is an emerging need for new therapies for rare diseases in a shorter time
frame.•Drug repurposing could arise from serendipitous observations or exploiting side …

Drug repurposing holds the potential to bring medications with known safety profiles to new
patient populations. Numerous examples exist for the identification of new indications for …