Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2014

Drug Repositioning : Old Drugs For New Indications

Amol Khanapure, Pem Chuki, Avinash De Sousa

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The process of finding new uses of existing drugs outside the scope of the original indication is known as drug repositioning. Drug repositioning is a low risk, high reward strategy as compared to the de novo drug discovery. New drug discovery is a very costly and time consuming process. It is associated with high failure rates, high cost, poor safety and bioavailability, limited efficacy, lengthy design and testing process. Now many pharmaceutical companies are trying to reposition the existing drugs for various indications. It is less costly, less time consuming and relatively safe method. Though there are intellectual property(IP) related issues, which can hinder the repositioning process. There are many examples of drugs, which are successfully repositioned.

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Amol Khanapure, Pem Chuki, Avinash De Sousa Drug Repositioning : Old Drugs For New Indications Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.8 August 2014

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