Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

In pursuing novel therapeutic solutions, drug discovery and development rely on efficiently utilising existing knowledge and resources. Repurposing know-how, a strategy that capitalises on previously acquired information and expertise, has emerged as a powerful approach to accelerate drug discovery...

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Main Authors: Lukas Meier, Marina Antillon, Christian Burri, Nakul Chitnis, Yvette Endriss, Jennifer Keiser, Sarah Moore, Pie Müller, Melissa Penny, Till S. Voss, Pascal Mäser, Jürg Utzinger
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Published: Swiss Chemical Society 2023-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7084
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Marina Antillon
Christian Burri
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Sarah Moore
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Pascal Mäser
Jürg Utzinger
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description In pursuing novel therapeutic solutions, drug discovery and development rely on efficiently utilising existing knowledge and resources. Repurposing know-how, a strategy that capitalises on previously acquired information and expertise, has emerged as a powerful approach to accelerate drug discovery and development processes, often at a fraction of the costs of de novo developments. For 80 years, collaborating within a network of partnerships, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) has been working along a value chain from innovation to validation and application to combat poverty-related diseases. This article presents an overview of selected know-how repurposing initiatives conducted at Swiss TPH with a particular emphasis on the exploration of drug development pathways in the context of neglected tropical diseases and other infectious diseases of poverty, such as schistosomiasis, malaria and human African trypanosomiasis.  
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spellingShingle Lukas Meier
Marina Antillon
Christian Burri
Nakul Chitnis
Yvette Endriss
Jennifer Keiser
Sarah Moore
Pie Müller
Melissa Penny
Till S. Voss
Pascal Mäser
Jürg Utzinger
Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
CHIMIA
Drug development
Drug discovery
Human African trypanosomiasis
Malaria
Neglected tropical diseases
Product development partnerships
title Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
title_full Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
title_fullStr Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
title_full_unstemmed Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
title_short Repurposing Know-how for Drug Development: Case Studies from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
title_sort repurposing know how for drug development case studies from the swiss tropical and public health institute
topic Drug development
Drug discovery
Human African trypanosomiasis
Malaria
Neglected tropical diseases
Product development partnerships
url https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7084
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