Giving Drugs a Second Chance: Overcoming Regulatory and Financial Hurdles in Repurposing Approved Drugs As Cancer Therapeutics

Giving Drugs a Second Chance: Overcoming Regulatory and Financial Hurdles in Repurposing Approved Drugs As Cancer Therapeutics

The repositioning or “repurposing” of existing therapies for alternative disease indications is an attractive approach that can save significant investments of time and money during drug development. For cancer indications, the primary goal of repurposed therapies is on efficacy, with less restricti...

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Main Authors: J. Javier Hernandez, Michael Pryszlak, Lindsay Smith, Connor Yanchus, Naheed Kurji, Vijay M. Shahani, Steven V. Molinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
drug repurposing
funding opportunities
in silico predictions
in vitro validation
intellectual property laws
oncology indications
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2017.00273/full

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