Repositioning, reprofiling, repurposing. Whatever you call it, finding
new careers for old drugs is fast becoming big business. Considerable
revenues and savings are to there to be made in discovering alternative
purposes for known compounds.As Nobel laureate James Black famously said, "The most fruitful basis of the discovery of a new drug is to start with an old drug." With faith dwindling in new technologies to drive the drug discovery engine, the need for scientific approaches to cultivating new uses for existing drugs, or those that are about to enter the market, is rising in importance.
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