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Drug Repositioning: New Approaches and Future Prospects for Life-Debilitating Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A bibliometric analysis and systematic review of drug repurposing against drug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens: a particular focus onFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Two Birds with One Stone: Drug Regime Targets Viral Pathogenesis Phases and COVID-19 ARDS at the Same Time.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2024Pooled it
- Long-term clinical efficacy and safety of thalidomide in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia: results from Thal-Thalido study.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Using Deep Learning Models of Gene Regulation to Guide Drug Prioritization.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Using Deep Learning Models of Gene Regulation to Guide Drug Prioritization.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Drug repurposing against viral infections (2020-2025): clinical trials, computational strategies, and therapeutic interventions.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Drug Repurposing in Oncology: A Strategic Pathway to Unlocking New Therapeutic Potential.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2026Review
- Drug repurposing: a promising drug discovery strategy for the treatment of emerging epidemic infectious disease.Molecular diversity · 2026Review
- Drug Discovery from Gene Expression/Gene Regulation.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Review
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- Mechanistic Insights into Vorinostat as a Repositioned Modulator of TACE-Mediated TNF-α Signaling via MAPK and NFκB Pathways.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
- Bioinformatics tools for drug repurposing: a tutorial using heart failure as a case study.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus · 2025Review
- Therapeutic Approaches for COVID-19: A Review of Antiviral Treatments, Immunotherapies, and Emerging Interventions.Advances in therapy · 2025Review
- FDA-approved phensuximide inhibits RIPK1-dependent immunogenic cell death.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- Biology-Informed Matrix Factorization: An AI-Driven Framework for Enhanced Drug Repositioning.Biology · 2025Article
- Toward Personalized Medicine: The Effect of Treatment of Chronic Enterovirus Diarrhea in an Immunocompromised Patient and the Correlation With In Vitro Models.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Genetic Predictors of Paxlovid Treatment Response: The Role of IFNAR2, OAS1, OAS3, and ACE2 in COVID-19 Clinical Course.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Unveiling the potential antibacterial action of acetylcysteine for managing Staphylococcus aureus wound infections: in vitro and in vivo study.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2025Article
- Drug Repurposing and Nanotechnology for Topical Skin Cancer Treatment: Redirecting toward Targeted and Synergistic Antitumor Effects.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the Potency of Repurposed Antiretrovirals in HBV Therapy: A Narrative Investigation of the Traditional Medicine Alternatives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
9 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Traditionally, drug discovery utilises a de novo design approach, which requires high cost and many years of drug development before it reaches the market. Novel drug development does not always account for orphan diseases, which have low demand and hence low-profit margins for drug developers. Recently, drug repositioning has gained recognition as an alternative approach that explores new avenues for pre-existing commercially approved or rejected drugs to treat diseases aside from the intended ones. Drug repositioning results in lower overall developmental expenses and risk assessments, as the efficacy and safety of the original drug have already been well accessed and approved by regulatory authorities. The greatest advantage of drug repositioning is that it breathes new life into the novel, rare, orphan, and resistant diseases, such as Cushing's syndrome, HIV infection, and pandemic outbreaks such as COVID-19. Repositioning existing drugs such as Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, Ivermectin and Baricitinib shows good potential for COVID-19 treatment. This can crucially aid in resolving outbreaks in urgent times of need. This review discusses the past success in drug repositioning, the current technological advancement in the field, drug repositioning for personalised medicine and the ongoing research on newly emerging drugs under consideration for the COVID-19 treatment.
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