Abstract

Science and technology has greatly advanced in the past few years, and is progressing at an unmatched rate. With the several advancements, it has brought a lot of ease to the overall drug discovery and development method. It is known that the de novo development of drug is an extremely time-consuming and expensive process. Therefore, in order to find its potential alternative, ‘Drug Repurposing’ has come into practice for many years. Drug Repurposing has been considered as a revolutionary breakthrough in accelerating the process of drug development process. It involves seeking new indications of drugs that already been approved by Food and Drug Administration, thereby substantial reduction of cost and time. Ever-increasing molecular, genomic and pharmacological data has further contributed in the success of drug repurposing approaches. This editorial outlines the different tools used in Drug Repurposing

Keywords: Drug Repurposing; In-silico Methods; Genomics; High-Throughput Sequencing Technologies; Literature Mining

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Citation

Citation: Jyotirmoi Aich., et al. “Drug Repurposing: An Emerging Tool to Accelerate the Drug Development Process”. Acta Scientific Cancer Biology 5.12 (2021): 01-04.

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