Inventing new therapies without reinventing the wheel: the power of drug repurposing

Andreas Papapetropoulos; Csaba Szabo

doi:10.1111/bph.14081

Inventing new therapies without reinventing the wheel: the power of drug repurposing

Br J Pharmacol. 2018 Jan;175(2):165-167. doi: 10.1111/bph.14081.

Authors

Andreas Papapetropoulos^{1

2}, Csaba Szabo³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
² Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

This article is part of a themed section on Inventing New Therapies Without Reinventing the Wheel: The Power of Drug Repurposing. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v175.2/issuetoc.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Drug Repositioning / methods*
Drug Repositioning / trends*
Humans