Drug repuposing24 Nov 2020 07:33
Although there are over 7,000 rare diseases, only around 400 have licensed treatments. Due to the high cost of drug development and low patient population in any given rare disease, investing in research is often not financially viable for the pharmaceutical industry. This leaves millions of patients with no medication to ease their symptoms, and little hope of ever seeing one in their life time. Drug repurposing offers a route to accelerate the development of new treatments while lowering the cost of research.