Drug Repurposing and Repositioning: Workshop Summary

by Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy

Drug development can be time-consuming and expensive. Recent estimates suggest that, on average, it takes 10 years and at least $1 billion to bring a drug to market. Given the time and expense of developing drugs de novo, pharmaceutical companies have become increasingly interested in finding new uses for existing drugs - a process referred to as drug repurposing or repositioning. Historically, drug repurposing has been largely an unintentional, serendipitous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309302048
• ISBN13: 9780309302043
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"