Editorial: Drug repurposing and polypharmacology: A synergistic approach in multi-target based drug discovery
Mithun Rudrapal, Keshav Raj Paudel, Rudra Pangeni
Abstract
Editorial on the Research Topic Drug repurposing and polypharmacology: A synergistic approach in multi-target based drug discovery Drug repurposing (also called drug repositioning) is a process of identifying new therapeutic uses for approved and/or existing drugs for treating common, difficult-totreat and rare diseases On the other hand, polypharmacology (or multi-targeting approach) involves the interactions of drug molecules with multiple targets of different therapeutic indications/diseases
Topics & Concepts
Drug repositioningDrug discoveryRepurposingDrugPharmacologyApproved drugMedicineBioinformaticsBiologyEcologyComputational Drug Discovery MethodsReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods