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Drug repurposing has been proposed as a strategy to develop new therapies that has fewer risks, lower costs and shorter timelines than developing completely new drugs. However, the potential of this strategy has not been as widely realized as hoped, in part owing to legal and regulatory barriers. Here, we highlight these barriers and consider how they could be overcome.
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Breckenridge, A., Jacob, R. Overcoming the legal and regulatory barriers to drug repurposing. Nat Rev Drug Discov 18, 1–2 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2018.92
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