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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克服重新利用毒品的法律和法规障碍

已经提出将药物重新利用作为开发新疗法的策略，该新疗法与开发全新药物相比，具有更低的风险，更低的成本和更短的时间表。但是，由于法律和法规方面的障碍，该战略的潜力尚未得到人们所希望的广泛实现。在这里，我们重点介绍这些障碍，并考虑如何克服这些障碍。