Guwahati, March 20 -- The term 'drug repurposing' explains reusing the same drug for a different medical indication. This may involve existing or licensed medicine for a new medical indication, especially in diseases with diverse profiles as compared to that for which the drug was initially developed. Historically, the evolvement of drug repurposing was mostly the result of coincidence. Repurposing offers a number of significant advantages in comparison with new drug advancement. Such advantages include the capability to redeem where medications that are although safe but failed to meet the requirements of originally targeted indication may prove its efficacy in a new indication; risk is lower, cost-effective, potential advantages on market...