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Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at 90% lower cost

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hospitals-and-universities-repurposing-drugs-at-90-lower-cost
51•giuliomagnifico•1h ago

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turtleyacht•1h ago
How do people needing (and willing to risk) treatment hear about repurposing studies?
giuliomagnifico•1h ago
I think in the same way they participate in other clinical trials.
astura•1h ago
Big medical systems will post their clinical trails quarterly or so. If you have a big medical system near you you can sign up for emails. I imagine universities would have a mailing list too, if they regularly did clinical trials.

You can also search here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/

I was a clinical trial participant once and it was a positive experience for me.

bell-cot•4m ago
Communities (on-line or off-line) of people who share your disorder, and maybe health care professionals who see many patients with your disorder.
oezi•1h ago
Such studies are great but there is no regulatory pathway to extend the use of existing drugs for new indications of use without the consent of the manufacturer (or becoming a manufacturer yourself).

This means such studies can give more clarity on which off-label use is beneficial but it can't be an officially allowed usage.

boxed•1h ago
That seems wild. Do you have a citation to back that up? And in what country/countries?
amanaplanacanal•10m ago
I'm in the US, and there are a couple of wrinkles to this: insurance typically won't cover off label use, so patients end up paying the full cost of the medication, and if there is a big enough market, I believe companies can patent the new use even if the patents for the original use have run out.

Doctors here are allowed to prescribe them though.

ktallett•1h ago
This isn't completely true at least in the UK. It is simply that the manufacturer is no longer responsible legally. The GMC allow prescibing of unlicensed meds. However the change needs to be made to the pathway. So many issues in the NHS has been due to pathway problems.
vidarh•20m ago
The article points out that it is typically after patent expiry that the universities and hospitals start looking at repurposing.
jawns•33m ago
I have been a supporter of Cures Within Reach, a nonprofit that focuses on repurposing drugs, especially for rare diseases. https://www.cureswithinreach.org

They have funded some important repurposed-drug studies for Huntingtons Disease, which runs in my family. For a disease like this, it's never going to make sense for major pharmaceutical companies to invest the effort to develop entirely new drugs, but by repurposing existing drugs, it gives people living with rare diseases a chance to ease symptoms.

dmichulke•15m ago
I'm on my cell phone and I couldn't figure out what diseases can be treated on the site. I'd say it's donor focused and not patient focused
ck2•31m ago
the thing is while something is better than nothing, new drug development is critical

there is absolutely no cure for certain types of long-covid and me-cfs right now

no repurposing any drug is going to cure it, they've tried everything after six years

it will take a decade to have anything even in the pipeline and won't emerge from the USA because all medical and science research investment by the government has been destroyed by Russell Vought and Heritage Foundation

JAK-STAT inhibitors will be a big treatment, not a cure, but they cost thousands per month in the USA because generics aren't allowed

xenophenes•25m ago
fascinating! I'm sure there's quite a bit that can be learned through appropriate research - pathways to solve problems that haven't been thought of before
intrasight
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6m ago
There tens of millions of people being treated off-label.

Midjourney Medical

https://www.midjourney.com/medical/blogpost
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Hospitals and universities repurposing drugs at 90% lower cost

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