And have we got news for you!
Several readers of this blog have wondered why we did not continue our constant stream of drug repurposing patent evaluations during the past three months. Well, besides being very busy with our Discontinued Drug and Candidate Database (DDCD) – which we believe will eventually become an extremely valuable resource for drug repurposing – we have submitted several manuscripts to pharmaceutical journals.
And here is the catch:
Drug Repurposing, Rescue, and Repositioning is an extended version of what we would have otherwise posted on this blog under the headline, “Drug Repurposing Patent Applications, October and November 2014.” Every issue of DRRR will now carry our analysis of patent documents that were published during a two or three month period in the recent past.
See to what drug repurposing IP documents will be discussed in DRRR 1(1):
# Zoledronate protects normal, but not malignant, tissue against radiation damage
The University of Sheffield (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
# Entacapone acts against Dengue and West Nile virus
Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA); Alkem Laboratories Ltd. (Mumbai, India)
# An angiotensin receptor blocker extends lifespan through autophagy induction
SFS.HU Consulting (Szeged, Hungary)
# A thymomimetic for X-ALD and other demyelinating diseases
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA)
# Capsaicin ear ointment for swallowing disorders
University of Tokushima (Tokushima, Japan)
# A low-dose benzodiazepine as an adjunct to antibacterials in meningitis
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Paris, France)
# A lipid-lowering agent for tuberculosis
The Industry & Academic Cooperation of Chungnam National University (Daejeon, Korea)
# An antimalarial for neuropathy
East China Normal University; Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine (both Shanghai, China)
# Ataciguat for muscular dystrophies
The Johns Hopkins University; Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. (both Baltimore, Md., USA); University of Washington (Seattle, Wash., USA)