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US 2014/0193517 A1Published application
Method of drug repositioning
AssigneeGlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
InventorsPankaj Agarwal, Lun Yang
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AssigneeGlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited
InventorsPankaj Agarwal, Lun Yang
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Methods are provided for selecting a new therapeutic indication for at least one first pharmaceutical comprising the steps of: generating a drug-side effect (SE) association for said at least one first pharmaceutical; generating a disease-side effect (SE) association for at least one disease or disorder and at least one second pharmaceutical intended for treatment of said at least one disease or disorder; determining an association strength between the drug-side effect (SE) association and the disease-side effect (SE) association; selecting said at least one disease or disorder as a new therapeutic indication for said at least one first pharmaceutical if said at least one first pharmaceutical induces at least one side effect which is the same as at least one side effect induced by at least one second pharmaceutical intended for treatment of said at least one disease or disorder.
A method for selecting a new therapeutic indication for at least one first pharmaceutical comprising the steps of:
A method of treating a mammal in need of treatment with at least one of the diseases listed as New Indication with the corresponding pharmaceutical listed as Drug:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.