Sanskriti University Organized Seminar on Drug Repurposing and Applications of QSAR in Drug Discovery
Sanskriti University School of Pharmacy, organized a Seminar on “Drug Repurposing and Applications of QSAR in Drug Discovery”. Dr. Anshuman Dixit, Ph.D Scientist-E (Institute of Life Sciences) was a key speaker of Seminar. The aim of the seminar was to familiarize students with application of Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) in Drug Discovery. Seminar was attended by Chancellor Sachin Gupta, Pro Vice Chancellor Rakesh Premi, Faculty Members and students of School of Pharmacy.
During his Inaugural Speech Dr. Anshuman Dixit said “Repurposing or repositioning refers to the usage of pre-existing drugs to tackle a disease other than the one that the drug was originally designed to target. Recent Study indicates nearly 30% of new market entrants are derived from pre-existing drugs. Several reasons for which a drug repurposing strategy can be used, Reduction in time and cost of clinical trials, already established pharmaceutical supply chains for distribution and more.
