Drug Repurposing Using Intelligent Computing: A Bird’s Eye View

Drug repurposing, also branded as drug repositioning or reprofiling, is an effective approach widely adopted in the sphere of pharmaceutical research. Traditionally, drug development has been a lengthy and laborious process with the requirement of high financial investment. Drug repurposing provides a propitious alternative by leveraging the existing knowledge about drugs to identify new uses for approved or investigational compounds. The proliferation of modern intelligent computing techniques has redefined various research fields, including drug discovery. This paper explores the current landscape of drug repurposing using Artificial Intelligence models such as machine learning and deep learning, highlighting key methodologies, challenges, and future directions in this rapidly evolving field.