Philip E. Coyne's scientific contributions

... Repurposing of existing drugs has been successful in treating other medical conditions. For example, eflornithine is an ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor used to treat African sleeping sickness that was repurposed to treat female facial hirsutism (97). Thalidomide, an anti-inflammatory medication for treatment of leprosy, has recently been approved for treatment of multiple myeloma (98). ...