Clinical use: repurposing candidates as potential therapeutics for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS or late MS), having Bioactivity comments: repurposing screens. Tummino et al. (2021; bioRxiv preprint PMID: 33791693) suggest that this antiviral activity
Comments: this could ultimately lead to metformin being repurposed for indications other than type 2 diabetes. Immuno Ligand Comments: found to be effective, this could ultimately lead to metformin being repurposed for inflammatory indications .