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Repurposing Drugs That Have Been Deemed Failures

Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH, national medical director, pharmacy policy and strategy at Aetna, explains how drugs that have been deemed "failures" can sometimes become effective treatments for other conditions.

Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH, national medical director, pharmacy policy and strategy at Aetna, explains how drugs that have been deemed "failures" can sometimes become effective treatments for other conditions.

The video was shot at the 2013 Drug Information Association (DIA) meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. To watch more videos from Specialty Pharmacy Times, visit our Multimedia page.

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