About the Book:

The third edition of this best-selling book continues to offer a user-friendly, step-by-step introduction to all the key processes involved in bringing a drug to the market, including the performance of pre-clinical studies, the conduct of human clinical trials, regulatory controls, and even the manufacturing processes for pharmaceutical products.

Concise and easy to read, Drugs: From Discovery to Approval, Third Edition quickly introduces basic concepts, then moves on to discuss target selection and the drug discovery process for both small and large molecular drugs. The third edition incorporates the latest developments and updates in the pharmaceutical community, provides more comprehensive coverage of topics, and includes more materials and case studies suited to college and university use. Biotechnology is a dynamic field with changes across R&D, clinical trials, manufacturing and regulatory processes, and the third edition of the text provides timely updates for those in this rapidly growing field.

·     Revised edition will have greater appeal to students with the inclusion of more materials and case studies suited to college and university use

·    Includes the latest developments and updates

·    Increased appeal by provision of more comprehensive topics

Contents:

1.    Introduction

2.    Drug Discovery: Targets and Receptors

3.    Drug Discovery: Small Molecule Drugs

4.    Drug Discovery: Large Molecule Drugs

5.    Drug Development and Preclinical Studies

6.    Clinical Trials

7.    Regulatory Authorities

8.    Regulatory Applications

9.    Good Manufacturing Practice: Regulatory Requirements

10. Good Manufacturing Practice: Drug Manufacturing

11. Future Perspectives

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