The Science and Business of Drug Discovery Demystifying the Jargon
The Science and Business of Drug Discovery is written for those who want to learn about the biopharmaceutical industry and its products whatever their level of technical knowledge. Its aim is to demystify the jargon used in drug development, but in a way that avoids over simplification and the resul...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham
Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
|
| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2020 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- PART 1: How Drugs are Discovered and Developed in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Introduction to Drugs and Drug Targets
- Background to chemistry of small and large molecules
- Laying the foundations- Drug discovery from antiquity to the twenty first century
- Part II-The drug development pipeline – discovery to testing in humans
- Drug discovery pipeline overview
- Target discovery
- Medicinal chemistry
- Biotherapeutics
- Screening for hits
- Process chemistry and formulation
- Preclinical development
- Part III-The drug development pipeline – clinical trials to marketing authorisation
- Clinical trials
- Regulatory affairs and marketing approval
- Diagnostics and personalized medicine
- Putting it All Together: a drug development case history
- Part IV- The Global Pharmaceuticals Business
- Commercial aspects of drug development
- Challenges and responses
- Part V - Professional Interactions with the Drug Discovery Industry.-Professional Interactions with the Drug Discovery Industry: Technology Transfer Executives
- Recruitment Executives
- Pharmaceutical translators and Interpreters