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Revision as of 16:44, 27 October 2005 by 83.237.50.71 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)In medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which drugs are discovered and/or designed.
In the past most drugs have been discovered either by identifying the active ingredient from traditional remedies or by serendipitous discovery.
The new approach has been to understand how disease and infection are controlled at the molecular and physiology level and to target specific entities based on this knowledge.
The process of drug discovery involves the identification of candidates, synthesis, characterization, screening, assays, clinical trials, formulation, regulatory requirements and finally bulk manufacture. (See Medicinal chemistry)
See also
- Protein structure prediction
- Drug design
- Rational drug design
- Bioinformatics
- Cheminformatics
- Biomedical informatics
- Orphan drug
- Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic modelling
External links
- WWW-Information resources: Drug Discovery
- ICH Website
- FDA Website
- Next Generation Drug Discovery software
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