Session summary
Learning objectives
Having completed this session you will be able to:
- Explain how drugs are discovered
- Explain the various stages of development (Preclinical, Phase I to Phase IV)
- Explain the risks and costs involved in developing drugs
Further reading and activities
Refer to the following texts for additional information:
- Nature Drug Discovery. A review journal publishing well informed articles about current topics in drug discovery and new drugs in development. http://www.nature.com/nrd/index.html
- Textbook of Pharmaceutical medicine. John P Griffin (editor) Wiley Blackwell; 6th Edition 2009. Comprehensive textbook of pharmaceutical medicine which extensive coverage of the drug discovery process.
