Drug development four stages

Following is a brief summary of the four stages of drug development. Significant events are highlighted with respect to their relationship to analysis requirements. 

TABLE 5.2 Applications of LC/IMS that highlight the use of a specific strategy within the four stages of drug development... 

FIGURE 2.3 An overview of the drug development process that illustrates the activities within the four major stages of drug development drug discovery, preclinical development, clinical development, and manufacturing. (Courtesy of Milestone Development Services, Newtown, PA, 1998. With permission.)... 

FIGURE 8.1 Schematic diagram of four interactive but separate stages of drug discovery and development. 

The first stages of development of the modern pharmaceutical industry can be traced back to the turn of the twentieth century. At that time (apart from folk cures), the medical community had at their disposal only four drugs that were effective in treating specific diseases ... 

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