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Drug Discovery and Development,

Edition 3 Technology in Transition

Editors: Edited by Raymond G Hill and Duncan Richards

Publication Date: 24 Aug 2021

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Essential insight into drug development and the pharmaceutical industry

With unprecedented interest in the power that the modern therapeutic armamentarium has to combat disease, the new edition of Drug Discovery and Development is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding how drugs and other therapeutic interventions are discovered and developed, through to clinical research, registration, and market access.

The text has been thoroughly updated, with new information on biopharmaceuticals and vaccines as well as clinical development and target identification. Drug discovery and development continues to evolve rapidly and this new edition reflects important changes in the landscape.

Edited by industry experts Raymond Hill and Duncan Richards, this market-leading text is suitable for undergraduates and graduates undertaking degrees in pharmacy, pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical development through to those embarking on a career in the pharmaceutical industry.

Key Features

Key stages of drug discovery and development

Chapters outline the contribution of individual disciplines to the overall process

Supplemented by specific chapters on different modalities

Includes coverage of Oligonucleotide therapies; cell and gene therapy

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About the author

Edited by Raymond G Hill, President, British Pharmacological Society, London, UK and Duncan Richards, Professor Duncan Richards MA DM FRCP FFPM FBPharmacolS, St Hilda’s College,Oxford

Section 1 Introduction and Background

1. Development of the pharmaceutical industry

2. Nature of disease and purpose of therapy

3. Therapeutic modalities

Section 2 Drug Discovery

4. Drug target identification

5. Selecting the modality and planning the project

6. High throughput screening

7. Medicinal Chemistry

8. Biopharmaceuticals and related molecules

9. Emerging modalities: nucleotide based therapy, cell based therapy, gene therapy / Novel and Advanced Process

10. Metabolism and Pharmacokinetical strategies.