Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Drug Development

The entire process of bringing a new drug to the market. It includes both preclinical and clinical testing, and regulatory approval.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The entire process of bringing a new drug to the market. It includes both preclinical and clinical testing, and regulatory approval.

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Medication Development
  • Pharmaceutical Development
  • Development, Drug
  • Development, Medication
  • Development, Pharmaceutical
  • Computational Prediction of Drug-Target Interactions
  • Drug Target Prediction
  • Drug Target Predictions
  • Prediction, Drug Target
  • Target Prediction, Drug

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with DRUG DISCOVERY which is the process of finding chemicals for potential therapeutic use

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History Note

2019

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Tree Number

  1. E05.290w

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NLM Classification

QV 745

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Development. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000076722. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000076722
  2. Drug Development. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_development
  3. Drug Development. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2198549