Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety

Drug Development

The process of bringing a new drug molecule into clinical practice is explained as Drug Development. This encompasses all steps from the basic research process to support the commercial launch of the drug. Development refers to the clinical parts of this process, with discovery which is used to explain the nonclinical research components. Researchers identify a promising compound for development, they gather information to conduct experiments on how it is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted, its potential benefits and mechanisms of action and the best dosage.