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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825936903321

Titolo

Evaluation of drug candidates for preclinical development : pharmacokinetics, metabolism, pharmaceutics, and toxicology / / edited by Chao Han, Charles B. Davis, Binghe Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2010

ISBN

9786612684906

9781282684904

1282684906

9780470574898

0470574895

9780470574881

0470574887

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in drug discovery and development

Altri autori (Persone)

HanChao

DavisCharles B (Charles Baldwin)

WangBinghe, PhD.

Disciplina

615.19

615/.19

Soggetti

Drug development

Pharmacokinetics

Drugs - Metabolism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

EVALUATION OF DRUG CANDIDATES FOR PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PHARMACOKINETICS IN PRECLINICAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW; 3. THE ROLE OF MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS IN DRUG DISPOSITION; 4. CYTOCHROME P450: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND APPLICATION IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT; 5. THE ROLE OF DRUG METABOLISM AND METABOLITE IDENTIFICATION IN DRUG DISCOVERY; 6. PROTEIN BINDING IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT; 7. PREDICTION OF THE PHARMACOKINETICS IN HUMANS; 8. PHARMACEUTICS DEVELOPABILITY ASSESSMENT; 9. SAFETY



ASSESSMENT IN DRUG DISCOVERY

10. ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIES UTILIZED TO MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR INDUCTION OF ACQUIRED LONG QT SYNDROME AND TORSADE DE POINTESINDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Emphasizes the integration of major areas of drug discovery and their importance in candidate evaluation  It is believed that selecting the ""right"" drug candidate for development is the key to success. In the last decade, pharmaceutical R&D departments have integrated pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, pharmaceutics, and toxicology into early drug discovery to improve the assessment of potential drug compounds. Now, Evaluation of Drug Candidates for Preclinical Development provides a complete view and understanding of why absorption-distribution-metabolism-excretion-toxicology (AD