Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

Drug development

Drug development is the method of carrying a new drug molecule into clinical practice. In its widest description this includes all steps from the basic research procedure of finding a suitable molecular target to supporting the marketable launch of the drug. It contains four different stages in which each stage has its own significance in stage 1 discovery and development takes place in  preclinical research, inn stage3 clinical development in stage 4 FDA Review. The eventual goal of drug development is to bring a novel compound with verified therapeutic effect to the market.