Developing Drugs Flashcards
1
Q
What are the factors of a ‘good medicine’?
A
Effective, Safe, Stable, Successfully taken into and removed from the body
2
Q
What is preclinical testing?
A
Testing drugs using cells, tissues, and animals (not humans)
3
Q
What are clinical trials?
A
Drugs that passed from preclinical testing on animals is now tested on healthy humans
4
Q
What are double bling trials?
A
A trial where neither the doctor or the patient know if they’ve been given the actual drug or a ‘placebo’
