CB5 Developing Medicines Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 4 stages of developing a new medicine?
A
Discovery, development, preclinical trials, clinical trials
2
Q
What are the 3 types of clinical trials for a new medicine?
A
Animal, small human, large human
3
Q
What is the purpose of small human clinical trials?
A
Reveal any possible side effects of the new medicine.
4
Q
What are the 3 purposes of large human clinical trials?
A
Determine the correct dosage, check for efficacy, reveal any possible side effects
5
Q
What is a double blind clinical trial?
A
A clinical trial where neither patients nor doctors are aware of who has been given the medicine and who has been given a placebo.
6
Q
What is a placebo?
A
A fake medicine.
