Trends and Changes in Drug Research and Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Innovation and New Drug Development

   • S. R. Walker, J. A. Parrish

   Pages 1-28

3. Experimental Animals in the Assessment of Drug Safety

   • A. D. Dayan

   Pages 29-37

4. The Role of Clinical Pharmacology

   • J. H. Shelley

   Pages 39-52

5. Monitoring for Drug Safety

   • M. D. Rawlins

   Pages 53-65

6. The Assessment of Drug Therapy in Social and Economic Terms

   • M. F. Drummond

   Pages 67-81

7. The Impact of Regulations on Drug Development

   • J. P. Griffin

   Pages 83-95

8. The Influence of Culture and Ethics on Drug Development

   • M. N. G. Dukes

   Pages 97-104

9. The Future of Drug Discovery

   • B. B. Newbould

   Pages 105-114

10. Concluding Remarks

    • B. C. L. Walker

    Pages 115-117

11. Back Matter

    Pages 119-127

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The 20th Anniversary of a Learned Society is a momentous event in its af­ fairs, and it is fitting that, in the Appendix to the Proceedings of the 20th An­ niversary Meeting, the history of the Society for Drug Research is outlined. The aim of the Society, to encourage an interdisciplinary approach and to act as an organisation freed from any specific scientific branch of knowledge, was achieved and is exemplified by the publication of these proceedings of the Anniversary Meeting held at the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. In only two other cases have the Society's proceedings been published, main­ taining the original decision and policy to allow membership to enjoy com­ munications from those who may not have agreed to speak had publication been mandatory. The papers presented at the Anniversary Meeting covered a wide range of scientific disciplines, and it is fitting that work of such calibre should have been published under the able editorship of Stuart and Bryan Walker. They should prove invaluable to those who are interested in Drug Research.

• drug
• drug development
• drug discovery
• drug research
• ethics
• research

• The Hatfield Polytechnic, Hertfordshire, UK

  Bryan C. Walker

• Centre for Medicines Research, Surrey, UK

  Stuart R. Walker

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