9781639275472
Brendon Krauss
American Medical Publishers
English
2021
Pharmaceutical Sciences
246
$ 164.99
Pharmaceuticals are the therapeutic substances used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases and for restoring, correcting, or modifying organic functions. The discovery, development, and manufacturing of drugs and medications are complex and expensive endeavors. These are undertaken jointly by the pharmaceutical industry, academic scientists, and governments. Pharmaceuticals are generally classified on the basis of their chemical group, the manner in which they work in the body, and their therapeutic use. Potential drugs are discovered or designed by a process called drug discovery. After a compound is identified as a potential drug, its suitability as a medication is established through activities referred to as drug development. This book discusses the fundamentals as well as modern approaches of the pharmaceutical sciences. Such selected concepts that redefine pharmaceuticals have been presented in this book. The book is appropriate for students seeking detailed information in this area as well as for experts.