Clinical Pharmacology: Current Topics and Case Studies

This revised and extended second edition focuses on current and emerging topics in drug development, their molecular mechanisms of action as well as regulatory issues. In addition, in-depth insights into clinical drug research and trial methodology are presented on the basis of concrete case studies...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Müller, Markus (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • The discipline of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Current issues in drug development
  • Current issues in drug regulation
  • Current issues in drug reimbursement
  • Ethics of clinical research
  • GCP, Scientific misconduct
  • Phases of drug development, first in man studies
  • Clinical trials - Interventional studies
  • Clinical trials - observational studies
  • Imaging
  • Microdosing
  • Genomics
  • Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics
  • Epidemiology, statistics
  • Placebo effects
  • Pharmaceutical drug safety
  • Drug interactions
  • Advanced therapies
  • Biological pharmaceuticals
  • Generic drugs, Enantiomers
  • Special situations I: orphan drugs
  • Special situations II: sex differences
  • Special situations III: children.