The Future of Drug Discovery and Development, 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 93
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 5920 Forest Park Avenue, Dallas, TX, USA
Interests: clinical pharmacology; drug discovery; drug development; drug regulatory affairs; biomarker discovery; altered metabolism of disease states; advanced analytical techniques
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue follows the publication of the first edition on the topic “The Future of Drug Discovery and Development”.
The discovery and development processes, which include regulatory affairs, manufacturing, and post-market operations, are cornerstones in the commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical and biotechnology products to address unmet clinical needs. Effective drug discovery processes provide a continuous pipeline of candidates for drug development, which in turn generates approvable compounds. Novel approaches across the fields of drug discovery, drug development, and regulatory affairs are of paramount interest to multiple healthcare industry stakeholders, including patients, biopharmaceutical manufacturers, clinicians, provider institutions, and payers. Examples of such innovations include enhanced drug screening protocols, in silico methodologies, computational-based toxicology, advanced manufacturing approaches, continuous manufacturing, process analytical technology, adaptive clinical trial designs, rolling marketing application submissions, and the utilization of real-world evidence. The acceleration of and improvements to the drug development continuum will yield a more efficient and cost-effective pharmaceutical and biotechnology product commercialization process, as well as safer and more effective therapies, which provide improved clinical outcomes.
This Special Issue, “The Future of Drug Discovery and Development, 2nd Edition”, will focus on novel approaches (original research articles) as well as reviews of current practices surrounding the continuum of taking products from the beaker to the bedside. This Special Issue will present innovative research involving aspects of drug discovery and drug development for both small-molecule pharmaceuticals as well as biotechnology products.
Prof. Dr. William C. (Trey) Putnam
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug discovery
- drug development
- biotechnology
- target identification
- target validation
- regulatory affairs
- regulatory sciences
- drug commercialization
- pharmaceutical market access
- drug screening
- novel nonclinical models/approaches
- advanced manufacturing
- continuous manufacturing
- process analytical technology
- adaptive clinical trials
- in silico laboratory and clinical development
- rolling submissions
- accelerated approvals
- real-world evidence
