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Drug Development, Clinical Trials and Essential Drugs

Dentstudy Editorial Team1 min read Updated 13 Nov 2026

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Unit 1 - General Pharmacology, Chapter 8. Stages of drug development · Drug discovery and preclinical testing · Phases 0 to IV of clinical trials · Trial design: randomisation, blinding, controls · Levels of evidence · Ethics, informed consent and ethics committees · Regulation in India (NDCT Rules 2019, CTRI) · Generics, bioequivalence, biosimilars, orphan drugs · Essential medicines: WHO list and NLEM

Unit 1 - General Pharmacology, Chapter 8. Stages of drug development · Drug discovery and preclinical testing · Phases 0 to IV of clinical trials · Trial design: randomisation, blinding, controls · Levels of evidence · Ethics, informed consent and ethics committees · Regulation in India (NDCT Rules 2019, CTRI) · Generics, bioequivalence, biosimilars, orphan drugs · Essential medicines: WHO list and NLEM

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