Glossary Term

DDD

Drug Development and Discovery (DDD) is the multi-stage process of identifying new pharmaceutical compounds and advancing them from early research through preclinical testing to clinical trials.

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Related terms
IND R&D GCP
Further reading
Morgan et al. 2011: Cost of Drug Development Wikipedia: Drug Development Browse the HEOR resource database

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