Drug Discovery

From DrugPedia: A Wikipedia for Drug discovery

Drug Discovery is a process of identifying the new chemical compound that behaves as a drug like molecule.But this is a very slow process and may take around 7-8 years and large amount of money.

Steps in Drug Discovery

1. ==Identification of Target molecule==
2. ==Target validation==
3. Assay Development
4. Screening
5. Lead optimization
6. Drug Development
7. Clinical Trials