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. Screening
4. Lead optimization
5. ADME and Toxiology
6. Clinical Trials