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.Development 7.Clinical Trials