The textbook of pharmaceutical medicine / edited by John P. Griffin and John O'Grady.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Griffin, J. P. (John Parry)

O'Grady, John, Professor

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmacology, Experimental.

Physical Description:

x, 870 p. : ill.

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, c2006.

Summary:

New edition of succesful standard reference book for the pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical physicians! The Textbook of Pharmaceutical Medicine is the coursebook for the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine, and is used as a standard reference throughout the pharmaceutical industry. The new edition includes greater coverage of good clinical practice, a completely revised statistics chapter, and more on safety. Covers the course information for the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine Fully updated, with new authors Greater coverage of good clinical practice and safety New chapters on regulation of medical devices in Europe and regulation of therapeutic products in Australia

Contents:

Development of medicines : full development / Alan G. Davies and Peter D. Stonier

The medical department / Darrall L. Higson with revisions by Peter D. Stonier

Medical marketing / John H. Young

Information and promotion / D. Michael Humphreys

The supply of unlicensed medicines for particular patient use / Amanda Wearing and John O'Grady

Legal and ethical issues relating to medicinal products / Christine H. Bendall, Christopher J.S. Hodges

The safety of medicines / A. Peter Fletcher and Susan Shaw

History of drug regulation in the United Kingdom / John P. Griffin and Rashmi R. Shah

Regulation of human medicinal products in the European Union / Rashmi R. Shah and John P. Griffin

Discovery of new medicines / Anand S. Dutta

Pharmaceutical development / Gavin Halbert

Preclinical safety testing / David J. Tweats

Exploratory development / John Posner

Clinical pharmacokinetics / Paul Rolan and Valeria Molnar

Purpose and design of clinical trials / Roger A. Yates

Conduct of clinical trials : good clinical practice / Roger A. Yates

Medical statistics / Andrew P. Grieve

European regulation of medicinal devices / Christopher J.S. Hodges

Technical requirements for registration of pharmaceuticals for human use : the ICH process / Dean W.G. Harron

The regulation of drug products by the United States food and drug administration

Peter Barton Hutt

The US FDA in the drug development, evaluation and approval process / Richard N. Spivey, Judith K. Jones, William Wardell and William Vodra

Past evolution and future prospects of the Pharma Industry and its regulation in the USA / William Wardell, William Vodra, Judith K. Jones and Richard N. Spivey

Regulatory and clinical trial approval systems in Japan / Yuichi Kubo

The regulation of therapeutic products in Australia / Janice Hirshorn and Deborah Monk

Economics of healthcare / Carole Bradley and Jane R. Griffin

Controls on NHS medicines prescribing and expenditure in the UK (an historical perspective) with some international comparisons / John P. Griffin and Jane R. Griffin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-470-98726-X

0-470-98739-1

9786611319991

1-281-31999-6

OCLC:

437218827