Anticancer Drug Development Guide (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development) [Hardcover]

Beverly A. Teicher (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0896034615 | ISBN-13: 978-0896034617 | Edition: 1st

Experienced cancer researchers from pharmaceutical companies, government laboratories, and academia comprehensively review and describe the arduous process of cancer drug discovery and approval. They focus on using preclinical in vivo and in vitro methods to identify molecules of interest, detailing the targets and criteria for success in each type of testing and defining the value of the information obtained from the various tests. They also define each stage of clinical testing, explain the criteria for success, and outline the requirements for FDA approval. A companion volume by the same editor (Cancer Therapeutics: Experimental and Clinical Agents) reviews existing anticancer drugs and potential anticancer therapies. These two volumes in the Cancer Drug Discovery and Development series reveal how and why molecules become anticancer drugs and thus offer a blueprint for the present and the future of the field.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Authoritative and up-to-date...takes oncologists, pharmacologists, medicinal chemists and other cancer researchers on an encyclopedic tour of the cancer drug development and approval process, moving from the design and execution of high throughput screens, to preclinical testing under FDA requirements, to early clinical trials, and on to final FDA approval." - Tumori

From the Back Cover

In this thoroughly updated and expanded second edition of Beverly Teicher's widely used classic survey, Anticancer Drug Development Guide: Preclinical Screening, Clinical Trials, and Approval, leading cancer researchers from pharmaceutical companies, government laboratories, and academia provide a step-by-step guide to anticancer drug development from initial design through FDA approval. The authors have included new material on the use of high-throughput screening in industry, on specialized in vitro/in vivo procedures employed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in preclinical drug evaluations, and on nonclinical testing to support both human clinical trials, as well as trials of biologic oncology products. There are also new chapters on health-related quality of life (HRQL) issues in cancer clinical trials, and FDA review and requirements for approval of oncologic products. The chapters on phase I, II, and III clinical trials and on novel phase II clinical trial designs for targeted therapies have been significantly updated, along with those on cancer drug development in Europe, on working with the NCI, as well as on the FDA's role in cancer drug development and in setting requirements for approval.
Authoritative and up-to-date, Anticancer Drug Development Guide: Preclinical Screening, Clinical Trials, and Approval takes oncologists, pharmacologists, medicinal chemists, and other cancer researchers on an encyclopedic tour of the cancer drug development and approval process, moving from the design and execution of high-throughput screens, to preclinical testing, to safety and toxicity testing under FDA requirements, to early clinical trials, and on to final FDA approval. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 311 pages
• Publisher: Humana Press; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896034615
• ISBN-13: 978-0896034617
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,854,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)