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Drug Development Process
Introduction
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Introduction Introduction
It could take more than 10 years to develop a new drug. In this long process, the substances that were identified in basic research need to pass the pre-clinical & clinical tests. Pharmaceutical companies quite often research and test 10,000-30,000 different substances before one could be successfully introduced into the market.
   
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