Md. Saydur Rahman presented on the application of biopharmaceutics in new drug development. Biopharmaceutics studies the chemical and physical properties of drugs and their biological effects. Developing new drugs is a long, expensive process involving discovery, pre-clinical testing, clinical trials, and post-approval surveillance. Biopharmaceutics is important throughout this process to understand a drug's absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Early stages involve finding lead compounds through target identification and validation. Pre-clinical testing assesses toxicity, kinetics, and carcinogenicity in vitro and in vivo before human trials. Clinical trials have three phases to evaluate safety, efficacy, and side effects. Post-marketing surveillance monitors drugs after approval.
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