Pharma IQ Glossary: Drug Targets
A Drug Target is defined as a tiny molecule that is involved in some sort of process in a human cell. The process it is involved with can be anything from metabolic (having to do with metabolism) to signaling (taking a chemical signal and turning it into a physical response). Drug targets are specific to a disease condition, like the destruction of the myelin sheath with multiple sclerosis. Other drug targets are disease specific proteins, receptors, enzymes, genes, etc.
Predictions for Targeted Drug Delivery with David Elder and Brendan Griffin
December 05 by Andrea CharlesIn this Pharma IQ interview David Elder, Director of Product Development, GlaxoSmithKline and Brendan Griffin Lecturer in Pharmaceutics and Course Director University College Cork, discuss how th...
Are Orphan Drugs Still a Licence to Print Money?
July 20 by Andrea CharlesIn this podcast Donald Macarthur, global pharmaceutical business analyst, speaks to Andrea Charles from Pharma IQ, about Pharma's steps into the orphan drug market and whether payers can afford to fun...
Multiparticulate Drug Delivery Systems
October 03 by T. E. Gopala Krishna MurthyMultiparticulates are the discrete, small, repetitive units of drug particles which may or may not possess similar drug release pattern.
