Pharma IQ Glossary: Efficacy
Efficacy, or intrinsic activity (IA), is defined as the relative ability of a drug-receptor complex to produce a maximum functional response. This use of the word "efficacy" was introduced by Stephenson (1956) to describe the way in which agonists vary in the response they produce, even when they occupy the same number of receptors. High efficacy agonists can produce the maximal response of the receptor system while occupying a relatively low proportion of the receptors in that system.
The Rise of Academic/Industry Collaboration in Amorphous Material Studies
May 30 by Helen WinsorMarc Descamps, Professor in Solid State Physics at Université Lille and Lead of the European ID Network for Improved Drug Efficacy and Availability, joins Helen Winsor from Pharma IQ, to discuss the u...
Bringing Innovation to Clinical Design
September 28 by Pharma IQClinical trials may be one of the most fundamental parts of drug development work carried out in the pharmaceutical industry, but they still remain a complicated area for pharma companies to address....
Amorphous Material Studies: Collaboration, Commitment and Compliance
January 03 by Marc DescampsMarc Descamps, Professor in Solid State Physics at Université Lille and Lead of the European ID Network for Improved Drug Efficacy and Availability, joins Pharma IQ to discuss the use of amorphous pha...