Open AccessAnimal Models in Drug Development: Historical Aspects
Author(s) -
Richard A. Gaunt
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000225197
Subject(s) - drug development , medicine , clinical trial , drug , intensive care medicine , animal model , animal testing , cancer , pathology , pharmacology , biology , ecology
The historical aspects of drug development and evaluation are anecdotically related. Clinical trials have proven the effectiveness of animal tests in the vast majority of cases, and the effort has been well spent. Similar of more noteworthy success may be obtainable with model systems in the study of prostatic cancer.