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3. Drug discovery and development (Pharmaceuticals)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Here are the elements of the research and development process. Some of them belong to research and some — to development.

All of these elements belongs to Research except one...

a)

analysis of disease

b)

chemical synthesis

c)

analytical testing

d)

target discovery

2.

All of these elements belongs to Development except one...

a)

analysis of disease

b)

clinical trials

c)

dosage forms

d)

analytical testing

3.

_____— the process of doing experiments and tests on chemical compounds or biologics, the aim of which is to make a new drug that has a healing effect on a chosen disease.

a)

Development

b)

Clinical trials

c)

Research

4.

_____ — the process of carrying forward the discovered drug to the market.

a)

Research

b)

Development

c)

Analytical testing

d)

Preclinical research

5.

_____ — a protein in a living body to which a drug is directed in order to change its behaviour or function

a)

pharmacokinetic properties

b)

a compound

c)

a target

d)

a biologic

6.

_____ — to control what something will be

a)

to determine

b)

to cause

c)

a target

d)

efficacy

7.

_____ — important and valuable

a)

efficacy

b)

relevant

c)

to prevent

d)

a biologic

8.

_____ — data about how a drug is accepted by a human body

a)

a side effect

b)

high-throughput screening

c)

pharmacokinetic properties

d)

a compound

9.

_____ — an extra and usually bad effect that a drug has on your body

a)

a compound

b)

high-throughput screening

c)

a side effect

d)

to prevent

10.

_____ — a biological product (such as a vaccine or blood serum) used in medicine

a)

a target

b)

high-throughput screening

c)

a compound

d)

a biologic

11.

_____ — to make something happen

a)

to cause

b)

relevant

c)

to prevent

d)

a target

12.

_____ — a method for scientific experimentation that allows to quickly do millions of chemical, genetic, or pharmacological tests

a)

a biologic

b)

pharmacokinetic properties

c)

a target

d)

high-throughput screening

13.

Complete the sentences with the missing verbs.

Some information about the clinical trials of this drug ____ by scientists from the University of Geneva.

a)

needs to be registered

b)

are associated

c)

can be given

d)

is made

14.

Targets are usually proteins in the patient's body which ___ with a particular disease.

a)

are associated

b)

must be done

c)

is usually tested

d)

is used

15.

The scientific method ____ for experiments.

a)

is usually tested

b)

needs to be registered

c)

is used

d)

is made

16.

_____ — the smallest part of an animal or plant

a)

chemotherapy

b)

nanoparticle

c)

cell

d)

tumour

17.

_____ —a mass of diseased or abnormal cells that has grown in a person's or animal's body

a)

cell

b)

tumour

c)

chemotherapy

d)

tumour

18.

_____ — the treatment of disease, especially cancer, with the use of chemical substances

a)

tumour

b)

cell

c)

chemotherapy

d)

nanoparticle

19.

_____ — a particle with dimensions less than 100 nanometres

a)

cell

b)

nanoparticle

c)

chemotherapy

d)

tumour