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Worksheets3. Drug discovery and development (Pharmaceuticals)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
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...
analysis of disease
chemical synthesis
analytical testing
target discovery
All of these elements belongs to Development except one...
analysis of disease
clinical trials
dosage forms
analytical testing
_____— 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.
Development
Clinical trials
Research
_____ — the process of carrying forward the discovered drug to the market.
Research
Development
Analytical testing
Preclinical research
_____ — a protein in a living body to which a drug is directed in order to change its behaviour or function
pharmacokinetic properties
a compound
a target
a biologic
_____ — to control what something will be
to determine
to cause
a target
efficacy
_____ — important and valuable
efficacy
relevant
to prevent
a biologic
_____ — data about how a drug is accepted by a human body
a side effect
high-throughput screening
pharmacokinetic properties
a compound
_____ — an extra and usually bad effect that a drug has on your body
a compound
high-throughput screening
a side effect
to prevent
_____ — a biological product (such as a vaccine or blood serum) used in medicine
a target
high-throughput screening
a compound
a biologic
_____ — to make something happen
to cause
relevant
to prevent
a target
_____ — a method for scientific experimentation that allows to quickly do millions of chemical, genetic, or pharmacological tests
a biologic
pharmacokinetic properties
a target
high-throughput screening
Complete the sentences with the missing verbs.
Some information about the clinical trials of this drug ____ by scientists from the University of Geneva.
needs to be registered
are associated
can be given
is made
Targets are usually proteins in the patient's body which ___ with a particular disease.
are associated
must be done
is usually tested
is used
The scientific method ____ for experiments.
is usually tested
needs to be registered
is used
is made
_____ — the smallest part of an animal or plant
chemotherapy
nanoparticle
cell
tumour
_____ —a mass of diseased or abnormal cells that has grown in a person's or animal's body
cell
tumour
chemotherapy
tumour
_____ — the treatment of disease, especially cancer, with the use of chemical substances
tumour
cell
chemotherapy
nanoparticle
_____ — a particle with dimensions less than 100 nanometres
cell
nanoparticle
chemotherapy
tumour
