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Video: Explaining the Drug Discovery Process

Innovations for Cancer

Innovations for Cancer

There are few things that cause patients more fear and uncertainty as a cancer diagnosis. Yet today - because of a steady stream of new and improved medicines and treatments - cancer can increasingly be managed and even beaten.


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Womens’ Health Innovations

Womens’ Health Innovations

Every day millions of women across America are hoping for new treatments to help them fight the battle against such diseases as breast cancer, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis. Today, more than 370 new medicines and vaccines that can help women lead longer, healthier lives are in the pipeline. 

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Innovation

Innovative prescription medicines and treatments are saving lives and giving patients new hope for a healthier future. Learn about how innovative research by America’s pharmaceutical companies is giving patients better health care choices

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From Laboratory to Pharmacy Shelf

Only one of every 10,000 potential medicines investigated by America's research-based pharmaceutical companies makes it through the research and development pipeline and is approved for patient use by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Winning approval, on average, takes 15 years of research and development and costs over $800 million dollars. Potential new medicines pass through several crucial stages on their way from research laboratories to the pharmacy shelf.

Drug Discovery

Innovative new medicines and treatment don't just happen. Scientific knowledge of disease and potential treatments is growing rapidly. Scientists today are tackling more complex diseases than ever before.

Preclinical Testing

Once researchers identify a potential new treatment in the laboratory, years of testing begin.

Clinical Trials

In order to determine whether a potential medicine can safely and effectively treat a targeted disease, teams of physicians carry out a series of clinical trials.

Approval Review

Once a potential medicine is shown to be both a safe and effective treatment, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviews all of the studies and trials in order to determine whether a medicine can be approved for patient use.

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Medicines in Development

All patients, whether fighting a deadly disease or managing a chronic condition, live in hope of new medicines and improved therapies. We are meeting these hopes with new medicines and treatments that improve health and give patients and physicians better treatment options.  The following links ...

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Creating New Medicines

Scientists' knowledge of disease is growing rapidly and today they are tackling diseases more complex than ever before.  The following links contain information on how America's pharmaceutical research companies are creating new medicines to fight disease every day..

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Medical Innovation

Learn how medical innovation helps change people's lives. 

Transforming Patient Care and Improving Quality of Life
Find out how innovative new medicines make it possible to prevent or slow the progress of many ...

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