Includes bibliographical references and index.

The development of the pharmaceutical industry / H.P. Rang -- The nature of disease and the purpose of therapy / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill -- Therapeutic modalities / H.P. Rang, H. LeVine, R.G. Hill -- The drug discovery process : general principles and some case histories / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill -- Choosing the project / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill -- Choosing the target / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill -- The role of information, bioinformatics and genomics / B. Robson, R. McBurney -- High-throughput screening / D. Cronk -- The role of medicinal chemistry in the drug discovery process / P. Beswick, A. Naylor -- DMPK optimization strategy in drug discovery / P.G. Ballard ... [et al.] -- Pharmacology : its role in drug discovery / H.P. Rang -- Biopharmaceuticals / H. LeVine -- Scaffolds: small globular proteins as antibody substitutes / D. Grabulovski, J. Bertschinger -- Drug development : introduction / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill -- Assessing drug safety / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill -- Pharmaceutical development / T. Lundqvist, S. Bredenberg -- Clinical development: present and future / C. Keywood -- Clinical imaging in drug development / P.M. Matthews -- Intellectual property in drug discovery and development / P. Grubb -- Regulatory affairs / I. Hogglof, Holmgren -- Marketing the drug? / V.L. Lawton -- Drug discovery and development : facts and figures / H.P. Rang, R.G. Hill.