RT Book, Section
A1 Waning, Brenda
A1 Montagne, Michael
SR Print(0)
ID 2642659
T1 Chapter 4. Experimental Study Designs
T2 Pharmacoepidemiology: Principles and Practice
YR 2001
FD 2001
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071355070
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2642659
RD 2024/04/20
AB Experimental  study  designs  are  the  primary  method  for  testing  the  effectiveness  of  new  therapies  and  other  interventions,  including  innovative  drugs.  By  the  1930s,  the  pharmaceutical  industry  had  adopted  experimental  methods  and  other  research  designs  to  develop  and  screen  new  compounds,  improve  production  outputs,  and  test  drugs  for  therapeutic  benefits.  The  full  potential  of  experimental  methods  in  drug  research  was  realized  in  the  1940s  and  1950s  with  the  growth  in  scientific  knowledge  and  industrial  technology.1