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Ensuring patient safety during clinical trials; translation to preclinical drug discovery

Ensuring patient safety during clinical trials is of paramount consideration…

3 September 2012 | By David Cook & James Milligan, AstraZeneca

Ensuring patient safety during clinical trials is of paramount consideration with stringent monitoring built into trials (and beyond) and the design and interpretation of safety outcomes subject to a large amount of regulation. As a result, it is rare for clinical trials to produce extreme adverse drug reactions but it…

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Applying systems biology and computer simulations to predicting idiosyncratic DILI

Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a rare adverse drug…

19 August 2010 | By David Cook, Associate Director, Global Safety Assessment, AstraZeneca

Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a rare adverse drug reaction which accounts for a significant amount of patient suffering, including death. Currently, idiosyncratic DILI is unpredictable and as a result arises late in the drug development process or even post-marketing. The prediction of idiosyncratic DILI based on preclinical or…