The Human Trial (trailer below) highlights the struggles – scientific, financial, and emotional – of finding a cure for diabetes, which is just one condition among thousands.
(If you are intrigued by this trailer, we encourage you to watch the full documentary, which is available for rent on most streaming platforms.)
The journey of a drug from concept to development and clinical trials to the pharmacy is a long and arduous one.
In this chapter, we will share the major steps of the process so that you can better understand what is involved in developing a new drug and consider how we might make the process more efficient. Let’s get started!
Welcome to chapter 2 of Biotech Unveiled. Before we jump into the first lesson, we thought we’d start with this truly stellar [OPTIONAL] 7-minute video on the history of drug development.
Historically, medicine was essentially trial and error, and usually fairly gruesome. But the last 50 years have brought about a medical revolution, which is still ongoing today. As you watch, consider the incredible shift in how humans have addressed disease in just the last century.