Top selling drug worldwide in 2013?
Humira - adalimumab
exceeded 11 billion
anti-TNF drug for RA
average cost of developing a new drug
802 million to several billion
Some meds that saved more than 1.5 million lives and 140 billion in costs for treatment
TB
poliomyelitis
Coronary artery disease
cerebrovascular disease
new drugs caused a post 1995 decline in
HIV mortality
Percent of USA healthcare dollar spent on Rx?
10%
Some approaches to Drug discovery
Drug screening
sequence of experimentation and characterization
Pharmacologic profile
molecular
cellular
organ system
whole animal levels
Lead compound
candidate for new drug
patent app filed for a novel compound (composition of matter patent) that is efficaciious or for new and nonobvious therapeutic use
ALL drugs are _____ in some individuals at some dose
toxic
NO chemical can be certified as
completely “safe” (free of risk)
Preclinical toxicity
Identify potential human toxicities
Designing tests to further define the toxic mechanisms
Predicting the most relevant toxicities to be monitored in clinical trials
No effect dose
max dose which a specified toxic effect is not seen
Minimum lethal dose
smallest dose that is observed to kill any experimental animal
Median lethal dose (LD50)
dose that kills approx 50% of the animals
What is used to calculate the initial dose?
No effect dose
Minimum lethal dose
Medial lethal dose (LD50)
Limitations of preclinical testing
Amount of drugs tested that never reach market
less than 1/3
3 Major confounding factors
Single blind design
involved use of a placebo administered to same subjects in crossover design or to separate control group of well matched subjects
Double blind design
identity of medication being used - placebo or active form - disguised from both subjects and the personnel evaluating subjects responses
Adherence
confirmation of compliance
FDA
oversses drug evaluation process
grants approval for marketing of new drug products
authority derived from specific legislation
Pure Food & drug act of 1906
first legislation concerning food and drug
passed in response to sale patent meds by snake oil salesman which contained toxic or habit forming ingredients
Required accurate labeling of ingredients in drug products and sought to prevent adulteration of products thru substituttion of inactive or toxic ingred.
DID NOT regulate false advertising