"Me-too Drugs"-A Tiny Revolutionize

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Submitted by Mr. Vikash Kumar on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 13:07.

Publication Type:

Web Article

Authors:

Vikash Kumar; Balvinder Singh

Source:

(2008)

URL:

http://www.pharmainfo.net/reviews/me-too-drugs-a-tiny-revolutionize

Keywords:

Me-Too Drugs; new drug development

Abstract:

What are “Me-Too” Drugs? 1, 2 :
The Process of new drug development is complicated, time-consuming and expensive.
In modern chemotherapy, when drugs were discovered and developed through the process of screening thousands of molecules for a variety of disease conditions, using animal models, there has been a growing criticism that too many molecules were developed with similar chemical structure and the same pharmacological profile, with very little to distinguish them from each other in terms of their therapeutic utility.