GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Pharma companies must submit extensive data to the FDA demonstrating the
safety and effectiveness of new drugs before receiving approval for sale. -
ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅True
Average review time for a new drug - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅18 months
Sales Team - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Pg 7
The "engine of innovation," focused on discovering or inventing promising new
product. - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Research & Development
This includes supply chain, manufacturing, trade, and distribution functions of the
business. - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Manufacturing & Operations
In 2012, FDA regulators approved 39 new drugs for use in the U.S. - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅True
3,070 new meds are in development for cancer. - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅True
Define Off-label - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Usage of a medication for purposes
other than the specific ones appearing on the label
Toxicity - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅The extent, quality, or degree to which a
substance is poisonous or harmful to the body
,Institutional review Board (IRB) - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅A committee of
physicians, staticians, community advocated, and others which ensure that a
clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of the study participants are protected. All
clinical trials must be approved by an IRB before they begin.
Placebo - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Inactive pill, liquid, or powder that has no
treatment value aka sugar pill
Edema - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Swelling
Asymptomatic - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Without signs or symptoms
Clinical Pharmacology - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅The study of the effects and
movement of drugs in the human body
Anatomy - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅The study of basic structures of the body
Physiology - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅The study of how those body structures
function
Basic clinical pharmacology involves 3 main concepts - ACCURATE
ANSWER✅✅Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, drug distribution and
elimination.
Pharmacodynamics - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Study of the biochemical and
physiological effects of drugs and their mechanisms of action i.e. the study of what
a drug does to the body. It describes the therapeutic effects of drugs (pain relief,
blood pressure reduction, their side effects and their sites of action.
, Pharmacokinetics - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Study of how a drug is processed
by the body, with emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action,
distribution, and method of excretion. The study of how the body affects drugs.
Drug distribution & elimination - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Drug delivery
systems, route of administration , modes of excretion.
Plasma - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅The liquid portion of the blood that carries
proteins and other substances
Organs - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Specialized cells and tissues grouped
together to perform specific body function for a common purpose. (Kidney, heart,
intestines, and skin)
Nucleus - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅Brain of the cell that regulates all activities.
Proteins - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅A nutrient made up of of chains of amino
acids
Fats - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅A nutrient stored in special body tissues as a
great source of reserve energy
Carbohydrates - ACCURATE ANSWER✅✅A nutrient that is the body's
immediate source of energy. It's broken down to glucose and used for immediate
metabolic reactions.