title: The utility of pharmacokinetics to the pharmaceutical industry.
abstract: Pharmacokinetic studies done early in the course of drug development can favorably influence the course of research by suggesting optimum dosage regimens, drug delivery methods, and fixed-ratio combinations and by alerting the clinical pharmacologist to potential problems. Pharmacokinetic data can be useful in the design of rational clinical drug research and thereby expedite clinical trials and save research costs. Thus, in addition to their value in the area of comparative bio-availability, pharmacokinetic studies carried out by the pharmaceutical industry are useful economically as well as scientifically.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003201:Computers; D004345:Drug Industry; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations