title: An engineering approach to biomedical sciences: advanced testing methods and pharmacokinetic modeling.
abstract: In this paper, the philosophy of a research in pharmacology field, driven by an engineering approach, was described along with some case histories and examples. The improvement in the testing methods for pharmaceutical systems (in-vitro techniques), as well as the proposal and the testing of mathematical models to describe the pharmacokinetics (in-silico techniques) are reported with the aim of pointing out methodologies and tools able to reduce the need of expensive and ethical problematic in-vivo measurements.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lamberti
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cascone
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Titomanlio
keywords: in-silico; in-vitro; in-vivo; pharmacokinetics; testing methods
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