eBook - Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics, 2ed: Principles and Applications for Medicine, Toxicology and Biotechnology

  • ISBN: 9789377069421
  • 480 pages

Available Exclusively as an eBook | Part of the AI Collection | Only for Institutional Purchase | Publication Year: 2022

Description

This fully revised 2nd edition provides a comprehensive discussion on drug disposition and pharmacokinetics, covering drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. It includes new topics such as monoclonal antibodies, stereochemistry, DMPK in non-human species, and AI in drug development, ideal for professionals and researchers in medicine, toxicology, and biotechnology.

About the Author

Stephen H. Curry is currently working in technology transfer and translational science, aiding university scientists with commercialization of medically-significant discoveries, based in Rochester, New York. Robin Whelpton has taught medicine and related subjects at Queen Mary, University of London.

Table of Contents

Preface

Setting the Scene: Concepts

Nature of Drugs and Quality of Results

Drug Disposition and Fate

Pharmacokinetic Modelling

Pharmacokinetics of Metabolism and Excretion

Quantitative Pharmacological Relationships

Predictive Pharmacokinetics

Disposition of Peptides and Other Biological Molecules

Monoclonal Antibodies

Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in Veterinary Sciences

Factors Affecting Plasma Concentrations, Pharmacogenetics

Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine

Effects of Sex and Pregnancy on Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics

Developmental Pharmacology and Age-related Phenomena

Effects of Disease on Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics

Role of Stereochemistry in Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics

Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in Drug Interactions and Toxicity

Drug Monitoring in Therapeutics

From Antiquity to the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Reflections on the Past

Present and Future of Drug Disposition and Pharmacokinetics

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