Estimated human effective dose essential for success of new drug development

For successful development of a new drug domestic drug makers should determine its effective dose based on animal experiment, said a Korean scientist of the U.S. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

In an international symposium held at Seoul National University, Dr. Chung Se-ho spoke on the theme, entitled “Human pharmacokinetics and estimation of effective dose.”

“When a dose-finding study for huma...