Pharmaceuticals can be defined as drugs that prevent and cure disease. This book on pharmaceutical drug development encompasses an interdisciplinary study of the field that discusses the medicine industry, drug manufacturing processes. This book provides significant information of this discipline to help develop a good understanding of this discipline and related fields. It includes some of the vital pieces of work being conducted across the world, on various topics related to pharmaceutical drug development. For students and researchers in the fields of pharmacology, hospital management, public health policy and pharmaceutical sciences, this book would prove to be very helpful.