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How necessary are animal models for modern drug discovery?

Vijay K. Singh, Thomas M. Seed

2021Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery105 citationsDOI

Abstract

The discovery and development of any given drug is invariably a lengthy and expensive process in the pharmaceutical industry. It starts with the identification and validation of the putative molecu...

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