The Process of New Drug Discovery and Development, Second Edition presents a practical methodology and up-to-date scientific information for maximizing the ability of a multidisciplinary research team to discover and bring new drugs to the marketplace. This new addition updates the scientific advances in new drug discovery and development for areas such as combinatorial chemistry, screening technologies, metabonomics, biotechnology approaches and preclinical testing. It also greatly expands the focus on the business aspects of bringing new drugs to the market and offers coverage of essential topics for companies involved in drug development, such as the financial aspects of starting up a pharmaceutical enterprise, the regulatory process, liability and litigation, and patent law.