Creating a new drug is a long and painstaking process, involving the skills and talents of numerous types of scientist, says Hannah Hoag. Each is vital to different stages of producing a drug that's both safe and effective. Drug development draws on various kinds of scientist.
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Hannah Hoag is a freelance writer based in Montreal, Canada.
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Hoag, H. Seeing the big picture. Nature 440, 1084–1085 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7087-1084a
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