Clinical trials: related pages

Drug pipeline

The drugs a pharmaceutical company is developing testing. This includes completely new drugs, variants of old drugs and new applications of old drugs.

Orphan Drugs

A designation that gives pharmaceutical companies additional incentives to develop particular drugs, usually for rare diseases.

Generic drug

A drug that that is in effect a copy of an original proprietary version of a drug.

Prescription drug

A drug that may only be sold by a pharmacist when authorised by a written prescription from a medical practitioner.

OTC drug

A drug which does not require a prescription to be sold; generally less profitable than prescription drugs.