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Putting a New Drug for Patients with Diabetes Should Be Put on the Market

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This is how I think a new drug should be put on the market for public use, and the pre-clinical trials and the clinical trials that should be done to ensure that the new drug is up to the best standard and quality possible before been released to patients that are suffering with diabetes. There is a new insulin receptor drug which I will call “ZN”. The new drug has been shown that it has binding capacity to the insulin receptors. There must be a lot of research carried out on the new drug. Each different stages of the trial have their own requirement to meet before the drug can move onto the next stage. Clinical trials are used to evaluate the effective and the safety of the drug. The stages of the clinical trials that will have to be …show more content…

Researchers will test the drug on a small number of people for the first time this is to be able to evaluate its possible side effects that it may have. Approximately about 15 patients will be used in this phase. The results that are taken from the trial will give a better view for the risk assessment that will be carried out in phase III. I this phase there will need to be tested on 15 patients. Phase II: The amount of patients that will be given the trail drug could be up to 60 or 70 patients at this phase. The reason the drug “ZN” will be given to a larger group of patients is to see the effects of the drug. Also in this phase is where clinical observation occurs to be able to evaluate its safety in the patients who either have diabetes type 1 or type 2. The drug “ZN” will hopefully be used in a method of treatment to give beneficial effects for patients of diabetes type 1 or type 2. Phase III: In this phase a larger amount of patients are used. The amounts of patients that should be in this phase are 70-700. The reason for the larger group is to make sure effectiveness and to make sure if there are any side effects that they are identified. A risk assessment will be conducted to gain more information on the safety and of the drugs beneficial effects. Also development and more research will be got for more future trials with the drug if it’s needed. Phase IV: In this phase the drug will be rolled

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