Research and Development

Since Pharmaceutical Companies form an integral part of the Health care Industry, encouraging greater opportunities and infrastructure for the Research and Development will only lead to the development of human health. Many a times traditional remedies including home remedies have proved to be quite effective in the discovery of a drug. Eminent biotechnologist of the world often aim to understand the metabolic pathways along which the disease spreads. Detecting the pathogen and finding proper medication for the disease is an integral part of Research and Development. The act of developing a drug into a medicine involves manipulating certain very difficult methods. Once a compound is declared as a possible drug it is time to establish the suitability of the drug as a medicine.

To ensure the effectivity of the drug one must test the effectivity of the drug in curing a disease with the help of proper medication. Rats, guinea pigs and rabbits are the most common animals who are generally involved in such experimentation. Beginning from tranquilizers to the medication of Alzheimer's Disease such experimentation alone ensures greater results for the medicine. Once the medicine attains approval and a label it is time to patent the formulae of the medicine. Patents related to the Pharmaceutical Industry aim to respect and authenticate the efforts put in by the scientists who are a part of the Research and Development wing. These legal steps also prevent illegal production and sell of all such medicines. When the Research and Development discovers a drug it aims to find a proper cure and dose for the patient who is suffering from that disease. Ensuring safety of the patient with mild side effects are also an integral part of drug discovery by the Research and Development wing of a Pharmaceutical Company.

Multinational companies across the world take a keen interest and invest heavily on all such Research and Development. The main profit motive that works behind such invention is the fact that discovery of every life saving drug tantamounts to greater growth prospects in the market and more profit for the Pharmaceutical Companies. The estimated cost of innovation is also an important part of Research and Development. Over the years the Research and Development wing have faced many a controversies related to drug development and testing. Besides animal activists around the world Sociologists and Scientists in general are also worried about the limit to which experimentation may be carried out by the Research and Development wing. When Dolly was cloned many termed mankind as gradually shifting to the realm of Devil. Contesting Nature and its codified laws should not come under the activities of Research and Development wing of any Pharmaceutical Company.