This book the only comprehensive guide of its kind, this groundbreaking two-volume resource provides an overview of the entire sequence of operations involved in drug discovery and development from initial conceptualization to commercialization to clinicians and medical practitioners.Volume 2 : drug development delves into the nitty-gritty details of optimizing the synthetic route, drug manufacturing, outsourcing, and marketing-including drug coloring and delivery methods.Featuring contributions from a world-class team of experts, Drug discovery and development :- Features fascinating case studies, including the discovery and development of erythromycin analogs, Tagamet, and Ultiva (remifentanil)- Discusses the discovery of medications for bacterial infections, Parkinson's disease, psoriasis, peptic ulcers, atopic dermatitis, asthma, and cancer- Includes chapters on combinatorial chemistry, molecular biology-based drug discovery, genomics, and chemogenomics