Overview of the current process of new drug discovery and development / Charles G. Smith and James T. O'Donnell -- Integrated drug product development: from lead candidate selection to life-cycle management / Madhu Pudipeddi, Abu T.M. Serajuddin, and Daniel Mufson -- The impact of combinatorial chemistry on drug discovery / Michael H. Rabinowitz and Nigel Shankley -- High-throughput screening: enabling and influencing the process of drug discovery / Carol Ann Homon and Richard M. Nelson -- Pharmacological and pharmaceutical profiling: new trends / Joanne Bowes. [et al.] -- Cell-based analysis of drug response using moving optical gradient fields / Jeff M. Hall. [et al.].

Patient-derived primary cells in high-throughput differential antitumor screens: let the patients be the guide / Irwin A. Braude -- The evolving role of the caco-2 cell model to estimate intestinal absorption potential and elucidate transport mechanisms / Jibin Li and Ismael J. Hidalgo --

The promise of metabonomics in drug discovery / Harold J. Kwalwasser and Pauline Gee -- Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in drug development and regulatory decision-making: report of the first FDA-PWG-PhRMA-druSafe workshop / Lawrence J. Lesko. [et al.] -- Drugs from molecular targets for CNS and neurodegenerative diseases / William T. Comer and Gonul Velidcelebi -- Safety pharmacology / Jean-Pierre Valentin and Tim G. Hammond -- Nonclinical drug safety assessment / Frederick E. Reno -- Preclinical genotoxicity testing: past, present and future / Richard H.C. San -- The need for animals in biomedical research / Charles G. Smith -- Defining the actual research approach to the new drug substance / Charles G. Smith -- Pharmacokinetics: pharmacodynamics in new drug development / Sarfaraz K. Niazi --

Pharmaceutics and compounding issues in new drug development and marketing / Loyd V. Allen -- Late stage and process development activities / Charles G. Smith -- Contract research organizations: role and function in new drug development / F. Richard Nichol -- The front lines of clinical research: the industry / Lori Nesbitt -- Horizons for cancer chemotherapy (and nonchemotherapy) / Daniel D. Von Hoff -- Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome: clinical testing challenges / Vincent Idemyor -- Common technical document: the changing face of the new drug application / Justina A. Molzon -- Electronic publishing / Heather L. Wallace -- The important role of pharmacists in a complex risk-management system: managing the risks from medical product use by focusing on patient education, monitoring, and adverse event reporting / Justina A. Molzon -- Liability, litigation, and lessons in new drug development / James T. O'Donnell -- Problems in the nondrug marketplace / Stephen Barrett -- Patents and new product development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries / Henry Grabowski --

The pharmaceutical revolution: drug discovery and development / John C. Somberg -- The discovery of Rituxan / Mitchell E. Reff -- Funding the birth of a drug: lessons from the sell side / Howard E. Greene -- Innovations for the drug development pathway: what is needed now / Janet Woodcock -- Managing R & D uncertainty and maximizing the commercial potential of pharmaceutical compounds using the dynamic modeling framework / Mark Paich. [et al.].