GCSE Biology – Drug development

Last updated: 23/04/2020
AQA GCSE Science – Biology foundation Infection and response GCSE Biology – Drug development

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the process involved in developing a new drug and bringing it to market
-I can describe how digitalis, aspirin and penicillin were discovered
-I can recall that new drugs are tested for toxicity, efficiency and dose

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  1. Traditionally, where were drugs extracted from?

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  2. Traditionally, where else were drugs extracted from?

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  3. How are most new drugs made?

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  4. What do new medical drugs have to undergo before use?

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  5. Why do new medical drugs undergo this process?

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  6. What are new drugs tested for?

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  7. What are drugs tested on?

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  8. What are drugs tested on?

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  9. What is preclinical testing?

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  10. Where is preclinical testing conducted?

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  11. What is preclinical testing conducted on?

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  12. The drug can only pass to the next stage of testing if

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  13. What is the next stage of testing after preclinical trials?

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  14. What do clinical trials involve?

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  15. What happens at the start of the clinical trial?

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  16. If the drug is found to be safe, what happens to the dose?

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  17. What are blind trials?

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  18. What are double blind trials?

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  19. What is a placebo?

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  20. What do blind and double blind trials improve?

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  21. Who discovered penicillin?

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  22. How was penicillin discovered?

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  23. What is Penicillium?

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  24. Where did the heart drug digitalis originate from?

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  25. Where did the painkiller aspirin come from?

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