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MeSH Heading: Drugs, Investigational
Tree Number(s): D26.371
Unique ID: D015507
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015507
Annotation: coordinate with specific drug; not restricted to FDA studies: may be used for investigational drugs in other countries
Scope Note: Drugs which have received FDA approval for human testing but have yet to be approved for commercial marketing. This includes drugs used for treatment while they still are undergoing clinical trials (Treatment IND). The main heading includes drugs under investigation in foreign countries.
Entry Term(s): Investigational Drug; Investigational Drugs; Investigational New Drug; Investigational New Drugs
Previous Indexing: Clinical Trials (1966-1989); Drug Evaluation (1974-1989); Drugs (1966-1989)
See Also: Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Evaluation; Investigational New Drug Application
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Concept UI: M0023868
Scope Note: Drugs which have received FDA approval for human testing but have yet to be approved for commercial marketing. This includes drugs used for treatment while they still are undergoing clinical trials (Treatment IND). The main heading includes drugs under investigation in foreign countries.
Terms: Drugs, Investigational Preferred Term
Term UI T045987
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Investigational New Drug
Term UI T000996939
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Investigational Drug
Term UI T000996938
Date11/18/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Investigational Drugs
Term UI T045986
Date04/14/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1992); Investigational New Drugs
Term UI T045988
Date11/30/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990)

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