WHY DO WE TEST POTENTIAL NEW MEDICINES IN HEALTHY

Why do we test potential new medicines in healthy volunteers? If testing new medicines in healthy volunteers is such a good idea, why do we sometimes not do it?



Why do we test potential new medicines in healthy volunteers? If testing new medicines in healthy volunteers is such a good idea, why do we sometimes not do it?

Potential new medicines when clinically tested need healthy volunteers to demonstrate the non-existence of after effects in modern medicines. Ethically medicine testing on healthy volunteers is done in order to represent the safety of medicines. ...