This book illustrates, in a comprehensive manner, the most current areas
of importance to Safety Pharmacology, a burgeoning unique
pharmacological discipline with important ties to academia, industry and
regulatory authorities. It provides readers with a definitive collection
of topics containing essential information on the latest industry
guidelines and overviews current and breakthrough topics in both
functional and molecular pharmacology. An additional novelty of the book
is that it constitutes academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology
perspectives for Safety Pharmacology issues. Each chapter is written by
an expert in the area and includes not only a fundamental background
regarding the topic but also detailed descriptions of currently
accepted, validated models and methods as well as innovative
methodologies used in drug discovery.