Recent trends in laboratory automation in the pharmaceutical industry

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-346

  Rutherford, M L ^a   Stinger, T ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADME Tox; Combinatorial chemistry; Drug discovery; High throughput screening; Laboratory automation; Pharmacokinetics; Sample management

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG RESEARCH; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

AUTOMATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; LABORATORIES; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL;

EID: 0034990545     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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